Uhh...
Penang started becoming a high tech hub a long time ago. Started when Dell, AMD and Intel opened factories here.
Malaysian sources are reporting that Seagate will spend $327m to expand its operations in Penang, where it has a factory making disk drive read/write heads. The Malaysian Digest says Seagate will spend the money over five years. The company's plan reportely entails buying some 40 acres of land at the Batu Kawan Industrial …
A lot safer than KP too! For some reason I was walking around a jungle in Penang dressed in a business suit a few years ago, with the monkeys overhead in the trees making a racket.
For sure it is the best place in Malaysia to do any business activity. It is both urban and rural, there are great beaches and a lot of cultural diversity.