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Development of Malacca Gateway in line with OBOR policy
Nuratiqah Bt Mohd Shah
Associate Professor Dr. Noorul Shaiful Fitri bin Abdul Rahman
Bachelor of Management (Maritime)
School of Maritime Business and Management
Malacca Gateway is an off-shore development of artificial island in Malacca, Malaysia.
This project is initiated by KAJ Development Sdn.Bhd (KAJD), which comprise of three
reclaimed and one natural islands totalling 1,366 acres, set in a strategic and idyllic area
of Straits of Malacca, Malaysia. Malacca Gateway project has been developed parallel to
China’s One Belt One Road(OBOR) initiative that will bring about including growth,
economic integration and regional trade. This project will catapult this heritage city as a
world-class integrated investment, tourism and commercial development icon The aim of
this study is to list factors that contribute to economic growth. and to identify the benefits
and opportunities we can get from this project. Therefore, the methods that have been
applied in this study are PESTEL theory, SWOT analysis and quantitative method which
is include observational and distributing survey questionnaires to the State Ministry,
developer and communities to collect descriptive data. From this study, the result shows
that the opening of Malacca Gateway give more benefits to Melaka and Malaysia economic
growth even though there are some weakness but still under control. Thus, the
contribution of this study is can be seen through the possibilities that will happen towards
politic, economy, social, technology, environment, legal, and security also strength,
weakness, opportunity and threats due to the opening of Malacca Gateway.
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