Johor still top manufacturing destination

Enhanced rubber product: Khaled (second from left) being briefed on polybutadiene rubber by UBE Industries Ltd chairman Michiko Takeshita (left) after the plant’s opening. With them are (from left) LOTTE Group chairman Shin Dong Bin and Johor State Tourism, Domestic Trade and Consumerism Committee chairman Datuk Tee Siew Kiong. — Bernama

PASIR GUDANG: Johor remains the country’s top investment destination for the manufacturing sector and continues to attract strong interest from domestic and foreign investors.

Mentri Besar Datuk Mohamed Khaled Nordin said in the first six months of the year, the state attracted RM27bil investments compared with RM15.7bil over the corresponding period a year earlier.