He said the project had been discussed with Najib Razak at several meetings and Najib had been seen to have given a positive reaction.

“The preliminary procedure on the project has been professionally prepared, from time to time, by a team headed by Kulim Technology Park Corporation president Dr Annuar Mohd Saffar,” he said.

Residents of North Perak, Perlis and Penang stood to benefit in terms of employment opportunities and economic expansion when the international airport was completed, he said.

The construction of KXP would attract more foreign investors with the availability of complete infrastructure, he said after launching the 20th anniversary celebrations of Kulim Hi-Tech Park yesterday.

He said the technology park had received RM39 billion in investments last year compared to RM34 billion in 2014. “We are confident the investment will continue to go up when KXP is operational,” he said.

He also lauded the Northern Corridor Implementation Authority’s contribution of a RM12.3 million sports complex for workers and residents of the technology park. Among the facilities at the complex were four ordinary futsal courts which could be converted into two international class futsal courts.

– BERNAMA