Playing second fiddle to Singapore

The Star Online, 24 Dec 2008

WHY does Johor always have to play second fiddle to Singapore? The most recent being the proposed Legoland theme park in Iskandar Malaysia which is expected for completion in five years.

Though the project will be the very first this side of the world and the next best thing to have after Disneyland, it upsets most Johoreans including me, who hail from Batu Pahat.

Johoreans and Malaysians at large have been waiting for some kind of a mega theme-park to be sited in their state for quite sometime. But when news of Legoland’s location was finally announced, there was lukewarm support from Johoreans and Malaysians as a whole.

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