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The state of Johor is strategically located in southern Malaysia, bordering one of the regional economic powerhouses Singapore.Johor is the third-largest economy in Malaysia after Selangor and Kuala Lumpur, accounting for 9.6% of the nation's gross domestic product, valued at RM 148.2 billion in 2023. [9]
Johor (/ dʒ ə ˈ h ɔːr /; Malay pronunciation: [d͡ʒoho(r)], also spelled Johore or historically, Jahore) is a state of Malaysia in the south of the Malay Peninsula.It borders with Pahang, Malacca and Negeri Sembilan to the north.
Monarchs: Muhammad V (2017–2019) Abdullah (2019–2020) Prime Minister: Najib Razak (2017–2018) Mahathir Mohamad (2018–2020) Muhyiddin Yassin (2020)
The Johor–Singapore Causeway is a 1.056-kilometre (0.66 mi) causeway consisting of a combined railway and motorway crossing that links Malaysia's second largest city of Johor Bahru across the Straits of Johor to the district and town of Woodlands in Singapore.
Sultan Ali Iskandar Shah I ibni almarhum Sultan Ahmad Hussein Muazzam Shah I [5] (Malay: سلطان علي اسکندر شاه اول ابن المرحوم سلطان احمد حسين معظم شاه اول) was the 20th Sultan of Johor, [6] who succeeded his father, Sultan Hussein Shah after the latter died of natural causes in 1835.
States that observe a Saturday–Sunday weekend States that observe a Friday–Saturday weekend Public holidays in Malaysia are regulated at both federal and state levels, mainly based on a list of federal holidays observed nationwide plus a few additional holidays observed by each individual state and federal territory.
Major General Tunku Ismail ibni Sultan Ibrahim (Jawi: تونكو إسماعيل ابن سلطان إبراهيم; born 30 June 1984), is the heir apparent to the Johor throne.
In July 1989, United Engineers Malaysia Berhad (UEM) submitted a proposal to the government of Malaysia to privatize the construction of a second link to Singapore.The acceptance of the proposal brought about the signing of a concession agreement in July 1993, giving exclusive rights and authority to UEM to design, construct, manage, operate and maintain the bridge and expressways for a period ...