ISKANDAR PUTERI: Forest City will be the first location in Malaysia to offer a 0% tax rate for family offices, says Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan. The Finance Minister II added that the 0% tax rate for family offices was among a competitive package of incentives to make Forest City a magnet for international capital. “This includes...
KLUANG: The rice aid under the Bantuan Kasih Johor initiative was distributed before the Mahkota by-election campaign started, says Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan (pic). The Umno supreme council member dismissed claims that the state government initiative is being used to woo voters in the Mahkota by-election. "We did not distribute the rice during the by-election; it was...
JOHOR BARU: Johor has proposed making the Forest City Special Financial Zone (SFZ) a part of the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ). State investment, trade, consumer affairs and human resources committee chairman Lee Ting Han said the matter had been discussed internally and would be brought up for discussion in the JS-SEZ working group. He said that...
HULU SELANGOR: Several police reports have been lodged over articles by Bloomberg claiming that several parties are in talks with the government about opening a casino in Forest City, Johor, said Fahmi Fadzil. “I haven’t received detailed information, but we have a Cabinet meeting soon and maybe after that. “I was made to understand that several police...
ISKANDAR PUTERI: Johor is considering designating a lane for those travelling to and fro the special financial zone (SFZ) in the Forest City at the Immigration checkpoint of the Second Link here. State works, transportation and infrastructure committee chairman Mohamad Fazli Mohamad Salleh said the move could smoothen the traffic flow at the bridge connecting Malaysia...
