$15bn Mac future SUSTAINABLE city Korea-Sejong ready 2020

Post date: Jan 12, 2010 10:7:22 PM

South Korea Will Build Sustainable City of Tech and Learning by 2020

MAC(Multifunctional Administrative City) named Sejong

500,000 residents in just a decade

Just like that, Abu Dhabi's Masdar City has some competition. On Monday, South Korean officials announced a $14.6 billion plan

for a new self-sufficient city, high-tech hub of education and commerce that will be home to some of Korea's biggest corporate

names and centers of higher learning. The so-called Sejong City -- sometimes called by its official name.

The Multifunctional Administrative City (MAC) -- aims to create a brand new, 21st century city in Chungcheong Province

about 100 miles due south of Seoul by 2020.

Plan for Sejong 500.000 residents