Slowdown in US will not impact greatly on IDR


  • Business
  • Saturday, 05 Apr 2008

SINGAPORE: The Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA) is upbeat that a slowdown in the US economy will not have a great impact on the Iskandar Development Region (IDR).

IRDA chief executive officer Datuk Ikmal Hijaz Hashim acknowledged that while the slowdown might affect investment from the United States, the impact would be mitigated by trade with other Asian countries, such as China and India.

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