Hundreds of thousands of people travel across the causeway connecting Singapore and Malaysia daily, making it one of the world’s busiest border crossings.

As Malaysia exits an era of political turmoil, its fifth prime minister in the last six years is pushing to transform the country into a tech hub.

Some progress has been made on the “complex” issues of maritime boundaries, water and airspace but Singapore and Malaysia are not ready to resolve all of them yet, says Singapore PM Lawrence Wong.

Johor Bahru’s future as a major economic hub will largely depend on the successful collaboration between Malaysia’s federal and state governments,

Singapore's non-oil domestic exports rose 9.0% in December from the same month a year earlier, data on Friday showed, boosted by increased shipments of both electronic and non-electronic goods.

Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and his Singaporean counterpart Lawrence Wong signed an agreement to create the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone, or JS-SEZ, on Jan 7 during the annual leaders' retreat in the Malaysian city of Putrajaya. Both countries will establish separate funds to facilitate investments in the zone.

SINGAPORE, Jan 16 (Bernama) -- Singapore hopes Malaysia will advance the region’s sustainability agenda under its ASEAN Chairmanship this year, said its Foreign Affairs Minister Dr Vivian Balakrishnan.

Malaysia unveiled a slew of tax incentives to lure investors to its joint special economic zone with Singapore that seeks to add $26 billion per year to the Malaysian economy by 2030.

Non-oil domestic exports from the Southeast Asian trading hub grew 9.0% from a year ago last month, Enterprise Singapore said Friday. That compared with the median estimate for a 7.85% increase projected by eight economists polled by The Wall Street Journal, and November's 3.4% growth.

SINGAPORE -- An oil spillage temporarily disrupted traffic at the Woodlands Checkpoint, a major border crossing between Singapore and Malaysia, on Monday morning, according to Singapore's Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA).

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is increasingly facing external pressures and needs to strengthen itself, agreed the prime ministers of Singapore and Malaysia.

Experts warn the new economic zone will be a ‘serious threat’ that could exacerbate Indonesia’s struggles to attract top-tier investments.