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List of Acronyms
ASEZA Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority
ADC Aqaba Development Corporation
BOT Built Operate Transfer
CAGR Compound Annual Growth Rate
E&E Electrical and Electronics
EPZ Export Processing Zone
ETDZ Economic and Technological Development Zone
EZ Enterprise Zone
FDI Foreign Direct Investment
FEZ Free Economic Zones
FIZ Free Industrial Zone
FTA Free Trade Agreement
FTZ Free Trade Zone
FZ Free Zone
GBS Global Business Services
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GST Goods and Services Tax
HIDZ High-tech Industrial Development Zone
JTC Jurong Town Corporation
LMW Licensed Manufacturing Warehouse
MIDA Malaysian Investment Development Agency
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
MNC Multi-National Company
OIC Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
PDC Penang Development Corporation
PPP Public Private Partnership
PSDC Penang Skills Development Centre
SEZ Special Economic Zone
SME Small-to-Medium Enterprise
SSO Shared Services and Outsourcing
TME Tanger Med Engineering
TMSA Tanger Med Special Agency
TMU Tanger Med Utilities
TMZs Tanger Med Zones
WTO World Trade Organisation