p4 coo preso creative seminar 16 dec 2010
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Presented by :
Iskandar MalaysiaStrong Sustainable Metropolis of International Standing
Hilmi Mohd Nashir, COOIskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA)16 December 2010
Asia’s Emerging ICT Destination
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• Iskandar Malaysia
• Iskandar Malaysia, Asia’s NewCreative & ICT Destination
• Access to Opportunity
Outline
ISKANDAR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (IRDA)
Established: 2007Focus areas: Agriculture, Biotech, Tourism& Logistics
Established: 2008Focus areas: Oil‐based, Aluminum, Steel, Glass,Tourism, Palm Oil, Timber,Livestock, Aquaculture, MarineEngineering
Established: 2008Focus areas: Oil & Gas, TourismPetrochemical, Manufacturing,Education, Agriculture
The 5 Economic Corridors
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Established: 2006Focus areas: Iskandar Malaysia’s 9 Pillars
Established: 2007Focus areas:Agriculture, Manufacturing& Tourism
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Iskandar Malaysia
The Jewel of The South
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Located In The Heart Of Asia
• 2 to 8 hours flight to 3.8 billion population• Fast‐growing service‐based economies• Daily flights to major cities• Minutes away from Singapore
Source : The Economist Intelligence Unit
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ISKANDAR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (IRDA)
Iskandar Malaysia Encompasses The Entire Johor Bahru District & Part of Pontian
ISKANDAR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (IRDA)
A Strong Sustainable Metropolis of International Standing
Equitable & Fair Distribution Among Stakeholders
Growth and Value Creation
Nation Building
Vision
Five Strategic Pillars
Three Foundations
International Rim
Positioning
Economic Drivers
& CatalystProjects
Infra‐structureEnablers
Institutional Framework
& Regulatory Authority
Socio Economic Equity
Iskandar Malaysia’s Development Strategy
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ISKANDAR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (IRDA)
Choices of Locations (Zone A, B or E)
Eastern Gate Development (Pasir Gudang – Tanjong Langsat)
• 2,217 km2or 550,000 acres• 3 times the size of Singapore• 1.4 million population
Nusajaya
Johor BahruCity Centre
Western Gate Development (Port Tanjung Pelepas)
Senai – Skudai(Kulaijaya)
Singapore
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Zone
Zone
Zone
ZoneZone
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“To develop Iskandar Malaysia into a strong and sustainable metropolis of international standing”
Population 1.4 million 3.0 million
Per capita GDP (USD) 14,790 31,100
GDP (USD) 20 billion 93 billion
Employment 0.610 million 1.428 million
The Iskandar Malaysia VisionEconomic Growth
Year 2005 Projected (2025)
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“Strong, Diversified, Dynamic and Global”
Electrical & Electronics
Petrochemical
&Oleo
chemical
Strong Supporting Institutions (Education, R&D, Government, Private & social institutions, communication & coordination system)
World‐class Professionals and Technical Work Force
The Main Pillars
Logistic & related Services
Tourism
FinancialServices
Excellent Physical, Infrastructure, including ICT
Stable Political, Social Environment
Strong Supporting Industries (Metal Products, Engineering, Non‐metallic, Manufacturing Related Services (MRS))
Iskandar Economy
Support System
Basic Foundation
CreativeIndustries
Food & Agro
Processing
EducationalServices
The well‐established sectors which are manufacturing‐based will be reinforced while giving new emphasis on new sectors which are services‐based
Iskandar Malaysia’s Economic Drivers Investment Opportunities
Health
Services
Four New Service‐Based Pillars’ being addedFive Main ‘Pillars’ to be reinforced
Excellent Working & Living Environment
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Iskandar Malaysia, Asia’s New Creative & ICT Destination
The Best of Both Worlds
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IM’s vision: Asia’s New Creative Destination
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ICT & Creative Centres in Iskandar Malaysia
MSC Cyberport JB
Creative Park@Medini
Bandar MSC Cyberport
• 150 acre ICT mixed development withresidential, commercial and ICT space to becompleted 2012
• 1 iconic tower• Enterprise block• Incubator facilities• Residential
MSC Cyberport City – Kulai Jaya
Developed in 3 phases, starting from the the first half of 2011
Offers quality facilities and state‐of‐art infrastructure includingservices apartments, commercial & office space, R&D centre and cyberincubators
Planned for a modern cluster of IT buildings where knowledge andskilled locals & foreign knowledge workers will reside and work
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ICT & Creative Centres in Iskandar Malaysia
Creative Park@Medini
• Located adjacent to Medini in an 80 acresite
• Project value RM400 million
• Economic impact to exceed RM1 billionover 8 years
• Will create 3,000 direct jobs and over 5,000indirect jobs when fully operational
• Target to open in early 2013
Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios
• Spearheaded by Medini Central Sdn Bhd
• 286.98 acres
• 33 commercial plots (2.13 acres to 22.02acres)
• Digital infrastructure for internationalagencies, studios & companies intechnologies R&D, animation, broadcast& movies
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Access to Opportunity
The Right location for Growth.
