Federal, Johor govts meet next week to iron out Malaysia-S'pore special economic zone

The Star

Federal and Johor officials will meet next week to discuss policies and issues that need to be ironed out to expedite the establishment of the Malaysia-Singapore special economic zone (SEZ), says Communication Minister Fahmi Fadzil.  He added that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will chair the Feb 28 meeting.  Read more at http://tinyurl.com/bdf5s82b  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 "One of the issues that has been discussed is the special economic zone in Johor.

00:07 This has been stressed by the Ministers that there is a need for a comprehensive solution.

00:15 Therefore, a special meeting between the Presidential Government and the State Government

00:21 will be held on 28 February to investigate a number of issues related to the Presidential Government,

00:29 including the Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy,

00:37 Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Finance and Petra.

00:45 This is an effort to fast-track the discussion on the special economic zone

00:53 and hopefully, this will speed up the development of the zone."

01:02 "Waib, regarding the special economic zone, I think you also mean the special financial zone.

01:08 But you mentioned that there are some basic needs that need to be prioritised.

01:11 Maybe you can share some details about that?"

01:15 "It is still early because the meeting needs to be held

01:19 and there needs to be a consensus on the issues that need to be addressed at the Presidential and State levels.

01:28 This is one of the reasons why the highest-level meeting will be held

01:34 between the Presidential and State governments in Johor on 28 February.

01:40 As a result, there will be some decisions to be made to facilitate the development of the special economic zone.

01:50 But the investigation has not yet been launched to the Ministry of Finance."

01:54 For more information, visit www.fema.gov

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