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Malaysia’s Johor state is proposing its economic and petrochemical hubs as the sites for a special zone with neighbour Singapore, as it aims to become the “Shenzhen of Southeast Asia”, according to a report in local media.
The suggested area will comprise Iskandar Malaysia and Pengerang on the east coast of the state, Johor’s chief minister Onn Hafiz Ghazi was cited as saying at the state assembly on Sunday.
If it goes ahead, the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone would be nearly twice the size of China’s Shenzhen at 3,505 sq km.
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