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Malaysia is promoting high-tech industrial development as an integral element of its move towards a more mature stage of industrialization and the attainment of the status of a fully developed country by the year 2020. It is recognized that technological deepening requires the development of an adequate supporting infrastructure including ‘technology parks' which can generate benefits arising from agglomeration and industrial clustering. As part of this process, the rapidly industrializing state of Johor is proposing to develop a technopolis. This article briefly reviews the concept of the technopolis and the approaches adopted in several different countries in order to deduce possible lessons for Johor. The paper concludes with a brief discussion of the proposed Johor Technopolis and implications for public policy.

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Malaysia's Johor Technopolis

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