Iskandar Malaysia

Mohd Noorazam Osman, CEO of the Iskandar Regional Development Authority, says that the JS-SEZ should not be seen as a Johor-only play. There is broader opportunity to build a corridor effect.

Asean Business

Malaysian agency eyes pilot scheme to fast-track clearance for aviation parts in JS-SEZ

This is part of efforts to prevent execution delays of projects in the economic zone

Eastern & Oriental executive chairman Tee Eng Ho (left) and managing director Kok Tuck Cheong at the E&O sales gallery in City of Elmina on Thursday (Nov 27).

Asean Business

Penang developer E&O to launch first Klang Valley township near Google data centres

To be launched in 2026, the township will include the Seri Embun residential precinct and the commercial component Laman Embun

Maybank launched its Forest City Service Centre on Nov 10. From left: Country Garden Pacificview executive director Teo Chee Yow; Kota Iskandar assemblyman Pandak Ahmad; Johor State Secretary Asman Shah Abdul Rahman; Johor Chief Minister Onn Hafiz Ghazi; Maybank president and group CEO Khairussaleh Ramli; and Maybank group CEO of community financial services Syed Ahmad Taufik Albar.

Asean Business

Maybank steps up financing push for Johor-Singapore SEZ with RM15 billion pipeline

Investment interest totalling RM5.35 billion to go towards Iskandar region

Sunway Group founder and chairman Jeffrey Cheah is optimistic about Malaysia and the abundance of opportunities available in the country and in the region.

Asean Business

Sunway’s southern play: Founder Jeffrey Cheah eyes Johor for next phase of growth

With a gross development value of more than RM30 billion, Sunway City Iskandar Puteri is expected to be completed over the next 20 years

Westlite Tampoi is one of the worker dormitories that Centurion manages in Johor.

Companies & Markets

Centurion unit acquires Johor dorm operator for RM110.8 million, ups bed capacity by 25%

This acquisition expands Centurion’s Malaysian portfolio to 35,610 beds

Hafizuddin Sulaiman (front row, left), UEM Sunrise officer in charge and chief financial officer, and Cheng Hsing Yao, group chief executive officer of GuocoLand, at their companies' MOU signing on Feb 27. In between them is Johor Chief Minister Onn Hafiz Ghazi.

Asean Business

GuocoLand inks MOU to jointly develop UEM Sunrise’s land bank in Iskandar Puteri

This is the first Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone agreement between Malaysian and Singaporean private-sector companies

Current leaders from both countries have vowed to deepen ties and tackle lingering issues.

Asean Business

THINKING ALOUD

Bridging ambitions and realities: the Johor-Singapore SEZ

The Special Economic Zone is set to elevate cross-border ties between two neighbours with a rich, complex history – but it will not be without challenges

The 1 km-long Causeway is one of the busiest border crossings in the world, with an average of 350,000 travellers daily.

Asean Business

Malaysia-Singapore Causeway: Bridging borders 100 years on

The motorway has become a travel and trade lifeline between Johor and the city-state

The construction site of Johor Bahru's RTS Link near Sultan Iskandar CIQ and JB Sentral KTM railway station.

Singapore

Johor state government proposing Iskandar Malaysia be designated special economic zone with Singapore

Johor’s state government has proposed that its business hub Iskandar Malaysia be designated as the special economic zone being planned between Singapore and Malaysia, The Straits Times has learnt.

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