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Singapore must prepare for disruptions from the JS-SEZ

The new economic ecosystem in Johor offers opportunities, but there are downsides too for Singapore-based companies and workers.

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The Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone may draw the supply chains that are shifting elsewhere as a result of US-China trade tensions, Maybank said. The Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone may draw the supply chains that are shifting elsewhere as a result of US-China trade tensions, Maybank says.

The stage is set for Singapore and Johor to create new synergies that could benefit both – as well as the region.

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The busiest land crossing in the world is about to get a lot busier.

With

an agreement on the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ)

now in place, the stage is set for the two economies to create new synergies that could benefit both – as well as the region.

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