Permas Jaya Explained

Official Name:Bandar Baru Permas Jaya
Permas Jaya
Settlement Type:Suburb of Johor Bahru
Translit Lang1:Other
Pushpin Map:Malaysia Iskandar
Pushpin Label Position:left
Coordinates:1.4984°N 103.8194°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Malaysia
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:City
Subdivision Name2: Johor Bahru
Leader Title1:Local government
Leader Name1:Johor Bahru City Council
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:81750
Translit Lang1 Type2:Mandarin
Translit Lang1 Info2:Chinese: 百万镇
Chinese: 百萬鎮
Bǎi wàn zhèn
Translit Lang1 Type3:Tamil
Translit Lang1 Info3:Tamil: பெர்மாஸ் ஜெயா
Leader Title2:Mayor of Johor Bahru
Leader Name2:Mohd Noorazam Osman
Leader Title3:Permas State Assemblyman
Leader Name3:Baharudin Mohamed Taib (BN-UMNO)
Leader Title4:Pasir Gudang Member of Parliament
Leader Name4:Hassan Abdul Karim (PH-PKR)
Timezone:MST
Utc Offset:+8
Timezone Dst:Not observed
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Iskandar Malaysia

Permas Jaya, with the official name of Bandar Baru Permas Jaya, is a suburb in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia.[1] It has about 40,000-45,000 residents. The Permas Jaya Bridge connects it with Kampung Baru Bakar Batu, Taman Sentosa and downtown Johor Bahru. The Second Permas Jaya Bridge is completed and had helped to reduce traffic jams. The new Eastern Dispersal Link has also been completed and opened for public on 1 April 2012.

The residential areas are divided into sections, with the section numbers numbering from 1 to 15 and beyond, based on the phases when the town was built. The roads in the residential areas are further named with a "/" and another representing number, which means 1/13 is a road found in the residential area 1.

Permas Jaya has a 9-hole golf course and residential condominiums. It also has a sports and recreational complex and a go-kart circuit. Permas Point, also known as Permas Complex, used to be the main shopping and leisure complex with a cinema and bowling alley but has been closed since 1999. It also boost a sports complex which has a tennis court, swimming complex and library. Currently, Jaya Jusco is the main shopping centre in Permas Jaya. Permas Jaya Management has built a new Permas Mall to attract new businesses. Permas Jaya is a popular choice for middle class professionals and business people (mainly local Chinese and Singaporeans) as well as a small number of expatriates to live in because of its strategic location between Johor Bahru and Pasir Gudang shipbuilding yards within an area with a population of more than 300,000. There is a bit of a night life and good restaurants, some with live entertainment. There are also many Chinese styled cafes as well as the Jusco Permas Jaya, which is one of the earliest Jusco branches in Johor Bahru. There is a very popular Chinese Tua Pek Kong Temple along Jalan Permas 6/6.[2]

Geography

The suburb spans over an area of 11.6 km2.[3]

Transportation

Road

The town is accessible by bus from Johor Bahru Sentral (T21, S&S 2).[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Profil Ahli Majlis Majlis Bandaraya Johor Bahru. 20 October 2015.
  2. Web site: 柔佛百万镇百万宫大伯公庙. 22 May 2020. 2020-01-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20200131070602/http://baiwangong.gbs2u.com/bd/index3.asp?userid=55687958&idno=1.
  3. http://jpbd.johor.gov.my/images/jpbd_DokumenTerbitan/Handbook.pdf Handbook
  4. Web site: Bus Routes in Johor Bahru. BusInterchange.net. 24 November 2017.