19/06/2022
“Forest City is partially built on reclaimed land from the Straits of Johor. Around 163 million cubic meters of sand were dumped into the ocean to build the city.
Some experts say the rapid speed of construction coupled with the reclamation of land is a dangerous combination.
"In spite of the technological innovations used to reclaim and build, sand dumped on mud seabed needs more than the publicised time to settle," Serina Rahman, a Malaysia-based scientist and researcher, wrote in her 2017 book "Johor's Forest City Faces Critical Challenges." Cracks have appeared on some of the estate's buildings and sections of road have sunk into the ground, she wrote.”
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As my taxi drove into Forest City, I was struck by the size of the development. It felt like I had been transported into a futuristic movie set.
