Ujungpandang investment

JAKARTA (JP): PT Kawasan Industri Makassar (Kima) is inviting foreign and domestic investors to set up industrial plants in its industrial estate in Ujungpandang, South Sulawesi.

"We have an unoccupied area of 50 hectares in our industrial estate," Kima's president, Muis Bakidu, said in Ujungpandang yesterday.

Muis was quoted by Antara as telling an annual meeting of the Bugis-Makassar Businessmen that 70 foreign and domestic industrial companies are now operating in the industrial estate, which has been equipped with electricity, telecommunication lines and water supply.

The estate is also linked with Makassar port in Ujungpandang with a toll road.

Muis said Malaysian investors have shown enthusiasm to invest in the estate in cooperation with local partners. (10)