KUALA LUMPUR: Thirty-seven of the 43 industrial plots under the East Coast Economic Region (ECER) remain unoccupied by investors.
According to the Auditor-General's Report 2/2024, these unoccupied plots are in the Tok Bali Integrated Fisheries Park Project, Malaysia-China Kuantan Industrial Park Project, and the Kertih Biopolymer Park Project Phase 1 to 3.
The report also noted that infrastructure worth RM4.03 million at the Ulu Tersat goat farm development project in Terengganu, including the animal production unit, storage areas and worker housing has been unused since 2011.
The report also said that the socioeconomic achievements of ECER Development Council projects and programmes cannot be measured due to a lack of data on household income.
Poverty lines to gauge socioeconomic improvement within the ECER region were not established.