Johor Bahru

18 Apr 2008

Hong Kong's Wang Chen and Yip Pui-yin both reached the quarter-finals in the women's singles at the Asia championships in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, yesterday.

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Armed bandits chalk up sixth bank robbery

22 Oct 1999

A gang acting 'with near military precision' and armed with assault rifles believed to have been stolen from an army camp has chalked up its sixth successful bank robbery in three months and...

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Johor Bahru, a city on the move

31 Aug 1996

The city of Johor Bahru is the fastest-growing city in Malaysia after the capital Kuala Lumpur.

It is located at the southern tip of Peninsula Malaysia, a short distance from the...

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Malaysia shows off building expertise

7 Jul 1996

MALAYSIA'S economy is showing all the energy and verve of an adolescent. The country also has the adolescent's tendency to show off a little. It wants to have the biggest of this, the newest of...

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HK firm in the running for prime retail space

5 Jul 1996

A Hong Kong retailing company is among a group of international contestants vying to be anchor tenants in a giant commercial, retail and residential development in southern Malaysia.

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HK firms in Johor deal

9 Nov 1995

THREE Hong Kong companies and a Malaysian savings union have agreed to develop one of the largest commercial complexes in the southern Malaysian city of Johor Bahru.

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Opinion

Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

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Jake Van Der Kamp

Ferry subsidies to push rents up further

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Tem Fat to back loans

TEM Fat Hing Fung (Holdings) has entered into agreements with a syndicate of banks to guarantee and indemnify loans taken by T & T Properties, which is developing a building called Menara...

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Project eyes Johore Baru 'gateway'

A RUBBER plantation in Johore Baru, covering 10,000 hectares, will be turned into a modern metropolis to help transform Malaysia into the 'gateway to Southeast Asia', according to developers and...

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Partners sought to help build city

CONSTRUCTION of Malaysia's newest city and hi-tech manufacturing centre, the M$8.6 billion (about HK$25.97 billion) Prolink 2020 in the province of Johor Bahru, is still a year away but the...

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Ambitious Prolink venture on display

HONG KONG investors will get their first look at one of Asia's most ambitious property development schemes today when a group of overseas estate agents, financial experts and representatives from...

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Malaysia pulls foreign cash

THE sustained economic growth of Malaysia is attracting foreign investors, particularly those who previously favoured Singapore.

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Johor to develop second port

JOHOR, the southernmost state of peninsular Malaysia, will provide direct deep-water access to its second port from the shipping routes plying the Malacca Straits, says the state's Chief Minister...

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