Day trip to JB-Nusajaya

Had the opportunity to visit Nusajaya after our meeting with Johor State GM in JB. It was a day trip to the south so we decided not to drive. Except for Hafiz, he actually drove from KL and picked us up at Senai airport at 8.30am! For the rest, it was the first time we flew on Firefly. They provide very good service and the new refurbished T3 in Subang is very impressive.

this 'api-api' comes with turbo prop engine...

Out visit to Nusajaya was an eye opener (heheeh...literally to me-will blog about it later). Unless you go to these places, you can't really sense the magnitude of the venture. Today I have a better understanding on the vision of developing this southern corridor.

Puteri harbour with the Minister's office in the background...

With strategic location alone, you can see how it creates investment interest especially from the neighbouring country. Looking at the money involve in this project, and the market it intends to capture, one shouldn't underestimate the long term value or return on investment.

looking at potential market and demand...

The question is, how does a telco position itself with the state gov't in such projects? Just be an infra provider or have a deeper relationship that enables long term sustainable win-win-win outcome with Nusajaya community? Very interesting prospect to say the least. Education, helthcare and governance are some of their signiture developments. This is a great opportunity for a telco to provide industry specific solutions, tailored for Nusajaya community. The value is to enable stable governance for harmoniouos communities. Compare that to just infrastructure laying.

I told Ayu I flew on kapal terbang kipas...she asked me a priceless queastion "Huh? tak ada air cond ke?"