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Life on Johor’s islands comes with its own set of challenges and as the state heads to the polls on Saturday (July 11), residents say their votes will go to the person who can make their daily lives better.

For many islanders who depend on fishing as their main source of income, their long-standing concerns include the lack of resources to repair equipment, rising living expenses and a slow recovery in the tourism sector.

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00:04Life on Johor's islands has its share of challenges, and as the state heads to the polls on Saturday,
00:10islanders say their vote will be guided by a simple question, who can make their daily lives better.
00:17With fishing the main source of income for many, islanders say they face issues such as a lack of resources
00:23to repair equipment,
00:24the rising cost of living, and a slow recovery in tourism.
00:28Pulau Sibu Fisherman Abdul Qadir Sheikh Idrus said his biggest concern is ensuring the fishing community gets the support it
00:35needs
00:36after decades of contributing to the local economy.
00:39We have to ask, please help us to be the best.
00:43The creation of our land is not able to renew it as a clincher.
00:49It has been for 56 years since we have not been able to buy it as a baby.
00:55We have not been able to do it, but we have not been able to do it as a clincher.
01:01Why did we leave it?
01:02Fisherman Sheikh Mohammed Sheikh Idrus hopes for an elected representative who will address long-standing challenges faced by coastal communities,
01:11including improvements to roads and other public facilities.
01:40Raubah Ibrahim, 72, who has lived on Pulau Sibu,
01:44since she was 25, said the next elected representatives must not only improve facilities,
01:50but also find ways to bring tourists back to the island,
01:53along with fixing damaged roads, a collapsed school wall, and aging public facilities.
01:59Raubah Ibrahim, 72, who on the ship村 and everything to the island
01:59andazzi threads feed for expertise.
01:59So the databasearis we have trouble counting in all the nets
02:05which is a botting let us know a mercy issue that we see the Nimашowski
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