News about Johor

PETALING JAYA: United Malayan Land Bhd’s (UMLand) newest addition to its Bandar Seri Alam township in Johor Bahru has achieved 80% take-up within a month, despite weak market sentiment.

PUTRAJAYA (Jan 22): The Federal Court's five-member bench yesterday dismissed MPHB Capital Bhd wholly-owned subsidiary Kelana Megah Sdn Bhd's final appeal over the acquisition of its land by the Johor state government and Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) to host the Petronas Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development (Rapid) project.

PETALING JAYA (Jan 21): Country Garden Malaysia, the subsidiary of the Hong Kong-listed Country Garden Holdings Co Ltd, has laid off hundreds of staff since December 2019.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 18): MPHB Capital Bhd (MPHB) “seems to be on the last lap” of a long legal tussle with Johor and Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) over parcels of land in Pengerang that were acquired by the state government, The Edge Malaysia reported today.

JOHOR BARU (Jan 15): The Johor Fire and Rescue Department inspected over 1,400 buildings and premises last year as part of its effort to eliminate fire hazards in public areas, the Star reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 15): A fire broke out at one of three premises belonging to Wegmans Furniture Industries Sdn Bhd (WFI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wegmans Holdings Bhd, in Muar, Johor at 8.

JOHOR BAHRU: The Johor government’s decision to hike quit rent in the state this year has come under criticism from a lawmaker.

PETALING JAYA (Jan 8): The revival of notable mega infrastructure projects in 2019, namely the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) and the Bandar Malaysia project in Kuala Lumpur that will house one of the stations of the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR); and the Johor Bahru-Singapore Rapid Transit System (RTS) will continue to improve market sentiments and restore investors’ confidence, according to Knight Frank Malaysia in its Real Estate Highlights for 2H2019 released today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 8): GFM Services Bhd has proposed to raise up to RM19.

JOHOR BARU (Jan 2): The Johor government intends to set an environmental sustainability policy for future development projects, the Star reported today.