K.J. Choi Donates To Johor Charities
South Korea’s K.J. Choi who won the Iskandar Johor Golf Open donated a total of US$87,000 (RM293,500). Six Johor-based charities – Handicap Association of Johor Baru, Sari Saujana Handicapped Children Home, the Boys Brigade in Malaysia (the 1st Johor Baru Company), Johor Area Rehabilitation Organisation (JARO), Princess Elizabeth School (for the Blind and Visually Handicapped) and Badan Amal Tenaga Isteri Wakil-Wakil Rakyat Negeri Johor (JUITA) – each received US$14,500. [TheStar]
Johor To Carry Out Cloud Seeding
Without enough rain and the hot weather, water levels are dropping. …

National Library of Malaysia is organizing the 1 Malaysia Reading Campaign or “Mari Membaca 1 Malaysia” campaign  starting from early this month. The campaign was launched by the Minister of Information, Communication and Culture, Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim. This campaign is to promote reading habit among Malaysians and to support the series of 1 Malaysia programmes that is first initiated by our very own Prime Minister.
The interesting part about this campaign is that they use public figures and celebrities as icons for Malaysia reading culture. Those include former Prime …

JOHOR BAHRU – A total of 300 riders will be played in the championship motorcycle racing Lasak 1Malaysia 2010 on Friday until Sunday.
Among the participants who took part came from Singapore, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, Canada, Japan, Switzerland and Indonesia.
The competition is divided into eight categories was held at the Circuit Sutera Mall, Skudai, here.
Johor Tourism Department Director, Abdul Jabar Mohd. Tahir said, the categories are contested Motorcross MX1, MX2 Novice Motorcross, Enduro International, Open Enduro, Enduro Veteran, ATV Open, Open Cubcross A and B. Open Cubcross

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New university @ academic institution will be soon opened in Iskandar. For details check out the news below which is adopted from the Star:
LANGFANG (China): Singapore-based Raffles Education Corp Ltd (REC), which aims to set up a multi-institutional education campus at Iskandar Malaysia by 2011, hopes to invest about RM200mil in the proposed venture over the next five years as part of its move to fortify its education business in the region.
Chairman and CEO Chew Hua Seng said in order to set up the campus, they needed to get the …

Good news for Johor Bahru dwellers!!!
The new Tesco Bukit Indah will be opened.
When?
It will be officially opened on 4th March 2010 at 9.00 am sharp. To celebrate his grand opening, Tesco is going to give away 1,000 freebies but it is limited to only the first 1,000 customers. Q-card will be given earlier to the customers before a lucky draw is held.
Check out interesting facts about this new Tesco Bukit Indah:

Long term saving with Tesco’s Clubcard points
6,000 price check ups every week to help you save more
Hundreds of weekly promotions
Low …

The 44th convocation of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) is going to take place from 24th to 27th March 2010. As usual, in conjunction with the convocation, the Convo fiesta (Pesta Konvo) will also take place for about one week. The Pesta Konvo is such a huge event which attracts massive crowds even from Singapore.
Among attractions during the colourful and lively Pesta Konvo are street soccer contest, mini festival, entrepreneur workshop, and concert performance by local artists.
As usual, stalls will be opened and offered to business people with very reasonable price …