{"id":6546,"date":"2014-04-09T19:03:42","date_gmt":"2014-04-09T11:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=6546"},"modified":"2014-04-09T19:03:42","modified_gmt":"2014-04-09T11:03:42","slug":"malaysia-awards-license-to-618-mln-venture-to-produce-fuel-efficient-suvs-for-china-automaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/04\/09\/malaysia-awards-license-to-618-mln-venture-to-produce-fuel-efficient-suvs-for-china-automaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia awards license to $618 mln venture to produce fuel efficient SUVs for China automaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: medium;\"><span class=\"Date\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6562\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6562\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/470px-Mustapa_Mohamed_in_CNBC-supply_chains_-_World_Economic_Forum_on_East_Asia_2012_crop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6562\" alt=\"Mustapa Mohamad (Wikipedia photo)\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/470px-Mustapa_Mohamed_in_CNBC-supply_chains_-_World_Economic_Forum_on_East_Asia_2012_crop.jpg\" width=\"470\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/470px-Mustapa_Mohamed_in_CNBC-supply_chains_-_World_Economic_Forum_on_East_Asia_2012_crop.jpg 470w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/470px-Mustapa_Mohamed_in_CNBC-supply_chains_-_World_Economic_Forum_on_East_Asia_2012_crop-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6562\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mustapa Mohamad (Wikipedia photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia &#8211; Malaysia has awarded a manufacturing license to a 2 billion ringgit ($618 million) venture that will assemble fuel-efficient SUVs for China&#8217;s Great Wall Motor Co.<\/p>\n<p>It was the first license issued under the country&#8217;s new auto policy unveiled in January, aimed at making Malaysia a regional centre for energy efficient vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Trade Minister Mustapa Mohamad said Wednesday the 2 billion ringgit plant owned by a local company in northern Kedah state will have a production capacity of 100,000 vehicles when ready in 2018. He said 60 per cent of the output will be exported to Southeast Asian countries.<\/p>\n<p>Mustapa said more manufacturing licenses are expected to be issued this year to bolster the auto industry.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said Great Wall may take a stake in the venture at a later stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 &nbsp; KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia &#8211; Malaysia has awarded a manufacturing license to a 2 billion ringgit ($618 million) venture &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":6562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[561,1954,420,851],"class_list":["post-6546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-as","tag-autos","tag-china","tag-malaysia","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}