The Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ) deal — originally slated for September and then December — has been postponed yet again to the new year, as Prime Minister Lawrence Wong is down with Covid-19.
Putting pen to paper has proven elusive for leaders from both sides of the Causeway; the signing is now scheduled for January 2025, a whole year after a memorandum of understanding was inked between Singapore’s trade and industry minister Gan Kim Yong and Malaysia’s economy minister Rafizi Ramli in Johor Bahru.
