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Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone agreement signed by S'pore and M'sian leaders in KL; nine flagship zones set up

Nicole Lim
Nicole Lim • 3 min read
Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone agreement signed by S'pore and M'sian leaders in KL; nine flagship zones set up
The Singapore government will fund Singaporean companies expanding into the JS-SEZ, while Malaysia’s fund will target infrastructure build in Johor. Photo: Bloomberg
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The Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ) agreement has been signed by leaders of Singapore and Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur city centre, nearly a year after the memorandum of understanding was inked, and after two signing delays. 

This signing comes as part of the 11th Malaysia-Singapore Leaders’ Retreat, taking place from Jan 6 to Jan 7, where Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong is hosted by his counterpart Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Anwar Ibrahim to exchange several agreements of bilateral nature — one of which is the JS-SEZ. 

On Jan 7, PM Wong and Anwar witnessed the exchange of the agreement in Putra Jaya, the home of all federal-level government ministries and civil servants in Malaysia. The exchange between the leaders was broadcasted on PM Wong's YouTube channel.

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