{
  "id": 16158112,
  "title": "Iskandar Malaysia surpasses investment target with RM525 billion, turns to high-value industries",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/iskandar-malaysia-surpasses-investment-target-with-rm525-billion",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T06:00:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Independent Singapore",
    "slug": "the-independent-singapore",
    "url": "https://theindependent.sg/iskandar-malaysia-surpasses-investment-target-with-rm525-billion-turns-to-high-value-industries"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "MALAYSIA: Iskandar Malaysia has recorded total investments of RM525.26 billion (S$164.24 billion) since its establishment 20 years ago, surpassing its original RM383 billion target and creating over a million jobs while more than doubling average household income in the region, the Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA) announced on Tuesday. According to Invest Johor, citing The Edge…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}