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Paul Tan's Automotive News
April 3, 2018
With an official launching by Youth and Sports (KBS) minister Khairy Jamaluddin, the Tangkak Racing Track, located in the town of Gerisik, Johor saw the opening round of the 2018 Malaysian Cub Prix Championship. The circuit measures 1.2 km in length and was constructed for KBS by the Public WorksÃâà...
The Borneo Post
April 3, 2018
JOHOR BAHRU: The Sultan of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar yesterday proposed the setting up of an office of the Consulate General of China in Johor Bahru to strengthen the long established bilateral ties between Johor and the republic. According to Sultan Ibrahim's official Facebook page, hisÃâà...
Free Malaysia Today
April 2, 2018
JOHOR BAHRU: Construction of the Tunku Laksamana Johor Cancer Centre (TLJCC) will begin by the third quarter of this year and the centre is expected to commence operations by end of 2020. To be built in Iskandar Puteri, and led by Singapore-headquartered healthcare specialist Asian AmericanÃâà...
The Star Online
April 2, 2018
He is being challenged by DAP's Johor chairman Liew Chin Tong. Dr Wee is MCA's biggest name in Johor and it will be a huge psychological victory for DAP to defeat him. DAP has been demonising Dr Wee and his party at the ceramah rounds that have begun in earnest in Chinese areas all over the state.
The Straits Times
April 2, 2018
Analysts have described the upcoming general election as a fight for the Malay vote, but in Johor it will be a ruthless fight for Chinese supremacy. For Johor to fall, the Malay seats have to fall. It is apparent by now that Pribumi and Amanah can do some damage to Umno but will be unable to knock down theÃâà...
Channel NewsAsia
April 2, 2018
Led by Singapore-headquartered healthcare specialist Asian American Medical Group (AAMG), the Tunku Laksamana Johor Cancer Centre (TLJCC) will be a private regional centre for cancer treatment, research and education. Construction will start by the third quarter of 2018, and the centre is expectedÃâà...
The Star Online
April 1, 2018
JOHOR BARU: The Government wants state authorities to clear beggars from the streets of the city. Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Rohani Abdul Karim said the presence of beggars gives a bad image to not only Johor, but also Malaysia. She said street beggars wereÃâà...
Malay Mail
March 31, 2018
Ahmad Zahid said any problems among the BN component parties should be totally resolved as the general election could be held at any time now. — Picture by Shafwan Zaidon JOHOR BAHRU, March 30 ― Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi today reminded the Barisan NasionalÃâà...
Yahoo Singapore News
March 23, 2018
SERDANG: The private collection of vehicles belonging to Sultan of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar, stole the show at the Malaysia Bike Week (MBW) 2018. Visitors to the event, held at the Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang (Maeps), were all abuzz at seeing the ruler's collection of vehicles, whichÃâà...
Malay Mail
March 23, 2018
File photo of a voter showing the 'indelible ink' on her finger after casting her ballot in the 2013 general election. JOHOR BAHRU, March 22 — A total of 1.8 million people have been registered as voters in Johor for the 14th General Election (GE14) according to the latest fourth quarter Electoral Roll forÃâà...
Yahoo Singapore News
March 23, 2018
KOTA ISKANDAR, March 23 — The Barisan Nasional government here will release a report accounting for all its achievements since the 2013 general election this Sunday. Dubbed the Johor Government's Achievement Report Card 2013-2018, it will catalogue information such as the progress on variousÃâà...
Free Malaysia Today
March 23, 2018
JOHOR BAHRU: A total of 1.8 million people have been registered as voters in Johor for the 14th general election (GE14), according to the fourth quarter electoral roll for 2017. Johor Election Commission (EC) director Shafie Taib said the number of voters showed an increase of about 300,000 compared toÃâà...
The Edge Markets MY
March 23, 2018
KUALA LUMPUR (March 23): Lay Hong Bhd is investing in a new pasteurised liquid eggs processing facility in Iskandar Halal Park in Pasir Gudang, Johor, to cater to demand from the southern region and Singapore, and address logistical costs. Lay Hong will be investing some RM16.59 million to set upÃâà...
The Star Online
March 23, 2018
MUAR: Rescuers pulled out two survivors from a capsized sand dredger off Tanjung Tohor near here on Friday afternoon. One of the previously missing crew members of Chinese-owned JBB Rong Chang 8 arrived on shore at 3.25pm, followed by another survivor at 4pm. China Press reported that theÃâà...
