Water supply disruptions, land prices among challenges in Penang's Silicon Valley ambitions

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Water supply disruptions, land prices among challenges in Penang's Silicon Valley ambitions
State AssemblyChow Kon YeowSilicon Valley Of The East
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GEORGE TOWN: Frequent water supply disruptions, high industrial land prices and talent shortages are among the challenges faced by the Penang government in its effort to position the state as the Silicon Valley of the East.

"Nevertheless, the state government, in collaboration with the federal government and relevant agencies, is working to address these challenges effectively. Chow was responding to a question from Lee Khai Loon , who wanted to know the state government’s efforts to establish Penang as the Silicon Valley of the East.

He further said that during the Chief Minister’s recent investment mission to the US, companies such as Agilent Technologies, AMD Inc, Brooks Instrument, Centific, Coherent Inc, Cohu Inc, Dexcom Inc and TTM Technologies were visited.

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