SEREMBAN: Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng today welcomed a proposal from the Negeri Sembilan government to establish a duty-free zone within the Malaysia Vision Valley 2.0 (MVV 2.0) development project.
However, he said the state government would still need to submit a formal application to the federal government.
“The proposal on this duty-free zone will be seriously considered,” he said during his speech at the opening of the 20th Negeri Sembilan DAP annual convention here.
Lim, who is also DAP secretary-general, said this in response to the request made by Negeri Sembilan Menteri Besar Aminuddin Harun when speaking at the same event today.
In his speech, Aminuddin said the duty-free zone would certainly help boost and accelerate the state’s economic growth.
Negeri Sembilan DAP chairman Loke Siew Fook was also at the convention.
MVV 2.0 is a long-term development plan for Negeri Sembilan to become a developed state with a world-class metropolis that will impact the Malaysian economy through local and foreign investments.
The development covers 153,411ha, stretching from Nilai to Port Dickson. - FMT
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