Following the change in Johor's weekend to Saturday and Sunday, Johoreans are making the most of their newfound free time. The Johor Zoo is a popular destination, attracting families eager to spend quality time together.
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Johoreans visited Johor Zoo during the first weekend holiday of the state, following a change in the weekend to Saturday and Sunday, which took effect last January 1, 2025, after 10 years of having the weekend on Friday and Saturday. — Bernama picJOHOR BARU, Jan 5 — Johoreans are seizing the opportunity presented by the new weekend holiday on Saturdays and Sundays, to enjoy recreation and explore local attractions with their families. One of the main draws is the Johor Zoo, a popular destination for parents with children. Some visitors even arrive an hour early, eager to enter before the zoo officially opens at 9 am. Nurul Nadira Ismail, 29, a teacher at Sekolah Agama Desa Pulada, shared that her visit to the zoo, with her husband, Muhd Irfan Zekri, 28, had been planned for the past two weeks. “We had to plan ahead, as my husband, who works in a factory, and I used to have different weekend schedules. While I had my weekend on Friday and Saturday, his was on Saturday and Sunday,” she explained. “Previously, we had to plan ahead if we wanted to go anywhere, and sometimes one of us would have to take a day off,” said Nurul Nadira, from Kota Tinggi, when met at the Johor Zoo, today. “Now that we share the same weekend holiday, it will be much easier for us to go anywhere without any restrictions,” she added. Meanwhile, Daniel Nanang, 36, a supervisor in a private company in the oil and gas sector, shared that many family vacations had to be postponed in the past due to the mismatch in school weekend holida
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