News about Johor

JOHOR BAHRU (Oct 18): The Johor State Government will look for the best method to solve the problem involving more than 70,000 unsold, unoccupied or abandoned houses around the city.

MUAR (Oct 13): The Singapore government has been asked to consider the standard operating procedures (SOPs) on the reopening of the Malaysia-Singapore borders submitted by the Johor state government and approved by the federal government.

SINGAPORE (Oct 9): Any travel arrangement between Johor and Singapore, in particular over the Causeway (pictured), has to be looked at differently unlike air travel as the volume of people traveling between both sides across the land link can be very large.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 2): Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said he had asked Johor Menteri Besar Datuk Hasni Mohammad to discuss the issue of cross-border movement with Singapore, especially for Malaysians commuting to the neighbouring country for work.

PETALING JAYA (Sept 30): Sunway Bhd's Sunway Hospitality has announced that it will be launching its RM160 million Sunway Hotel Big Box in phases starting from Oct 1, following Johor’s transition to Phase 2 of the National Recovery Plan as well as in preparation of welcoming domestic tourists after the expected reopening of interstate travel.

SINGAPORE (Sept 28): The large plot of land that inspired the blockbuster movie 'Crazy Rich Asians' could be developed into a multibillion-dollar luxury residential project, according to Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the plans.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 18): The Malaysia My Second Home Consultants Association (MM2HCA) said that it hopes the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) will arrange a dialogue with it and related industry players to revise the Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) programme’s terms.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 17): Johor’s Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar (pictured) is disappointed with the Home Ministry’s reluctance to review the new criteria for the Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) scheme, the Malay Mail reported today.

ISKANDAR PUTERI (Sept 6): The RM2.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 3): Johor topped the list again with the highest daily number of Covid-19 doses given at 56,912, representing 15.