Infographics BT Tanjung MALAYSIA Second Pelepas Link Port Sungai Workers Camp Expressway Sungai Pulai Pok Besar Phase 4 MALAYSIA 145.13 acres Tanjung Bin Forest City Seagrass Seagrass Island Reclamation Phase 1 978.78 acres Asia Merambong SINGAPORE Petroleum Island Hub Phase 3 Y AREA Phase 2 R 405.43 A ENLARGED 2,483.13 acres acres D N U O B L Project phasing A N O I SINGAPORE TOPSIDE TOPSIDE T A RECLAMATION RECLAMATION DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT N ISLAND R STARTS ENDS E STARTS ENDS T N I Island 1 2015 2018 2015 2025 E R O Island 2 2018 2028 2020 2045 P A G Island 3 2028 2033 2030 2040 N I S – Island 4 2033 2038 2035 2045 SIA AY AL Duration 23 years 30 years M Seeing the ‘forest’ for the trees apartments,mixed commercial, clubhouse, health Malaysia’s busiest container port Port of Holdings via a joint venture also reportedly partly WHAT The mammoth mixed development centre, education facility, business park and water Tanjung Pelepas owned by the Johor Sultan) ‘Forest City Project’ collectively spans 1,978 element, will be interconnected via bridges. • The project’s closest distance to the Malaysia- » Sunway Iskandar’s low-density residential and hectares, of which 1,624 hectares will occupy an • Estimated population size of 300,000 people Singapore international boundary is 1.59 km commercial property project over some 728 hectares enormous expanse − by Malaysian standards − of expected in the newly-created islands reclaimed land • The Malaysia-Singapore second link that stretches • Manpower of 5,000 (engineers, skilled workers and across Straits of Johor between Gelang Patah, Johor to Project hopes to draw investment • A cluster of four man-made islands − one island to WHY semi-skilled workers) required for reclamation works Tuas in Singapore is close to the project vicinity dollars and boost trade and tourism and in doing spring up in every stage of the four-phase project so, compete with Singapore spread over 30 years − of varying sizes forms the • Site is also close to Johor’s largest and Peninsular project’s centrepiece WHO Project is led by Country Garden Malaysia’s second largest mangrove forest reserve • Given the easy access to project via Malaysia’s known as the Sungai Pulai Forest Reserve North-South Expressway that connects Thailand, • With a surface area of just over 1,000 hectares, the Pacificview Sdn Bhd − a joint-venture between Malaysia and Singapore and proximity to Second Link, largest of the specially-designed islands to be built in China’s Country Garden Holdings (66%) and • Committed developments close to project : the project hopes to woo investors from ‘land-starved the second phase will be two times bigger than Esplanade Danga 88 Sdn Bhd (34%). » PTP’s third-phase expansion Esplanade Danga is a private vehicle owned by Singapore’ Singapore’s famed Sentosa Island » Tanjung Piai breakwaters (Tanjung Piai is dubbed Johor state investment arm and reportedly • Forest City expects to create some 62,200 new jobs • Creation of the first island, which is the farthest away the southernmost tip of mainland Asia and is a majority owned by the Johor Sultan in various sectors when completed from the Malaysia-Singapore international boundary is tourist attraction) work in progress now » Integrated Petroleum hub and Maritime Industrial • Investment of some RM700 million to upgrade roads It is located in the western Straits and public transport to benefit population around • The islands’ key components include service WHERE Park covering 3,485 acres (led by KL’s Benalec of Johor (in Tanjung Kupang district) and east of Gelang Patah, Tanjung Pelepas and Nusajaya KEY CONCERNS Malaysia protested land of the Sea (Itlos) and was landscape; the Environ- of residential units in reclamation by Singapore resolved when international mental Impact Assess- Iskandar and lead to a • Given the project’s around Pulau Tekong and experts claimed the ment concluded that huge sluggish property market proximity to Singapore, Pulau Ubin on grounds of reclamation was not commitment is required in the area there are concerns over its transboundary environ- causing major from Country Garden to potential transboundary • Could encroach on area mental harm. The dispute environmental damage) mitigate the risks impact. surrounding Malaysia’s PTP was taken to the Interna- (Noteworthy in 2002, • Potential hazards on the • The massive project may and narrow the navigation tional Tribunal for the Law environment and social exacerbate the oversupply channel for ships BT Graphics: Anita Gabriel and Ludwig Ilio Artist’s impression by Dr Nik & Associates Sdn Bhd Source: EIA report by Dr Nik & Associates Sdn Bhd, news reports.