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Location; next door to an established economyEver‐improving infrastructurePolitical stability & securityEase of doing businessEasy life style & vibrant city
Iskandar Malaysia – Why here?
Malaysia is no 10 in worldcompetitiveness for doingbusiness
Source : IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook 2010
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Stable & Attractive Tax System
Malaysia ranked 17th. 5th if 15% income tax forknowledge workers is effective
Forbes Tax Misery Index 2009
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Strategic Network
Changi Airport: 58km / 47mins
Senai Airport: 27km / 23mins
Central Business District – Singapore: 39km / 32mins
Central Business District – Johor Bahru: 31km / 25mins
Jurong Port: 19km / 15mins
Port of Tanjung Pelepas: 10km / 7mins
Singapore Customs, Immigration and Quarantine: 13km / 10mins
Malaysia Customs, Immigration and Quarantine: 7km / 5mins
Port of Tanjung Langsat: 55km / 40mins
Johor Port44km / 35mins
KLIA Airport: 320km / 3 hours
Excellent Connectivity
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• English as medium of learning• 3,000 students per year• Dedicated, strong work ethics and flexible workforce
Available IT Talent Supply
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Incentives Overview
• These are existing taxincentives offered to variousindustries and promotedactivities
• These incentives are enactedin the Promotion ofInvestments Act (PIA) 1986 aswell as through various gazetteorders pursuant to Section 127of Income Tax Act
• Common ones are PioneerStatus, Investment TaxAllowance (ITA), ReinvestmentAllowance (RA) etc
• Investors with strategic andcatalytic projects may apply forcustomised incentives.
• These projects must have highvalue propositions and cangenerate significant economiclinkages to the local economy
• Value propositions include:‐ develop or bring in new ormerging technologies whichwill add value to existingactivities‐ employment of knowledgeworkers including training‐invest significant capitalinvestment‐ other areas which will helpbring the Malaysian economyto a high value economy
• Investments in targeted 6‐services based clusters,approved developers andapproved developmentmanagers
The broad Incentives are:‐1. Corporate tax exemption for
up to 10 years2. Exemption from withholding
tax requirements on specificpayments
3. Can be 100% foreign owned4. Flexibility to employ foreign
knowledge workers5. Approved foreign knowledge
workers can bring in car freefrom duties
General Incentives Customised Incentives ISP for Medini Iskandar Malaysia
Various competitive incentives are offered to investors in Iskandar Malaysia
MIDA, MDEC, Biotechcorp etc Iskandar Investment Committee / Economic Council
Iskandar Investment Committee
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World Class Telecommunication Infrastructure
KUKUP
PONTIAN
AYERBALOI KAYU ARA
PASONG
PEKANNENAS
TG. KUPANG
BKT RESAM
TG. PELEPAS
KANGKARPULAI
TMN.UNIVERSITY
TMN.PERLING
TAMPOI
JOHORBAHARU
PELANGI
PANDAN
PERMASJAYA
PASIRGUDANG
GELANGPATAH TG. PETERI
BDR. CAHAYABARU
TIRAM
TMN. DESACEMERLANG
ULU TEBRAU
SENAI
KULAI
TMN.MUHIBBAH
KELAPASAWIT
AYERBEMBAN
BUKITBATU
KOTA TINGGI
BUKITBESAR
FLD TAIBANDAK
SKUDAI
LEGEND:Existing Fiber Network
Planned Fiber Network
Existing Central Office
Planned Central Office
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Flagship Zone CTanjung Pelepas
Flagship Zone DPasir Gudang
Flagship Zone AJB City
Backbone – 100 Gbps
Exchange/Node
Metro‐E fibre optic
Flagship Zone ESenai-Kulai-Indahpura
Flagship Zone BNusajaya
High Speed Broadband
Proposed Gigabit Backbone
Capacity up to 100Gbps for industry
Connection Singapore via Causeway
Connection Singapore via 2nd Link
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Easy Life Style & Vibrant
Nature, beach & parks – islands, waterfalls, mangrove
Golf Paradise – 15 international standard golf courses
Rich Culture & Heritage – Zapin, Kuda Kepang, Ghazal
Excellent Food – Best choices of Asian, western andseafood
Education – International schools (e.g SeriOmega, SriAra, Marlborough college), international universities
Healthcare – ColumbiaAsia, Regency, KPJ specialisthospitals
Religion – freedom of worship for all religions
International events – Kite festival, Iskandar JohorOpen
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1. Close to high growth areas in Asia (Singapore, Indonesia,China, India – potential gateway to ASEAN)
2. MSC Malaysia & Bill of Guarantees and other incentives
3. World class Infrastructure
• Well connected transportation network
• High speed telecommunication
4. Available talent supply
5. Choices of locations / areas
In Summary
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Thank youIRDA HeadquartersIskandar Regional DevelopmentAuthority (IRDA)#G‐01, Block 8Danga Bay, Jalan Skudai80200 Johor Bahru
Tel: +607‐233 3000Fax: +607‐233 3001Email: [email protected] www.iskandarmalaysia.com.my