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The Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone (Bayan Lepas FIZ) is a free trade zone within George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang. Located adjacent to the Penang International Airport and 12 km (7.5 mi) south of the city centre, it is a high-tech industrial park widely regarded as the Silicon Valley of the East. [3] [4] [5]
Zebra Co., Ltd. (ゼブラ株式会社, Zebura Kabushiki gaisha) is a Japanese manufacturer of writing instruments, established in 1914 by Tokumatsu Ishikawa. [ 1 ] The company sells a wide range of writing implements through retail stores, wholesalers and mail order.
Penang [a] is a Malaysian state located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia along the Strait of Malacca. It has two parts: Penang Island, where the capital city, George Town, is located, and Seberang Perai on the Malay Peninsula. These two halves are physically connected by the Penang Bridge and the Second Penang Bridge.
It functioned as the Supreme Court of Penang between 2006 and 2011 when the original court building at Light Street underwent renovation works. Aside from the court, the structure also once housed the regional offices of Samsung, EON Bank and ING Insurance. In 2011, the skyscraper was acquired by Magna Putih Sdn Bhd, a local private limited firm.
In 1997, Jelutong Development Sdn Bhd (JDSB), a subsidiary of IJM Corporation, was awarded the Jelutong Expressway project – which has since been renamed the Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The highway was intended to serve as the main thoroughfare connecting the city centre and the Penang Bridge , thus alleviating traffic ...
Many maps have mistakenly labelled the section between Exit 1501 Kubang Sebang Interchange and Butterworth as a part of the E15 expressway; that is incorrect because the remaining 5-km section is not maintained by PLUS Malaysia Berhad but rather by Lingkaran Luar Butterworth (Penang) Sdn. Bhd. [1]
The city is home to several private hospitals, contributing to Penang's emergence as the leading destination in Malaysia for medical tourism. [ 197 ] [ 198 ] [ 199 ] George Town is the country's second most popular destination for meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) after Kuala Lumpur , with the industry had an economic ...
Part of the city's central business district, it is also one of the oldest streets in Penang, having been created soon after the founding of the state by Captain Francis Light in 1786. [1] The concentration of Malaysian and international banks around Beach Street has made George Town the financial hub within northern Malaysia. [2]