Ever since Malaysia’s former Prime Minister, Tun Abdullah Badawi, in 2006 expressed an ambition to make Malaysia a global halal hub, there have been a string of halal hub projects.
The idea, drawing in part on Porter's cluster theory, is a sound one on paper. If you can create a Halal-only industrial zone in a strategic location, with some shared common facilities and good logistical infrastructure (warehousing, marine, land and air transportation), it could certainly simplify Halal integrity issues and provide a real competitive edge to the stakeholders who operate within the hub.
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Abdalhamid Evans, DinarStandard Associate Partner