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Forest City - Futuristic city or farcical folly?
Find out as I frolic through the flora of this fake island while uttering other F-words. This is my on-the-ground review of Malaysia's mega land reclamation project in the Johor Strait.
Dispatches from Southeast Asia: Forest City, Malaysia.
Forest City is an artificial island project in Malaysia, located in the Johor strait opposite Singapore. It has been billed as the Shenzhen of Southeast Asia, with Singapore playing the role of Hong Kong.
This is my review of Forest City. I spent two nights in an Airbnb, renting the spare room of an early buyer on this weird and lonely island.
Read the full report here:
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