Northern Corridor Economic Region

Mission Thrusts

Driving greater economic value from core clusters namely Agriculture, Manufacturing and Tourism

  • Make the NCER Malaysia’s premier food production centre
  • Make the NCER electronics and electrical sector the largest in the region
  • Position tourism as a differentiated, premium product
  • Generate new sources of wealth by intensifying the use of mechanisation, modern methods, biotechnology and R&D
  • Adoption of international standards of excellence
  • Empowering youth and women

Raising the capacity for knowledge and innovations

  • Create a culture of continuous learning through a holistic approach
  • Streamline education goals to meet the needs of the core economic sectors
  • Accredit and rank tertiary education centres
  • Nurture quality research and development initiatives
  • Attract, retain and develop world-class know-how

Addressing social economic imbalances

  • Eradicate poverty
  • Reduce income and wealth disparity between rural and urban areas
  • Reduce regional income disparity
  • Enhance the development of BCIC and Bumiputera wealth ownership
  • Create education opportunities for all citizens

Improving the quality of life

  • Enhance social amenities (health services, welfare services, recreation areas, public security, energy, sanitation, clean water and air)
  • Improve the transport infrastructure
  • Provide affordable housing
  • Promote a healthy living environment and utilising resources sustainably
  • Build on culture, arts and heritage

Strengthening institutional and implementation capacity

  • Practice good governance
  • Promote regional coordination and integration
  • Create an NCER implementation organisation for speedy and coordinated implementation
  • Promoting smart partnerships between private sector and GLCs to develop and nurture small, medium-sized entrepreneurs
  • Leverage on strategic enablers (education and logistics infrastructure) to promote new investment and raise competitive advantage of core sectors

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