Putting the plans together!
Remember I said that the untapped potential of Iskandar Malaysia is just too huge to ignore. Here's what I mean.
1. Everyone is quite familiar with Singapore's Land Use planning till 2030 by URA. An overview of how land will be used beyond 2030 (See Picture)
2. Iskandar Malaysia has also put up a blue print for its integrated Land use. (See picture)
Let me put the 2 together side by side to show you (Pay attention to the legend, where the centres of activity will be located in both places.
Then you decide for yourself if they are aligned. Actually they do!
The reality is that planners on both sides can no longer plan land use in isolation.
Ask yourself a few questions:
a. Where is the concentration of Residential, Commercial & industrial activity in both places?
b. Why Spore Govt is encouraging SMEs to shift base if the cost structure in Johor suits them?
c. Where do you think the High Speed Rail(HSR), MRT link and even the "3rd causeway" should be build?
d. Where are the ports in Johor and in Singapore(new location)?
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Even if you're not interested in property investment, an understanding of land use in Johor and Singapore tells you the economic shifts, how our careers, our lives, our children's lives will change... more importantly how you should adapt to these changes.
Now do you really need “insider” information?
I will come back to this again in later postings.
