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Visit to Malaysia 2017
Dr. Winnie Tang, SCC's Founder and Chair of Steering Committee, and Mr. Jason Ngan, Chair of SCC's Smart Healthcare SIG and other SCC members visited Iskandar Malaysia, a new economic development zone in Malaysia.
Malaysia has been relatively slow in economic development in the past but recently it has caught up with full speed and is keen on developing a smart city. The Iskandar Malaysia is adjacent to Singapore, like the Pearl River Delta being close to Hong Kong.
"Iskandar" is an Arabic version of the English name "Alexander" which means "defender of the people". The area has an area of 220,000 hectares, double the size of Hong Kong. It has been developed into a special economic zone since 2006, with highway, ports and international airport. There are five flagship development zones. The major selling points are low carbon green real estate, tourism (Asia's first LEGOLAND), financial and innovative technology (as Singapore's back-up).
The economic zone has gained a great success that it has created 800,000 jobs and attracted more than MYR70 billion (about HK$122.5 billion) of foreign investments.
Malaysia has been relatively slow in economic development in the past but recently it has caught up with full speed and is keen on developing a smart city. The Iskandar Malaysia is adjacent to Singapore, like the Pearl River Delta being close to Hong Kong.
"Iskandar" is an Arabic version of the English name "Alexander" which means "defender of the people". The area has an area of 220,000 hectares, double the size of Hong Kong. It has been developed into a special economic zone since 2006, with highway, ports and international airport. There are five flagship development zones. The major selling points are low carbon green real estate, tourism (Asia's first LEGOLAND), financial and innovative technology (as Singapore's back-up).
The economic zone has gained a great success that it has created 800,000 jobs and attracted more than MYR70 billion (about HK$122.5 billion) of foreign investments.