Singapore
JOHOR-SINGAPORE SEZ HELPS SOUTHERN STATE BEAT SINGAPORE, MALAYSIA’S GROWTH: DBS
[SINGAPORE] The Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ) is showing great potential, based on a DBS report released on Thursday (Sep 4). The Johor state's economy grew faster than Singapore and Malaysia's in 2024 and attracted strong foreign investment as a result of the JS-SEZ, accounting for about 61 percent of all approved investment there in the first half of 2025. The state enjoyed 6.4 per cent gross domestic product growth in 2024, with the gap to national growth – 5.1 per cent across the year – the largest since 2016. Singapore's economy grew 4.4 per cent in the same period. https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/international/johor-singapore-sez-helps-southern-state-beat-singapore-malaysias-growth-dbs (ICE SINGAPORE)
Fonte notizia: The Business Times, 8 September 2025
