Investments to pour into Malaysia

Fruitful partnership: Lee receiving a souvenir from Boston Scientific executive vice-president of operations Ed Mackey during the ground-breaking ceremony of the company’s facility in the Batu Kawan Industrial estate. It is expected to be operational in the fourth quarter of 2017.

BATU KAWAN: Malaysia is targeting to attract RM40bil worth of investments from the manufacturing and services sectors this year.

Malaysian Investment Development Authority (Mida) chief executive officer Datuk Azman Mahmud said that of the RM40bil, about RM800mil would be for the medical device segment.