JOHOR BAHARU, Nov 27 (Bernama) -- Central Malaysian Properties Sdn Bhd (CMP), linked to tycoon Tan Sri Vincent Tan, is to develop a RM2.7 billion integrated residential cum commercial waterfront city here. Menteri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman tonight launched the Lido Boulevard project, which will be one of the biggest private finance initiatives to date in the Iskandar Development Region (IDR). Coming up on a 49.371ha beachfront just outside Johor Baharu's central business district, it is designed to be the garden city of the south. The privatisation project awarded last Aug 30 is a joint venture between CMP and State Secretary, Johor (Inc), an investment holding company of the state government which is also the landowner. The Lido Boulevard, with a gross development value of RM2.7 billion, is CMP's flagship development and will be financed through shareholder funds and other internal financial arrangements.

11:23 a.m. Meeting on deer management planned for Joplin

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Baptist Convention postpones decision on move

The Executive Board of the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) postponed until December a decision of whether to relocate the organization's headquarters to Moniteau County.

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More than 200 attend vigil for missing girl

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Child-welfare records draw interest in Rowan Ford case

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