title: Sungai Karas
text: # Sungai Karas
  
  Sungai Karas is a Chinese new village in Labis, Segamat District, Johor, Malaysia, 3 km south of Labis. It has about 100 houses, while two new housing areas have about 70 houses.
  
  ## Economy
  
  Most villagers are rubber tappers at their six ekar rubber trees. In the last 10 years some rubber trees were replaced by those producing palm oil. Most jobs in the rubber jungle are done by old villagers, while most young people left their home to work outside the village.
  
  ## Education
  
  There is one Chinese Primary School, SJK(C) Karas.
  
  