Malaysia - Investment Performance 2011 - Malaysian Industrial ...

A total of 357 projects were approved
for the establishment of educational
institutions, involving investments
of RM1.5 billion in 2011. Domestic
investments amounted to RM994.2
million (68.3%) and foreign investments
totalled RM461.8 million (31.7%).
Investments in education services
were in skilled centres (RM764.5
million/77projects), private colleges/
universities (RM659 million/one
project), higher learning institutions
(RM18.1 million/seven projects) and
private education institutions (RM14.3
million/272 projects).
A major project approved in the
education services was an expansion
project by India’s well known education
group to establish a university campus
in Negeri Sembilan. The project will
assist Malaysia in capturing a higher
market share in the global education
industry and becoming a regional
education hub and address the needs
of emerging industries in Malaysia.
Apart from its existing medical college
in Melaka, the new campus will
focus on courses such as engineering;
biotechnology and life sciences;
design and visual communication;
tourism and hospitality; management;
law and business.
The university will also establish centres
of excellence which act as forums
for interdisciplinary collaboration
across the campus and with external
organisations and institutions. The
investment for the establishment of
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the campus is estimated at RM659
million with a maximum capacity of
12,500 students by 2021. This project
will create a total of 797 employment
opportunities, 72 per cent of which
are Malaysians and with 46 per cent
earning more than RM10,000 per
month.
Another significant project approved
in 2011 was an expansion project by
a Malaysian-owned nursing college in
Negeri Sembilan. The college which
belongs to one of the first home-grown
healthcare groups in Malaysia will offer
nursing education from certificate to
PhD levels under its expansion plan.
The expansion involved an investment
amounting to RM171.9 million.
HeaLtH ServiceS
Health services cover approvals for
private healthcare institutions.
In 2011, approvals were granted to
16 private healthcare institutions
(comprising hospitals, maternity
homes, nursing care centres, and
medical specialist centres) involving
investments of RM712.5 million all
of which were domestic investments.
In comparison, investments in health
services in 2010 amounted to RM555.9
million (15 projects).