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“Singaporean interest in Johor, especially Iskandar, is going to be crucial in the near future as Chinese investments pull back,” Singapore Institute of International Affairs’ senior fellow Oh Ei Sun told The Straits Times.

Singapore contributed nearly a quarter of the foreign investment in Iskandar as of November 2017, or RM22 billion (S$7.26 billion) of the RM95 billion it received.

Excerpted from the full article: Delay in Singapore-Malaysia bilateral meeting a blow to Iskandar in Johor [The Straits Times, 15 January 2019]

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