He said this following his meetings with representatives of several international companies, which included AirTrunk, the biggest hyper-scale data centre company in Asia-Pacific and Japan; and Wilhelmsen, a renowned maritime group at the global level.

“Besides these two, I met with a few potential investors from other countries,” he said in an update on his Facebook today, alongside several photos of his meetings with the companies’ representatives.

Onn Hafiz is on a three-day official visit to Singapore, aimed at enhancing the good relations between the republic and Johor.

“God willing, besides the thousands of high-income jobs for Bangsa Johor, economic spillovers and developments that will be generated from these investments will certainly bring more prosperity to the state.

“All these show that Johor continues to remain the main destination of choice for industry players at the global level,” he said.

He said the state government, with the help of the federal authorities, is committed to becoming the facilitator in terms of offering utilities and infrastructure up to tax incentives, to provide a more investor-friendly environment to industry players.

The meetings were attended by Johor’s investment, trade and consumer affairs committee chairman Lee Ting Han, deputy state secretary (development) Ridha Abd Kadir, and Iskandar Regional Development Authority chief executive Badrul Hisham Kassim.

Also present were Malaysian Investment Development Authority Singapore director Vinothan Tulisinathzan, Invest Johor chief executive Zarina Abdul Kadir, Johor Economic, Tourism and Cultural Office Singapore CEO Saifuddin Abdul Rahim, and Invest Johor manager Sarkawi Zainal Abidin.