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Skudai
Skudai (also spelled Sekudai) is a town in Johor, Malaysia. It is about 13 km northwest from Johor Bahru's central business district. Location Skudai is located just outside the northwestern border of Johor Bahru, along national highway 1. The eponymous Skudai River separates Skudai from Tampoi ward of Johor Bahru. Adjacent towns include Kulai (north), Iskandar Puteri (southwest), Pekan Nanas (west) and the Johor Bahru suburbs of Kempas (east) and Tampoi (southeast). Government Parliament Skudai falls within the Iskandar Puteri constituency in the Malaysian Parliament, currently represented by Liew Chin Tong from Democratic Action Party (DAP). In the Johor State Legislative Assembly, Skudai is represented by Marina Ibrahim, also from the DAP. She is the first ethnically Malay assemblyperson from the DAP representing the constituency. Local Skudai is located outside Johor Bahru's city limits, thus placing it within the jurisdiction of the Iskandar Puteri City Counci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iskandar Puteri (federal Constituency)
Iskandar Puteri is a federal constituency in Johor Bahru District and Kulai District, Johor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat The Dewan Rakyat (; Jawi script, Jawi: ), is the lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Malaysia, Parliament which is the federal legislature of Malaysia. The chamber and its powers are established by Article 44 of the Constitu ... since 2018. The federal constituency was created in the 2018 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system. Demographics History Polling districts According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Iskandar Puteri constituency is divided into 46 polling districts. Representation history State constituency Current state assembly members Local governments & postcodes Election results References * {{Malaysian federal constituencies Johor federal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skudai (state Constituency)
Skudai is a state constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that is represented in the Johor State Legislative Assembly. The state constituency was first contested in 1974 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Johor State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting First-past-the-post (FPTP)—also called choose-one, first-preference plurality (FPP), or simply plurality—is a single-winner voting rule. Voters mark one candidate as their favorite, or first-preference, and the candidate with more first- ... system. Demographics History Polling districts According to the federal gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Skudai constituency is divided into 21 polling districts. Representation history Election results References Johor state constituencies {{Malaysia-election-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johor State Legislative Assembly
The Johor State Legislative Assembly () is the unicameral legislature of the Malaysian state of Johor. It is composed of 56 members who are elected from single-member constituencies throughout the state. Elections are held no more than five years apart. Prior to the 2022 state election, elections are always held concurrently with the federal parliament and other state assemblies elections (except Sarawak). The State Assembly convenes at Sultan Ismail Building in Kota Iskandar, Iskandar Puteri, Johor Bahru. Current composition Seating arrangement Sultan Ibrahim Building, Johor Bahru (''only for opening ceremony of new term assembly'') Sultan Ismail Building, Kota Iskandar (''official meeting hall'') Role The Johor State Legislative Assembly's main function is to enact laws that apply in the state. It is also the forum for members to voice their opinions on the state government's policies and implementation of those policies. Under the Privileges, Immunities and Powe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johor Bahru
Johor Bahru, abbreviated as JB, is the capital city of the Malaysian state of Johor. It is the core city of Johor Bahru District, Malaysia's second-largest district by population and the second-largest district economy. Covering an area of 391.25 km2, Johor Bahru had a population of 858,118 people as of 2020, making it the nation's largest state capital city by population. It is located at the southern end of the Peninsular Malaysia, adjacent to the city-state of Singapore. Johor Bahru is the financial and business centre of southern Malaysia. It is the second best-performing city in the country behind the capital, Kuala Lumpur, in terms of economic competitiveness and prosperity, and ease of doing business, according to World Bank. It also has the fastest urbanisation growth and internet speed among cities in Malaysia. Connecting with Singapore, Johor Bahru has the world's busiest international border crossing, primarily via the Johor-Singapore Causeway, KTM ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marina Ibrahim
Marina Ibrahim is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Skudai since March 2022. She is a member of the Johor committee of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan Pakatan Harapan (PH; stylised as HARAPAN; ) is a Malaysian Parliamentary group, political coalition consisting of Centre-left politics, centre-left political parties which was formed in 2015 to succeed the Pakatan Rakyat coalition. It has led ... (PH) coalition. Election results References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ibrahim, Marina Living people Malaysian politicians of Malay descent Malaysian Muslims Malaysian women in politics Democratic Action Party (Malaysia) politicians Members of the Johor State Legislative Assembly 1987 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johor Bahru District
