KUALA LUMPUR, July 25 — The Dewan Negara has passed five bills to promote and expand economic activities in Pulau 1, Forest City, in Iskandar Puteri, Johor.

PUTRAJAYA, May 1 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has emphasised that any party associating him and the government with a purported casino project in Forest City must face legal action.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 — Police have verified the arrest of Bersatu information committee member Badrul Hisham Shaharin, commonly known as Chegu Bard, yesterday and the launch of an investigation into his Facebook post regarding the purported opening of a casino in Forest City Johor.

SEPANG, April 26 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today suggested all parties mentioned in a recent report by a foreign news agency alleging that the government is planning to issue a license for a casino in Forest City, Johor to take necessary action against the media organisation.

PUTRAJAYA, April 25 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today denied claims that the government will issue a license for the operation of a casino in Forest City, Johor.

JOHOR BAHRU, April 18 — High-impact projects such as the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ) and Special Financial Zone (SFZ) in Forest City can spur Johor’s economy to outpace that of other states in the next one to two years, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 29 — The government is exploring both fiscal and non-fiscal incentives for Malaysian and Singaporean companies to be involved in the Johor Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ) development.

JOHOR BAHRU, Sept 1 — The government will need to take fast action to boost Forest City here as a special financial zone so that it will not lose out to neighbouring countries that are aiming for the “same slice of the pie”.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 — Malaysia will create a “special financial zone” in embattled Chinese developer Country Garden’s 2007.HK US$100 billion (RM465.05 billion) project in Johor and offer incentives to attract investments, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 — Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) said yesterday banks incorporated in Malaysia face limited financial stability risk arising from exposure to China’s largest property developer, Country Garden.