Mahathir kicks off Indian visit with tour of high-tech city
HYDERABAD, India - Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad arrived in India's high-tech southern city of Hyderabad yesterday to began a six-day overseas tour that will also take him to Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.
Mahathir visited information technology centres and met business leaders in Hyderabad, a historical Muslim city that is one of India's fastest-growing high-tech hubs.
"Indians are famous for their software expertise and we have a shortage so there is great scope for IT cooperation between us," said Mahathir.
He also hinted at the revival of a stalled auto project between the Andhra Pradesh government and Malaysian carmaker Proton in which the Malaysian government is the controlling shareholder.
"There have been some hitches ... We are working on them," said Mahathir when asked by reporters if the Proton small car aimed at the Indian market would ever get off the drawing board.
"I am sure the prosperous middle class in India would not mind a greater variety in their choice of cars," he added.
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