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Article: Johor Baru's meteoric rise
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- New Straits Times
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- April 8, 2002
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Carol Murugiah
New Straits Times
04-08-2002
Johor Baru's meteoric rise
Byline: Carol Murugiah
Edition: 2*
THERE is no stopping Johor Baru's meteoric rise as a major business and administration district capable of challenging its more illustrious and better developed neighbour Singapore.
Consisting of four local authorities - the Johor Baru City Council (MBJB), the Johor Baru Central Municipal Council (MPJBT), the Kulai District Council (MDK) and Pasir Gudang Local Authority (PGLA) - the district houses more than one million of the country's population.
Half a century later, Johor Baru has spread its wings to shed its agricultural image and adopt one boasting of prime industrial areas, ...