News about Muar

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.

PETALING JAYA (Sept 9): Traders at Jalan Sisi in Muar, Johor, expressed relief over the quick reversal of a notice to remove Chinese characters on their pre-war shophouses, reported The Star.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 6): The Johor administration has denied there were racial issues revolving around the Muar shop signage removal incident.

PETALING JAYA (September 6): Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman today expressed an objection towards the "forceful removal" of local retailers’ trademark signage by the local council, as reported by Malaysiakini.

  PETALING JAYA (July 14): Al-Salam Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) aims to add almost RM1 billion worth of commercial and industrial properties to its portfolio of properties over the next three years, reported The Edge Malaysia weekly.

PETALING JAYA (May 30): The recently-nixed Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) would have contributed RM650 billion in gross national income (GNI) by 2069 if it was implemented, said former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

PAGOH (Oct 25): Sime Darby Property Bhd is planning two upcoming launches in its Bandar Universiti Pagoh (BUP) township in Pagoh, Muar.

KUBANG PASU (Oct 11): The Jitra Magistrate’s Court here granted a two-day remand order on DBI Properties managing director Datuk Noruliman A Rahman to help investigations into a property scam here involving RM30,000, Bernama reported today.

MUAR (Oct 5): A former actor who was released after his two-day remand issued by the Ampang magistrate’s court expired was arrested and remanded again for two days by the Magistrate’s Court here to help investigations into a low-cost housing scam involving RM6.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 11): Hektar Real Estate Investment Trust (Hektar REIT) announced it will pay the second interim income distribution together with an advance income distribution for July and August, totalling 4 sen per unit on Sept 21, a day earlier than the scheduled Sept 22.