CHAMBERS' EFFORTS TO LURE INVESTORS TO THE STATE LAUDED

JOHOR BAHARU (Malaysia), March 2 (Bernama) -- Efforts to lure non-labour
intensive investments to the southern state of Johor by the various state-level
chambers of commerce and industry is a right step towards alleviating the
socio-economic status of the people in the state.

Johor Chief Minister Abdul Ghani Othman said bringing in foreign
investments to sectors which had high development potential was lauded by the
state government as it was also in line with the federal government's aspiration
to see other states prosper.

"We welcome their effort to source and lure invesments and they too can
invest in the state," he told a Chinese New Year gathering organised by the
Johor Tiong Hua Chamber of Commerce and Indusry here Monday night.

He also called on the various state-level chambers to come forward with
ideas on how to transform Iskandar Malaysia, the main southern development
Corridor in Johor, into a metropolis by 2025.
-- BERNAMA