East Coast Economic Region

 East Cost Economic Region (ECER) (Malay: Wilayah Ekonomi Pantai Timur) is a new economic development corridor in Malaysia.

This programme is a Government initiative to accelerate economic growth and elevate income levels in the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia – which covers states of Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang and the north of Mersing district of Johor^.

ECER is also one of the three development regions formed in Peninsular Malaysia, other development regions being the Iskandar Development Region (IDR) (formerly known as South Johor Economic Region) and the Northern Corridor Economic Region (NCER).

The ECER initiative will span for 12 years starting from 2007. The master planner for ECER will be Malaysia owned oil and gas company, PETRONAS.

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