{
  "id": 17655773,
  "title": "Invest Johor names five priority sectors for Nexus Sedenak, the new JS-SEZ hub targeting RM12 billion and 45,000 jobs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/invest-johor-names-five-priority-sectors-for-nexus-sedenak-the-new-js",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-01T18:00:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Independent Singapore",
    "slug": "the-independent-singapore",
    "url": "https://theindependent.sg/invest-johor-names-five-priority-sectors-for-nexus-sedenak-the-new-js-sez-hub-targeting-rm12-billion-and-45-000-jobs"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Invest Johor has identified five priority sectors for Nexus Sedenak, a new industrial and supply chain hub in the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ), according to The Independent Singapore. The focus areas are advanced manufacturing, integrated logistics, agricultural and food technology, green technology, and pharmaceuticals. The hub's infrastructure and access to major transport networks make it attractive to both local and international investors, with investment and job targets to be reached in phases as infrastructure readiness and project arrivals progress. Invest Johor CEO Natazha Hariss stated that the hub will complement the Queen Bee approach, which aims to attract leading global companies and their supply chains to the JS-SEZ, creating a deeper local industrial base through anchor companies.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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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."
}