LARGE banners the size of multi-storey buildings and hoardings herald the coming launch of a Chinese mainland developer Guangzhou R&F Properties. Since 2012, it has made its presence felt buying up tracks of land.
Says a 50-something Johorean: “The Chinese developers did things in a big way. They imported grown trees for their projects and spend millions on landscaping. The effect of growns trees on the project was immediate. This impressed many Johoreans.”