The Johor Bahru District is a Districts of Malaysia, district located in the southern part of Johor, Malaysia. It covers an area of 1,063.97km2 and has a population of 1.8 million, making it the second largest district in Malaysia by population. The district capital is Johor Bahru and the administrative capital is Iskandar Puteri. The district borders Pontian District on the west, Kota Tinggi District on the east, Kulai District on the north and Singapore to the south. The urban centres are divided into the cities of Johor Bahru, Iskandar Puteri and Pasir Gudang. Johor Bahru District is currently the second-largest gross domestic product (GDP) contributor among all districts in Malaysia. It is host to many thriving townships such as the Tebrau area, which hosts several shopping malls including AEON (company), ÆON Malls, Mid Valley Southkey, Paradigm Mall Johor Bahru, Toppen Shopping Centre and an IKEA outlet. The district office is located in Johor Bahru. Administrative divi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malaysia Federal Route 1
The Federal Route 1 is the first Malaysian Federal Roads system, federal road in Malaysia, the oldest federal road in Malaysia, and among the nation's earliest public roadways ever constructed. The Federal Route 1 was the backbone of the road system in the western states of Peninsular Malaysia before being supplanted by the North–South Expressway (Malaysia), North–South Expressway (E1 and E2). Route background The Federal Route 1 is one of the three north–south backbone federal highways in Peninsular Malaysia; the other two are the Malaysia Federal Route 3, Federal Routes 3 and Malaysia Federal Route 5, 5. The Kilometre Zero of the Federal Route 1 is located at the former site of the now-demolished Tanjung Puteri CIQ Complex in Johor Bahru, where it connected to the Johor–Singapore Causeway at the Malaysia–Singapore border. Since 2008, the Federal Route 1 has been disconnected from the Causeway when the new Sultan Iskandar Building, Sultan Iskandar CIQ Complex was ope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iskandar Malaysia
Iskandar Malaysia (formerly known as Iskandar Development Region and South Johor Economic Region), is the main southern development corridor in Johor, Malaysia. It was established on 8 November 2006. Iskandar Malaysia is currently the largest special economic zone in Malaysia by investment value, having a total amount of over RM413.1 billion. History The investment corridor of Iskandar Malaysia (IM) grew out of a 2005 government requested feasibility study by the Khazanah Nasional which found that the development of such a zone would be economically, socially and developmentally beneficial.Iskandar Regional Development Authority & Iskandar Malaysia Information Pack, 23 February 2007 Khazanah Nasi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern University College
Southern University College (abbreviated as Southern UC), is a non-profit, private university college in Skudai, Johor, Malaysia. It is the first non-profit higher education institute and private university college in Skudai, Johor Johor, also spelled Johore,'' is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia in the south of the Malay Peninsula. It borders with Pahang, Malacca and Negeri Sembilan to the north. Johor has maritime borders with Singapore .... Southern UC has 7 faculties, 3 schools, 6 research institutes and 7 academic centres. History The establishment of the Southern UC was to provide an education channel at home for high school graduates when they were unable to further studies in foreign countries. Foon Yew Advanced Studies Programme was setting up in 1975, where later on the Foon Yew Board of Directors made application to the Ministry of Education for setting up Foon Yew College on the foundation of this programme. With the pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johor
Johor, also spelled Johore,'' is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia in the south of the Malay Peninsula. It borders with Pahang, Malacca and Negeri Sembilan to the north. Johor has maritime borders with Singapore to the south and Indonesia to the east and west. As of 2023, the state's population is 4.09 million, making it the second most populous state in Malaysia, after Selangor. Johor Bahru is the capital city and the economic centre of the state, Kota Iskandar is the state administrative centre and Muar (town), Muar serves as the royal capital. As one of the nation's most important economic powerhouses, Johor has the highest gross domestic product (GDP) in Malaysia outside of the Klang Valley, making it the country's List of Malaysian states by GDP, second largest state economy, behind Selangor. It also has the List of Malaysian states by household income, second highest household income among all states in Malaysia. Johor is a major manufacturi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
University of Technology Malaysia (UTM) () is a Malaysian public research-intensive university ranked 188th in the world by QS University rankings. Its medium of instruction is English. Campuses UTM has three campuses – the main campus is in Skudai, and was the first university in the state of Johor. It has an area of 1148 hectares and is the largest public university. The second largest was Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) with an area size of 1108.103 hectares. It is about 20 km north of the state capital, Johor Bahru. Vice-chancellors Research Management Centre Research Management Centre was established in 1982. Formerly known as ‘Research and Consultation Unit’ and as ‘Research & Development Unit’ and finally renamed as ‘Research Management Centre’, in 1997. Rankings The Webometrics Ranking of World Universities places UTM in the fourth place in the South East Asia Region, and the top in Malaysia. In the QS University Rankings, it placed 100 in the "' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iskandar Puteri City Council
The Iskandar Puteri City Council (MBIP; ) is the city council which administrates Iskandar Puteri City in Johor, Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre .... This agency is under Johor state government. MBIP are responsible for public health and sanitation, waste removal and management, town planning, environmental protection and building control, social and economic development and general maintenance functions of urban infrastructure. The MBIP new headquarters is located at Medini. History On 1 March 1978, Johor Bahru Tengah District Council () was formed under the Local Government Act 1976 (Act 171). It covered an area of 104.7 km2 at the time of establishment and was increased to 303.48 km2 in 1995. Johor Bahru Tengah District Council was upgraded to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
