Malaysia’s Forest City adds traditional Chinese medicine to its grand plan

The US$100 billion, 1,400-hectare mixed development aims to serve 700,000 residents, and the health facility could lure medical tourists to the Iskandar development zone near the border with Singapore

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A model of the Forest City development. Photo: Bloomberg

Published: 10:45pm, 4 Aug 2017Updated: 2:39pm, 4 Oct 2017

Forest City, the sprawling US$100 billion property development being built on artificial islands in Malaysia’s version of Shenzhen bordering Singapore, is already slated to have seafront high-tech office complexes, schools and hotels.

Now, its Chinese developer, Country Garden Holdings, has unveiled plans to launch a traditional Chinese medicine hub to serve its future population of 700,000 people, many of whom will be from China.

Country Garden Pacificview, the joint venture holding company that owns Forest City, said in a statement on Friday that it had signed an agreement with the Foshan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine to establish a satellite facility within the still-developing city.

Forest City is a 1,400-hectare mixed development being built on the southern tip of Malaysia, just off the border with Singapore. The area surrounding it – the Iskandar development zone – is seen as Malaysia’s answer to Shenzhen.

A worker in the Iskandar development zone. Photo: Bloomberg

“The hospital has a particular focus in orthopaedics and traumatology, thanks to its in-house research institute and a research laboratory focused on traditional Chinese medicine,” Country Garden Pacificview said.

“The agreement paves the way for the establishment of Foshan’s first hospital outside China, and potentially the largest traditional Chinese medicine hospital in Malaysia,” it added.

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