News #184: Proposed Putrajaya-Cyberjaya transit systems
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News #184: Proposed Putrajaya-Cyberjaya transit systems
New Siem Reap airport officially opens, Thailand Land Bridge, pre-feasibility study for Vietnam-Laos railway section, and more
This week’s main article is about the transit systems that have been proposed for Putrajaya and Cyberjaya in Malaysia. I visited Cyberjaya this year, and it is a hellscape for pedestrians. I am writing a report about Cyberjaya, so this transit article forms part of that research.
I posted a News Extra for paid subscribers this week, and here is the latest round-up of transport and urban development news in Southeast Asia.
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Putrajaya-Cyberjaya Transit System
News Extra
News Extra: 17 October 2023 (Subscriber post)
The new Siem Reap Airport, the mess that is Ben Thanh in HCMC and the State Railways of Thailand debt and gauge problem.
News
• Commentary: Breaking the vicious cycle of haze and climate change in Southeast Asia
• Energy transition underway in Southeast Asia
🇰🇭 Cambodia
• New Siem Reap airport officially opens
• Governor inspects new Koh Pich-Koh Norea Bridge
• Two Bassac river bridges planned to ease traffic congestion
• Cambodia to see region’s fastest growth
🇮🇩 Indonesia
• Govt plans to develop Jakarta as part of megalopolis
• Indonesian president asks China to accelerate support for new capital
• Indonesia’s Belt and Road train off to an uneconomic start
• Bali tollway project temporarily stalled
🇱🇦 Laos
• Works on largest wind power project in Southeast Asia move forward
• China-Laos Railway trains carry 81,000 cross-border passengers
• Railway operations training college opens in Laos
• China’s promise of prosperity brought Laos debt — and distress
🇲🇾 Malaysia
• Mixed opinions on whether HSR, MRT3 projects will be shelved
• Finance minister: Unity govt to take over Bandar Malaysia project
• Gombak residents bemoan ECRL works, claim flooding, property damage
• KK airport expansion on the cards, says Loke
• JB-Singapore RTS link project progress rate at 52pc, says MRT Corp CEO
🇲🇲 Myanmar
• China begins surveys for railway on Myanmar’s Indian Ocean
• Keppel completes divestment of Sedona Hotel Yangon in Myanmar for $75.6 mil
🇵🇭 Philippines
• Philippines still pursuing China loan for South Long Haul Project —PNR
• Housing projects built for railway informal settlers
• Bataan-Cavite bridge faces higher costs as completion pushed to December 2029
• NEDA OKs P4.5-B upgrade of Bohol-Panglao Airport
🇸🇬 Singapore
• Singapore’s $20 million shophouses are Bbazing-hot properties
• How Singapore’s Jurong Lake District reimagines business districts for a climate-conscious era
• Bus service for migrant workers extended from Little India to dorms in Kranji
🇹🇭 Thailand
"Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has ordered acceleration of the southern land bridge connecting Chumphon on the eastern coast along the Gulf of Thailand to Ranong along the Andaman Sea."
• SRT seeking budget for rail upgrades
“The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) will ask the cabinet to approve the funding for the second phase of double-track upgrades between Khon Kaen and Nong Khai next week, according to Department of Rail Transport director-general Pichet Kunathammarak on Thursday.”
• 125 Sathorn’s EIA revoked by Central Administrative Court
• Flat 20-baht fare for Red, Purple lines
• Chiang Mai Airport time extension draws fire
• Thailand's smaller cities can help drive growth
🇻🇳 Vietnam
• Investors to do pre-feasibility study for Vietnam-Laos railway section
• No more delays to kicking off North-South high-speed railway: expert
• Hanoi rivers face prolonged pollution crisis
• A deadly fire was falsely blamed on EV charging. Now gig riders can’t plug in
• Ho Chi Minh City has no construction waste treatment plant
• Billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong’s electric taxi officially enters international racetrack