RM500mil AEON Jusco Shopping Complex to provide jobs at Peringgit
October 27th, 2009
The opening of the RM500mil AEON Jusco in Peringgit will help create 1,500 new jobs for locals while boosting tourism by making the state one of the country’s top shoppers heaven.
Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam said the shopping complex would be opened for business on Dec 15 and would be the largest such shopping facility in the region.
The complex will accommodate some 300 lots covering about 18,600 sqm of commercial space.
Its entire business operations is expected to help create some 1,500 jobs for locals, he said when visiting the construction site here recently.
He noted that about RM300mil was invested to build the complex while another RM200mil would be spend by tenants to begin operations before the Christmas holidays.
“The large amount of investment by investors shows that they are confident of the country’s steady economic recovery,” he said, adding that the complex’s 2,000 parking bays and dual-carriage road would help ease weekend traffic congestion in the area.
Mohd Ali said the establishment of the new Jusco would complement existing hypermarkets in the state.
He also said that the variety of shopping complexes here would help position Malacca as one of the country’s top shopping heaven.
He said this would lead to more tourists visiting the state and help the tourism sector surpass the 7.4 million tourist arrivals target set for this year.
