From the billions of ringgit to be ploughed into Saudi Arabia’s new economic city of Jazan to the establishment of a new hotel and restaurant chain in Mecca, Malaysian companies are beginning to make their mark in the desert kingdom.

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Mr Al Khaled: Land in Mecca could cost more than RM1m per sq ft

So significant have these investments been that the small nation has become the fourth largest investor in Saudi Arabia - after the US, European Union, and Japan, according to the Saudi Arabian Government Investment Authority (Sagia).