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Back on the Lego brick road
09 December 2009, By New Straits Times
Adults who thought their Lego days were long behind them find themselves playing with the colourful bricks once again. This time round, however, they have to draw on their skills as engineers to build giant models for Legoland Malaysia, writes CHUAH BEE KIM
KHAIRUNNADIA Kamarudin played with the colourful interlocking plastic bricks when she was about 6 or 7 years old.
She soon exchanged them for Barbie and Polly Pocket Dolls.
Now all grown up at the age of 23, and armed with a bachelor's degree in industrial design from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, she finds herself playing with the same bricks of her childhood.
Khairunnadia is set to be a model builder at Legoland Malaysia, which is expected to open in April 2012.
Malaysia to get first Asian Legoland Theme park
09 December 2009, By ASAP.com
In 2012, Malaysia is all set to open up a new Legoland theme park. This announcement comes as a surprise, as the theme park will open up almost a year ahead of schedule. The park is said to cost around 700 million ringgit or 206 million dollars.
Arlida Ariff, who is the president and Chief officer for Iskander Investment Berhad , has reported that the park is slated to open in April 2012. The park is said to cover over 26 acres of land in the state of Johor and is located on the border shared by Singapore.
Sasar dua hospital baru
08 December 2009, By Utusan Malaysia
Pantai Holdings Bhd. (Pantai Holdings), penyedia penjagaan kesihatan di bawah kumpulan Khazanah Nasional Bhd. (Khazanah) merancang membuka dua lagi hospital tahun depan untuk memenuhi keperluan dan permintaan perubatan yang makin meningkat di kalangan penduduk Malaysia.
Pada masa ini, syarikat tersebut mengendalikan sembilan hospital termasuk yang terbaru di Bandar Amanjaya, di sini.
Pengerusinya, Tan Sri Mohamed Khatib Abdul Hamid berkata, Pantai Holdings sentiasa meninjau peluang mengembangkan perniagaan terutamanya selepas Khazanah mengambil alih sebahagian kepentingannya daripada syarikat Singapura, Parkway Holdings Ltd. (Parkway), tiga tahun lalu.
LRT hubungkan Nusajaya – JB
08 December 2009, By Harian Metro
JOHOR BAHRU: Daerah ini dan Nusajaya dijangka dihubungkan dengan kemudahan pengangkutan transit aliran ringan (LRT) menjelang tujuh hingga 10 tahun akan datang.
Pengarah Projek UEM Land Holdings Bhd (UEM Land), Zulkifli Tahmali, berkata pelan induk projek berkenaan bakal disiapkan sepanuhnya selepas laluan dikenal pasti.
“Perancangan laluan LRT akan dipastikan kemudian dengan mengutamakan tempat menarik dan ingin dikunjungi orang ramai.
“Apa yang penting penyediaan kemudahan pengangkutan berkenaan buat kali pertama di negeri ini, akan memberi manfaat kepada semua pihak,” katanya selepas melancarkan Minggu Kempen Jaminan Kualiti, Keselamatan Pekerja, Kesihatan dan Alam Sekitar anjuran UEM Land di sini, semalam.
Malaysia's Legoland Theme Park To Be Ready By 2012
07 December 2009, By TradingMarkets.Com
A 22-acre Legoland theme park under construction in Medini Iskandar in this area in southern state of Johor is expected to be ready by 2012, a year ahead of schedule, said Johor Chief Minister Abdul Ghani Othman. He said the theme park in Iskandar Malaysia would be the first in Asia, and the fifth in the world. "This Legoland park is built under a concept suitable to its location in a tropical country like Malaysia," he told reporters after attending the ground-breaking ceremony at the Legoland Malaysia project site, here Wednesday.
Rainforest challenge set to be tourist attraction
07 December 2009, By The Star
The thrills and spills of Malaysia’s biggest 4x4 competition, the Johor Rainforest Challenge (RFC) is set to be a tourist attraction for the state.
“This event is a World 4x4 Council sanctioned event and has attracted many participants from other countries to participate,” said Johor Tourism Action Council manager Jabar Tahir.
The first RFC competition was held in Terengganu last year.
This year, 300 participants and 150 specially tuned 4x4 vehicles are taking part.
Jabar spoke to reporters after the Raja Muda Johor Tunku Ismail Idris Tunku Ibrahim Ismail flagged-off the participants at the Bangunan Sultan Ibrahim here yesterday.
Meanwhile, 45-year-old competitor from India D.Jesu said that he was excited about taking part in the event.
M'sia Legoland to open in 2012
07 December 2009, By The Straits Times Singapore
A LEGOLAND theme park will open in Malaysia's south in 2012 at a cost of RM700 million (S$286 million), one year earlier than scheduled, developers said on Thursday.
Iskandar Investment Berhad (IIB) president and chief executive officer Arlida Ariff said the theme park covering 26 hectares in Johor state is now slated to open in April 2012.
'The selection of Legoland is very deliberate. The (planned) theme park in Singapore by Universal Studios is for young adults. Our is for families. It will be complementary rather than competition,' she told AFP.
The Malaysian attraction will be the first Legoland in Asia.
IIB is an investment holding company linked to the 17.7 billion ringgit Iskandar Development Region (IDR), a major infrastructure project in Johor.
Johor Premium Outlet to boost tourism, lure investors
07 December 2009, By The Star
THE construction of a world-class premium factory outlet, better known as the Johor Premium Outlet, in Iskandar Malaysia will boost tourism and lure more investors into the state.
Iskandar Regional Development Authority (Irda) chief executive officer Harun Johari says the project, which was announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak in New York recently, would definitely attract tourists who are usually keen shoppers.
They will help boost revenue, he says.
“The Johor Premium Outlet is a strategic and catalytic project in Iskandar Malaysia and for the overall state of Johor. It will create a new market segment in tourism such as a luxury shopping destination,” he says.
New school for Iskandar
07 December 2009, By The Star
MALAYSIA is well on its way to becoming a world-class education hub with an agreement between Education@Iskandar Sdn Bhd and Marlborough College. The agreement, which was signed recently between Education Iskandar Sdn Bhd (EISB), Marlborough Overseas Ltd (MOL) and M East Sdn Bhd (MESB), will develop Marlborough College Malaysia in Iskandar.
Marlborough College Malaysia, scheduled to open in September 2012, is the first international venture for the British co-educational boarding school, which was established in 1843.
The college will cater to local and international students aged between five and 18.
Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Mohd Yassin witnessed the signing ceremony.
Malaysia's Legoland theme park to open in 2012
04 December 2009, By AFP
A Legoland theme park will open in Malaysia's south in 2012 at a cost of 700 million ringgit (206 million dollars), one year earlier than scheduled, developers said Thursday.
Iskandar Investment Berhad (IIB) president and chief executive officer Arlida Ariff said the theme park covering 26 hectares (62.4 acres) in Johor state, which neighbours Singapore, is now slated to open in April 2012.
"The selection of Legoland is very deliberate. The (planned) theme park in Singapore by Universal Studios is for young adults. Our is for families. It will be complementary rather than competition," she told AFP.
The Malaysian attraction will be the first Legoland in Asia.
