JOHOR BARU, June 28 ― The Johor Causeway, celebrating its centenary this year, is hailed as a historic monument that has borne witness to the enduring diplomatic relations...
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He noted that historically, the Johor Causeway has encouraged traders in Singapore to invest in Johor and utilise the causeway to export goods.“For example, since 1910, a Japanese plantation company dominated the rubber sector in much of eastern Johor and used the Johor Causeway to export goods. And in other areas, Japanese companies engaged in iron ore and bauxite mining,” he explained.
“The Malaysian government built the Linkedua under the North-South Expressway project to connect Tuas, Singapore, and Gelang Patah, Johor, which has helped to alleviate congestion at the Johor Causeway,” he said. He elaborated that as a result, the late Sultan Sir Ibrahim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Abu Bakar agreed to lay the foundation stone for the construction of the Johor Causeway on April 24, 1920, and it was officially opened four years later.
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