KANGAR, 27 Jan — Pembangunan Pelabuhan Darat Perlis (PIP) berserta kedudukan geografi negeri itu yang berhampiran dengan sempadan, dijangka dapat memacu peningkatan perdagangan rentas sempadan antara Malaysia dan Thailand, kata Wilayah Ekonomi Koridor Utara (NCER).

Dalam kenyataan hari ini, NCER berkata pembangunan pelabuhan itu oleh Pihak Berkuasa Pelaksanaan Koridor Utara (NCIA) juga secara langsung dapat menjadi pemangkin peralihan Perlis daripada sebuah negeri berasaskan pertanian kepada ekonomi sempadan selain melonjakkan pemulihan sosioekonomi di negeri itu.

KEMENTERIAN Pendidikan Malaysia (KPM) komited melaksanakan inisiatif transformasi pendidikan orang Asli dan pribumi menerusi Pelan Pembangunan Pendidikan Malaysia 2013-2025 bagi memastikan mereka mendapat pendidikan yang berkualiti serta relevan dengan keperluan semasa.

Timbalan Menteri Pendidikan, Senator Datuk Dr Mah Hang Soon berkata antara inisiatif itu termasuklah penubuhan Sekolah Model Khas Komprehensif K9 sehingga K11.

GEORGE TOWN, Jan 11 — The socioeconomic recovery for Penang was further accelerated in 2021 in line with the national recovery plan and various initiatives were implemented by the Northern Corridor Implementation Authority (NCIA) in collaboration with the state government.

In a statement today, NCIA said this is evident from the total approved investment of RM11.06 billion and the creation of 7,744 new job opportunities for the island state last year, signalling Penang’s upward economic recovery trajectory.

IPOH, 17 Jan – Kerajaan Perak akan tetap melaksanakan projek pembinaan kawasan perindustrian Silver Valley Technology Park di Kanthan dekat sini, dalam tempoh terdekat.

Menteri Besar, Datuk Saarani Mohamad berkata keperluan mewujudkan kawasan perindustrian berkenaan adalah bersandarkan kepada permintaan pemain industri luar yang berminat untuk melabur di Negeri Perak.

Katanya projek berkenaan akan segera dilaksanakan setelah urusan mahkamah berkaitan penerokaan tanah di kawasan berkenaan oleh petani selesai.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 17): The role of economic corridor authorities will be enhanced as the government accelerates strategic regional development under the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP), said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Economy) Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed (pictured).

Priority will be given to high impact projects in five regional economic corridors as the government seeks to narrow the development gap among the regions in the country, he added.

PETALING JAYA (Jan 17): A total of 90 cooperatives made investment applications worth over RM1.43 billon to the Cooperative Commission of Malaysia (SKM) under Section 54 (2) of the Cooperatives Act 1993 until Dec 31 last year.

Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister Tan Sri Noh Omar said of them, 35 applications worth over RM260.6 million were approved by SKM.

ALOR SETAR, Jan 20 — A memorandum of agreement (MoA) has been inked between KT Express Logistics Sdn Bhd and Invest Kedah Bhd to develop an e-commerce and logistics hub in Bukit Kayu Hitam, involving an estimated investment value of RM1 billion.

KT Express Logistics chief executive officer Datuk Affendi Mohamed Zain said the e-commerce and logistics hub would handle import and export activities of goods by road through the Malaysia-Thailand border and would be developed in phases over a period of five years.