Awal pagi tadi, keluarga saya di Muar kirim sms mengatakan yang YM Sultan Ibrahim Ismail Sultan Iskandar , Sultan Johor telah mengistiharkan bandar Maharani Muar sebagai Bandar DiRaja bagi negeri Johor. Diaorang semua pergi ke majlis sambutan Maulidur Rasul peringkat negeri Johor di Muar pagi tadi. Jadi dapatlah menyaksikan peristiwa bersejarah ini. Sejak Sultan Ibrahim took over, bandar Muar makin dapat perhatian. Begitu dekat betul bandar kami di hati Sultan Ibrahim . Kalau anda semua tak pernah pergi ke Muar, check la gambar-gambar daerah kelahiran saya di SINI.
By the way, ini pula keratan berita yang saya cedok dari Star Online yang mengesahkan sms dari family saya pagi tadi :
MUAR: Johor’s Sultan Ibrahim Ismail Sultan Iskandar has declared Bandar Maharani here as the royal town of Johor. He said this at the state-level Maulidur Rasul celebrations here on Sunday. Sultan Ibrahim Ismail also urged the residents of Bandar Maharani to give priority to the cleanliness of the town, befitting its status as the royal town of Johor.
Mentri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman said the state government welcomed the declaration by Sultan Ibrahim Ismail. He said it was timely and appropriate for Bandar Maharani to receive the royal status as it was among the oldest towns in Johor. “Bandar Maharani, which was opened by the late Sultan Abu Bakar in 1887, has many old buildings built before and around the 1920s. Many of the buildings, including the Muar district office, the courthouse (no longer in use) and the Muar High School are also beautifully designed. The town is also strategically located along the Muar river estuary and the state government appreciates the declaration,” he said.
Abdul Ghani said the state would also observe the Sultan’s call for all Malay reserve land, state land and areas at Tanjung Emas, to be protected and no development carried out that could affect the beauty of the town.
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