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Mr. Ng Zhu Hann: Forest City: A Prime Model of Future City
Source: | Author:gfhsforum | Published time: 2018-11-16 | 1129 Views | Share:
Mr. Ng Zhu Hann, Director of Strategy, Country Garden Forest City


Forest City is strategically located in the fast-growing Iskandar Development Region, Malaysia, injecting another source of growth in ASEAN. It stands adjacent to Tuas second link, covering an area of 30 KM2, including four man-made islands, an industrial building system base, and a golf resort. Country Garden partnered with Malaysian government-backed Esplanade Danga 88 to build an innovative green and smart city with industry integration, building a model of future cities. By attracting financial institutes, R&D center for technology and bio-tech along with various innovative industries, Forest City is expected to create 220,000 job opportunities for Malaysia, realizing a peaceful co- existence of lifestyle and business development. It adopts a cutting-edge city development concept, combining spacious walkways, multicultural entertainment facilities and fascinating tropical landscape, all of these elements combine above will definitely attract young Malaysians to settle down at Forest City. Meanwhile, Forest City also connects the world with various transportation possibilities, including a highly developed waterway transportation, railway transportation to Singapore, and a light rail transit on the highway of Malaysia.


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