PENANG ABOUT TO GET 700M IN INVESTMENT

Dalam dok pertikaikan Lim Guan Eng tu chauvanis dsbgnya, masih ada pelabur yang berminat utk melabur di Penang. Pasai apa depa tak nak pi ke Perak atau state lain dibawah BN? Nampak gayanya pelabur lebih yakin dengan Penang dari negeri lain.

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PENANG, June 17 —

Penang is set to receive about RM700 million in investments from two companies this week, says InvestPenang's executive committee chairman Datuk Lee Kah Choon.

Lee said the state government would be finalising the deals with the companies which would then be followed by the signing of agreements to purchase the land for their plants.

"We need to finalise a few issues first before signing the agreements with the companies which will be based in the mainland," he told a media briefing today.

He said the first company was based in US and the other was a multinational corporation.
"We expect the two companies to create 200 high-end jobs," he said.

Earlier, he said, the state has so far received RM396 million in foreign investments.
St Jude Medical, which produces cardiac rhythm management products, announced in January to invest RM108 million and Chakra Biotech, which is involved in the screening of new drugs, announced in February to invest RM8 million, he said.

Lee said National Instruments, which produces software and hardware instrumentation, would invest RM280 million.

"Their investments will create about 2,000 jobs when they start their operations," he said.
Meanwhile, Lee said the state's Career Assistance and Training (CAT) Centre has set up special training programme for students from hardcore poor families.

"The programme will give priority to applicants from hardcore poor families. We are offering 100 posts for 2000-2008 school leavers and job-seekers who had registered with the CAT Centre," he said.

He said centre would also offer successful applicants a special allowance of RM800 a month during the training period. — Bernama