Bandar Penawar

Bandar Penawar is a planned town in the Pengerang local authority area of Kota Tinggi District, in the south-eastern corner of Johor, Malaysia, within the Desaru area. It was opened in 1979 by the Southeast Johor Development Authority, known by its Malay initials KEJORA, whose main headquarters still stands in the town. The town covers about 11.5 square kilometres. It carries the usual civic equipment of a district centre, including a main mosque, a public library, a police station, a fire station and the Kejora stadium, and it is also known for a Chinese temples village where eight temples sit together at one site, among them the Ma-Zhu temple. A cluster of schools and colleges is gathered here, among them a science secondary school, a sports school named for Tunku Mahkota Ismail, a Mara professional college, a community college and a national youth skills institute. Public buses run from the town bus terminal to Kota Tinggi, Pasir Gudang and Sungai Rengit.