1. Johor’s Forest City has been ranked second out of 5 Most Useless Megaprojects in the World, according to YouTube channel Top Luxury.

“Forest City was probably too ambitious to begin with, too futuristic to truly achieve and too politically challenged to succeed anytime soon.” pic.twitter.com/EZxaLzd0lb

— BFM News (@NewsBFM) November 18, 2021

3. The video also claims that the project is being funded mainly through China.

“Wealthy Chinese investors who couldn’t afford the soaring prices of apartments in their own country rushed to Forest City.

“By 2019, 80% of the property owners were Chinese.”

— BFM News (@NewsBFM) November 18, 2021

5. The video also points out that in 2018, then prime minister Mahathir Mohamad had banned foreigners from owning property in the Forest City.

This had led to many foreigners leaving the city and discouraged new investors, according to the video.https://t.co/rXxSB7BXR0

— BFM News (@NewsBFM) November 18, 2021

7. The SCMP report also claimed that the Forest City’s master developer, Country Garden Holdings, had laid off over 1,000 Malaysian workers in the past year.

The Top Luxury video believes that this signalled “the epic downturn in the project’s fortunes.”

— BFM News (@NewsBFM) November 18, 2021

Malaysia’s controversial Forest City has been labelled as the second most useless megaproject in the world.

“Forest City was probably too ambitious to begin with, too futuristic to truly achieve, and is too politically challenged to succeed anytime soon."https://t.co/VEQqdZIZce

— TheVibes.com (@thevibesnews) November 17, 2021