Establishment of Bukit Kayu Hitam  as a Special Border Economic Zone (SBEZ): Global lessons

Muhammad Fadhlullah Najimudin; Nuarrual Hilal  Md Dahlan; Mohd Zakhiri  Md. Nor

doi:10.21834/ebpj.v5i14.2270

Authors

Muhammad Fadhlullah Najimudin Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Built Environment & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
Nuarrual Hilal Md Dahlan Professor of Law, School of Law, College of Law, Government and International Studies, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia
Mohd Zakhiri Md. Nor Senior Lecturer, School of Law, College of Law, Government and International Studies, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v5i14.2270

Abstract

Special Economic Zones (SEZs) is one of the known mechanisms to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Nevertheless, there was a global mix reaction towards its successful implementation with a few operational failures, especially in the area of its legal framework. Therefore, this paper aim is to explore the success and failure experience to be a reference for the development of Special Border Economic Zone at Bukit Kayu Hitam using qualitative textual analysis. It finds that two significant issues in SEZs; regulatory/ legal framework, and development spill-over.

Keywords: Special Economic Zones; Land Use Planning Law; Policy Implementation; Bukit Kayu Hitam.

eISSN: 2398-4287Â© 2020. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer-review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v5i14.2270