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Earlier this month, Sultan Ibrahim met with Chief Minister Onn Hafiz Ghazi where the ruler was presented with the state government’s findings for the streamlining of the weekend rest days in Johor.
In a Facebook post after the meeting, Mr Onn Hafiz said that he hoped the ruler would give his best consideration on the matter for the people of Johor.
The state has been observing Friday and Saturday as its official weekend since January 2014 to allow Muslims to perform their Friday prayers, as decreed by the Johor ruler.
Other Malaysian states of Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu also have Friday and Saturday as their stipulated weekend rest days.
In June, Mr Onn Hafiz noted that there have been grouses from the people about the difference in rest days between the government and the private sector.
“The state government will review this matter so that parents and their children are able to have a rest on the same days,” he said then.
Mr Onn Hafiz added that the state government would then compile a report on the issue after meeting with representatives from various sectors, such as the government, public service, education, industrial players and the Malaysian Employers Federation.
He added that the decision to change rest days would affect some 576,000 students and more than 1.7 million workers in Johor, about 93 per cent of them in the private sector.
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