ALOR SETAR: Kedah’s success in improving and facilitating business to woo investors should be an example and benchmark for other states, says the Chief Secretary to the Government.

       Tan Sri Mohd Zuki Ali (pic) said it was important that state governments and local authorities be facilitators by not relying too much on old methods that made it difficult for investors.

       “Many activities have been implemented to facilitate business here. I think this is a very crucial matter, especially after facing the Covid-19 pandemic. We want to revive the economy and resume the business sector.

       “If we still use old methods, still use rules that are backward and so on, it will make it difficult for investors to come,” he told reporters after launching the state-level MyMudah Conference here yesterday, Bernama reported.

       Mohd Zuki said he was confident that other states could implement a similar move but it required the commitment of various parties to help investors, especially those who often complained about approvals.

       Earlier in his speech at the event, he said efforts to change regulations to improve the business environment was one of the main contributors to the state’s progress.

       He said the E10: Express Construction Permit project led by the Kulim Municipal Council was an example to other states apart from the implementation of the Good Regulatory Practices and agile regulations which had become the foundations of the Kedah government’s regulatory reform efforts.

       Mohd Zuki commended Kedah which became the first state to set up a MyMudah unit at the local authority and state level, which he said succeeded in improving the business ecosystem and raising the profile of Kedah as a high-impact investment destination.

       On the MyMudah conference, he said the programme organised by the Malaysia Productivity Corp served as a platform to share best practices in improving the delivery of regulations.