JOHOR BAHRU, July 5 -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim called on the Johor state government to address the people's needs rather than focusing on the state's mega projects.

He said a state is not measured only by mega projects, but also the needs of the people.

Anwar reminded that state governments that they have a responsibility to improve public housing, schools, mosques, roads and facilities in the villages and also in Felda schemes.

"There is no point complaining that the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ) blueprint is delayed and the project is running with tens of billions of ringgit inflows recorded.

"The project had already attracted around RM10 billion in investments even before the agreement was signed. ...