{
  "id": 13863620,
  "title": "Johor seeks bigger payoff from RM132bil JS-SEZ investments",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/johor-seeks-bigger-payoff-from-rm132bil-js-sez-investments",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-12T03:26:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/business/corporate/2026/10/1553525/johor-seeks-bigger-payoff-rm132bil-js-sez-investments"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Johor aims to transform the RM132 billion investments in the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ) into improved job opportunities and stronger local businesses, as outlined in the 2027 Budget. The budget includes measures to support small firms and equip the workforce with skills for higher-value industries, such as reducing the income tax rate for eligible micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and allocating RM8 billion for technical and vocational education and training (TVET). The JS-SEZ has already attracted RM132 billion in investments from 2025 to June 2026, with Nexus Sedenak identified as a potential RM12 billion investment site that could generate 45,000 jobs. A special task force is planned to coordinate negotiations with companies in strategic sectors, and the budget allocates RM57 billion in national loans and financing-guarantee facilities to support business scaling and contract competition in the JS-SEZ.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}