More than 10,000 expected to visit Johor Zoo as it reopens after three years

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More than 10,000 people are expected to visit the Johor Zoo on the first day of its reopening today (Aug 31), after being closed for three years.  Johor housing and local government committee chairman Datuk Mohd Jafni Md Shukor said as at noon, 7,287 tickets had been sold to the public.  Read more at https://shorturl.at/q5QDG  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00This is the first day of the opening of Zoo Johor.

00:09As announced by the President of Johor, Dato' Nafis Ghazi,

00:14Zoo Johor will be open from 31st August 2024.

00:19Starting from 9am to 6pm.

00:24The opening was supposed to be at 9am,

00:28but the crowd waited until 7.30am to line up.

00:34So, we started the opening from 9am to 8.30am.

00:39Now, it's 10am.

00:4210am, 2.30am, and there are already 3,500 people.

00:50As you can see, the line-up is long.

00:53So, I'm sorry if the line-up is long.

00:58But, we'll try our best to solve this problem.

01:04The capacity of the zoo can only accommodate 2,000 to 5,000 people.

01:11But, there are already 3,500 people in the zoo.

01:17I expect that the crowd will be up to 10,000 people today.

01:25The zoo will be closed in two hours.

01:29I want to tell you that this zoo is not like other zoos.

01:33It's not like the national zoo or the Malay zoo.

01:37This zoo is the oldest zoo in Malaysia.

01:40It was built in 1928.

01:44Most of the animals in this zoo are from the royal family.

01:54In 1962, the zoo was handed over to the government.

02:01That's when the zoo was opened to the public.

02:04So, this is the first time we've made an adjustment

02:09to increase the capacity of the zoo after 94 years.

02:13The budget is about RM9 million.

02:18This is the second phase.

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