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The rise of Iskandar Malaysia as a regional hub has profoundly altered the domestic landscape, generating a knock-on effect on Johor's housing development, both economically and politically. Housing policy and development in Johor, as illustrated in the formation of Iskandar Malaysia, is riddled with conflict along two dimensions — "bumiputra versus non-bumiputra" and "federal government versus state government". The first one is entangled with international real estate development and foreign investment, while the latter has more to do with the rise of sub-national autonomy in Johor. Particularly in southern Johor, housing policy has increasingly been influenced by foreign investment through implementations of mega projects (e.g., Forest City). These mega housing projects not only boost the state's coffers, but also change the way housing is produced, financed and governed. Given the importance of sub-national governments in many large-scale housing projects in Iskandar Malaysia, the changing political conditions urge us to rethink the long-standing practice of national-centric development policy in Malaysia. Taking housing as a point of departure, the timing is ripe to revisit the role of state government in policy-making and urban governance.

This article examines various aspects of the formulation of the Dutch East India Company's treaty and alliance system, based on published and unpublished papers written by, or in the possession of, Hugo Grotius (1583–1645). In particular the study draws on his commentary on the Sultan of Johor in De Jure Praedae, and his submissions to the Indies Conferences of 1613 and 1615.

The aim of the research is to find the elements of history from the kings of Malay in Riau, time of the power, and historic event in Hikayat Negeri Johor. The qualitative method was used with descriptive analysis and comparation study. Results of the study proved that Hikayat Negeri Johor contains many historical elements consisting of figure of the Malay kings, background place and time, and historical events related to their politics and their power. The politics pertain to the dominion of the kings related to some periods, from Sultan Abdul Jalil Syah until Sultan Mahmud. The historical elements can proved from comparation of many sources. The conclusion is that this work has highly historical value. This work can be considered to be used in compiling a local history. The content of the historical elements in this work includes six characters of Malay Kings in Riau, places and times of event, and historical events. Based on the comparation study, it was found that many historical events in Hikayat Negeri Johor are proven facts in history.

Ekopelancongan adalah lawatan yang menjurus kepada pemuliharaan alam sekitar serta memberikan manfaat kepada komuniti tempatan melalui penglibatan mereka. Setiap kawasan ekopelancongan mempunyai impak pembangunan yang tersendiri. Oleh itu, kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenalpasti impak pembangunan ekopelancongan terhadap komuniti tempatan dari aspek ekonomi, sosial dan alam sekitar. Taman Negara Tanjung Piai, Johor dipilih sebagai kawasan kajian kerana lokasinya yang strategik iaitu terletak di penghujung benua Asia yang mampu menarik pelbagai kategori pelancong. Borang soal selidik bagi mengetahui impak pembangunan ekopelancongan terhadap komuniti digunakan. Persampelan secara rawak digunakan dalam kajian dan data dianalisis menggunakan perisian SPSS. Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahawa aktiviti ekopelancongan di Taman Negara Tanjung Piai, Johor telah memberi impak kepada komuniti tempatan daripada aspek ekonomi, sosial dan alam sekitar. Keadaan sosial penduduk tempatan semakin berkembang dengan adanya pertambahan kedatangan pelancong. Untuk meningkatkan kemajuan kawasan kajian, penyediaan infrastruktur dan kemudahan lain perlu ditambah dan diperbaiki. Kajian ini memberi pendedahan yang berguna kepada pihak kerajaan dan swasta terhadap impak pembangunan ekopelancongan kepada pelbagai pihak terutamanya dari aspek komuniti tempatan.