The Straits Times
March 22, 2018
Rescuers at the site of an overturned sand-dredging vessel in the waters off southern Malaysia yesterday. One person died, while 14 others - 12 Chinese, one Indonesian and one Malaysian - were missing after the dredger capsized off Parit Jawa in Johor's Muar district, officials said. Three other peopleÃâà...
Channel NewsAsia
March 21, 2018
KUALA LUMPUR: His father was a Singapore citizen, a construction worker who commutes every day from Johor to the Republic to work. His mother is an English teacher at a secondary school who wakes up at 5am every morning to cook for the family and then gives tuition classes until late at night to earnÃâà...
Channel NewsAsia
March 21, 2018
JOHOR BAHRU: A sand mining vessel capsized off Parit Jawa near Muar on Wednesday (Mar 21), resulting in one crew member drowning and 14 missing, Maritime Malaysia said in a statement. Three Chinese crew members were rescued safely after authorities received reports that the JBB Rong ChangÃâà...
Channel NewsAsia
March 20, 2018
Despite a general climate of positive exuberance, to most Malaysians, a perennial reason for pushing up Johor property values and the cost of everyday goods and services remains Singaporeans who venture across the Second Link and Causeway frequently - and have found Johor to be a suitableÃâà...
Malay Mail
March 6, 2018
Johor police chief Datuk Mohd Khalil Kader Mohd (right) said the palace, its grounds and other similar gazetted protected places in the state were restricted areas as defined under the Protected Areas and Protected Places Act 1959. — Picture by Ben TanJOHOR BARU, March 6 — The Johor police todayÃâà...
Free Malaysia Today
March 6, 2018
PETALING JAYA: Although Johor has traditionally been an Umno stronghold, Pagoh MP Muhyiddin Yassin is confident that the people will achieve the impossible by voting the party out in the 14th general election (GE14). As an MP who has led the constituency for seven terms, he is clear on what his partyÃâà...
malaysiandigest.com
March 6, 2018
ISKANDAR PUTERI – Johor's rapid growth, which has been projected to continue in the next few years, may result in the state outperforming the Klang Valley in terms of contributions to the nation's economy. Johor Menteri Besar, Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin, said he was confident the state'sÃâà...
Free Malaysia Today
March 6, 2018
ISKANDAR PUTERI: Johor's rapid growth, which has been projected to continue in the next few years, may result in the state outperforming the Klang Valley in terms of contributions to the nation's economy. Johor Menteri Besar Mohamed Khaled Nordin said he was confident the state's economic growthÃâà...
Malay Mail
March 6, 2018
While Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is tasked with leading the vanguard into the Malay heartland, rumour is that he may abandon Pagoh for Muar. ― Picture by Azneal IshakPETALING JAYA, March 6 — Pakatan Harapan (PH) is targeting Johor, the birthplace of Umno and a Malay bastion, on the belief that itÃâà...
The Online Citizen
March 6, 2018
The Johor Council of Royal Court is taking actions against local social-political site, The Independent SG (TISG) for a report made on 5 March which involved the Johor Crown Prince, Tourism Minister, Nazri Aziz and Malaysian businessman Robert Kuok. TISG reported that the Johor Crown PrinceÃâà...
Yahoo Singapore News
March 5, 2018
JOHOR BARU, March 5 — A man was arrested after he attempted to trespass into Istana Pasir Pelangi entrance along Jalan Pasir Pelangi here yesterday on his motorcycle. The incident came barely 72-hours after a man attempted to steal the Sultan of Johor's Ferrari at the Istana Bukit Serene on Thursday.
The Star Online
March 4, 2018
JOHOR BARU: Police have remanded the man who trespassed into Istana Bukit Serene and attempted to steal a Ferrari belonging to Johor Ruler Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar. Johor police chief Comm Datuk Mohd Khalil Kader Mohd said the suspect had been remanded for four days untilÃâà...
The Star Online
March 4, 2018
YONG PENG: Johor MCA has set itself a target of eight parliamentary and 15 state seat wins in the coming GE14. Party deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong asked over 300 MCA grassroots leaders from all over Johor to help convert assistance given by MCA into votes in the coming elections.
The Star Online
December 31, 1999
The contractors are expected to work on projects such as the Johor Baru-Singapore Rapid Transit System (RTS), Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR), Gemas-Johor Baru double-tracking project and the Iskandar Malaysia Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). These projects in the state will take place inÃâà...
The Straits Times
December 31, 1999
SINGAPORE - A 28-year-old Singaporean man was killed in a car crash in Johor Baru on Tuesday (March 27), local reports said. He was driving a Mercedes-Benz, with another Singaporean man and two Vietnamese women in the vehicle, Malaysia's China Press reported on Wednesday. The Johor FireÃâà...
