Introduction

Iskandar Malaysia formerly known as Iskandar Development Region (IDR) and South Johor Economic Region (SJER) is the main southern development corridor in Johor, Malaysia. The project is administered by Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA) and was named after the late Sultan of Johor, Almarhum Sultan Iskandar.

Within an area of 2,217 square kilometers, it is a massive development project. The entire area is subdivided into five delopment nodes designated as Flaship Zones A to E.

Iskandar Malaysia has surpassed the target investment of RM100 billion as cumulative committed investments has reached RM105.14 billion in various sectors with 42 per cent being realised as at end-November 2012. This is a remarkable achievement as it managed to attract such a huge amount of investments within first 6 years of a 20 years development project.