The Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ) is expected to attract more investments in the logistics sector, particularly from companies relocating from Singapore to Johor, says Anthony Loke.
The Transport Minister said Johor has an advantage due to its larger and greater number of warehouses.
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00:00after five years or seven years or ten years. So right now what we are looking at
00:04will all be in the future.
00:05Especially when it comes to the Johor SCZ, what your vision is or what your
00:11expectations are of the RTS coming in and how do you think that's going to transform
00:14basically the SCZ and the region down there?
00:18Well, for us at the Ministry of Transport, we have to ensure that the completion of the project is scheduled.
00:28The system of course has to be catered to the easing of movement.
00:32So one of the things that is an important feature in RTS is the co-location of CIQ.
00:38So that is of course very key to ensure that the clearance of the CIQ must be faster, must be very efficient.
00:45Of course Home Ministry is undertaking in terms of using QR code,
00:51potentially easier in terms of movement of people crossing the border.
00:56We have to ensure in terms of the supporting system in Johor Bahru, as mentioned earlier.
01:02And I think of course, as far as the Ministry of Transport and the agencies under it,
01:09for example in Bukit Cagar, the station is under MRT Corp.
01:16So we are also looking at developing the piece of land into a major TOD in central Johor Bahru.
01:24So that will be of course a catalyst for more development.
01:28Because that is really the prime land.
01:31So that is something which we are continuously looking at.
01:34Besides that of course, another important factor which will relate to MRT will be the logistics sector.
01:40And logistics sector is one of the key pillars in the Johor-Singapore SCZ.
01:44And we hope that, our strategy and what we hope that,
01:48we can attract more investment from the logistics sector to relocate from Singapore to Johor.
01:53Because I think it makes more sense, you have a big warehouse in Johor rather than in Singapore.
01:58Of course it is complementary.
02:00Singapore still has a certain advantage on their airports and ports and their trading.
02:06But I think a lot of back-end operations can be relocated into Johor.
02:10And that is something which of course, we hope that working together with operators,
02:15port operators and port authorities, we can provide more space and land for that purpose.
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