Kedah state is better known for its scenic rice fields and sleepy towns, but it now looks set to rival Malaysia's other industrial centres Penang and Selangor as a manufacturing hub for foreign investors.
From January to September this year, the bucolic northern state has drawn manufacturing investments worth RM7.8 billion (S$2.5 billion), more than three times the RM2.38 billion it received for the whole of last year.
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