Work near Second Link 'has stopped', Overseas Property News,

Maybe 50 years later I just need to shout to reach the opposite end?

JOHOR'S Cabinet minister for the environment Ayub Rahmat said the Chinese developer of a controversial reclamation project in the Johor Strait voluntarily stopped work about a week ago, pending studies on its environmental impact. Singapore has expressed its concern over the Forest City project in diplomatic notes to Putrajaya, asking it for more details so it could study the possible impact on the Republic and the strait. "The developers voluntarily stopped the project about a week ago," he told The Straits Times yesterday, saying the works could restart only when the authorities are satisfied that its environmental impact would be mitigated. The 2,000ha project near the Second Link, on the Malaysian side of the border, is being developed by China 's Country Garden Holdings and a Johor state company, Kumpulan Prasarana Rakyat Johor. The project, which is to be carried out...

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