The East Coast Economic Region Development Council (ECERDC) will embark on an investment mission to the Middle East from May 7 to 17 to attract investors from the Gulf region to the East Coast Economic Region (ECER), as well as to enhance bilateral business relationship between Malaysia and the Middle East countries.

Led by Malaysia’s fifth Prime Minister and National Corridor Development Adviser, Tun Abdullah Haji Ahmad Badawi, the mission will take place in the cities of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), as well as Jeddah and Riyadh in Saudi Arabia.  It will be participated by officials from ECERDC, ECER State Governments and Halal Development Corporation, and is undertaken via collaboration with Malaysian Industrial Development Authority (MIDA) and the Malaysian embassies in UAE and Saudi Arabia.