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Kuala Lumpur construction report – 2025 edition
Old Town renovations, Merdeka 118 (the tallest building in Southeast Asia), Maybank leaves its mark on KL, pocket parks, KLCC and laying the foundation for the future tallest building in Southeast Asia, Bukit Bintang wants to be the Ginza of KL, update on Gombak Station (the KL station for the East Coast Rail Link)

Future Southeast Asia News [26 Nov 2025]
The proposed high-speed metro in Ho Chi Minh City, dredging work on Funan Techo Canal to start in December, Jakarta is now the world's largest city, Kota Kinabalu Light Rail, DOTr begins right-of-way acquisition for Mindanao Railway, Korat Orange Line, Vietnam studies new island airport

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Penang construction update (2025 edition)
Trip report for my visit to Penang in September 2025. The Penang LRT finally begins construction, historic Georgetown begins a greening and pedestrianisation project, merging old and new outside the historic UNESCO area, the Gurney Bay reclamation update, and making the same car-centric mistakes on the Andaman Island project.

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