Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Mydin proposes to build countrys biggest hypermarket
in Kelantan
KOTA BARU: MydinWholesale Emporium Sdn Bhd plans to
establish the biggest hypermarket in Malaysia at the
New Tunjong Township here.
The proposed RM100mil facility would sit on 7.2ha with
a floor space of 650,000 sq ft and generating about
3,000 of direct and indirect employment opportunities.
Earthworks on the latest outlet should begin by July
and operations commence within a year, said managing
director Datuk Ameer Ali Mydin yesterday after the
signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between
Mydin and Tunjong Development Corp Sdn Bhd, a
subsidiary of Mentri Besar Inc, for the hypermarket
project.
It is a fast-track project and the construction of a
hypermarket is not an arduous feat in terms of
building and infrastructure. We are confident of
unveiling it next year, Ameer said.
Since Mydin started and grew in Kelantan, it was only
appropriate for the supermarket and hypermarket chain
to invest in the east coast state, he added.
The biggest hypermarket in the country currently is
also owned by Mydin, which also operates 24 emporiums
and another hypermarket.
The Subang Jaya, Selangor, facility has a built-up
area of 500,000 sq ft.
Mydin is also embarking on an expansion exercise which
would see it operating six more hypermarkets including
the one in Tunjong by next year.
At the same event, an MoU was inked between Kelantan
Utilities Mubaarakan Holdings Sdn Bhd, Perak-based
Kinson Manufacturing Sdn Bhd and Kelantan Handicraft
Foundation for the formation of a joint venture
company called Masna Pipes Industries Sdn Bhd.
Masna will make and supply asbestos cement water pipes
for the east coast market.
Kelantan Utilities is the parent company of state
water utility Air Kelantan Sdn Bhd.
By The Star (by Ian Mcintyre
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