ASIAN REGULATORY ROUND UP – MALAYSIA PAINT SECTOR EXPECTS SALES BOOST FROM GOVERNMENT PROJECTS

Malaysia’s paint companies are expecting an increase in sales through 2022 11.5% construction sector growth projected by the finance ministry, in part fuelled by major government infrastructure projects. These include the Kuala Lumpur-region Light Rail Transit Line 3 and Mass Rail Transit Line 3; the Johor-Singapore Rapid Transit System, and the Pan Borneo highway, lining Sabah and Sarawak with Brunei and Indonesia’s Kalimantan region, the ministry said in its Economic Outlook 2022 report. The residential buildings subsector is projected to grow further as ...


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