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[News: 24 Sep 2025] Hat Yai update, Surabaya commuter rail project, Philippines 'ghost' flood projects, how Singapore became obsessed by shade, Bangkok Victory Monument revamp, HCMC to start building 9 new metro lines by 2027
James Clark
September 24, 2025
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I have been making maps of airports in every country in Southeast Asia (including Brunei). While making the maps, I made a master map for all of Southeast Asia.
The blue dots are domestic airports, and the red dots are international airports. I don’t include military airports or private airstrips. These are commercial airports where you can buy a ticket on a scheduled flight.
Map of airports in Southeast Asia
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🇰🇭 Cambodia
• Canopy Sands Development launches first LEED-certified Grade A office at Bay of Lights – IFC Building [Khmer Times]
🇮🇩 Indonesia
• Roads dug, traffic delayed: Jakartans fume over never-ending utility works (archive) [The Jakarta Post]
"Compounding the everyday chronic traffic congestion, widespread utility works across Jakarta have triggered frustration among residents, with experts blaming poor planning and management behind these overrunning projects."
• Surabaya commuter rail project to break ground in 2029 [Jakarta Globe]
• Bali to issue regulation banning villa and hotel construction on agricultural land (archive) [The Jakarta Post]
• The Whoosh debt dilemma: should public transportation be profitable? [The Diplomat]
🇱🇦 Laos
• Vientiane province to upgrade tourism sector with USD-7-million deluxe hotel project [The Laotian Times]
• South Korean company to build exciting new tourism complex to boost Vientiane province’s economy [Vientiane Times]
🇲🇾 Malaysia
• Cameron Highlands beats Mount Fuji views despite traffic hell and overdevelopment mess [The Rakyat Post]
"Despite frustrating traffic jams and chaotic development, Cameron Highlands has topped Agoda’s list of Asia’s Best Rural Destinations for 2025."
🇵🇭 Philippines
• Philippines’ transport chief slams his overcrowded bus ride – like ‘going to war’ (archive) [SCMP]
"Giovanni Lopez has ordered his officials to use public transport once a week and let them experience the daily ordeal of commuters."
• DOTr begins demolition of old PNR stations to fast-track NSCR South [Philippine News Agency]
• LRT-1 operator pitches plan to finish long-delayed common station [Manila Bulletin]
• PNR on track fixing right-of-way issues for South Long Haul Rail Project [Philippine News Agency]
• Governors ask Malacanang to start Manila Bay coastal road dike project [The Manila Times]
• Cebu BRT: A commuter’s guide [Cebu Daily News]
"After spending two decades in the pipeline, the Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), or more accurately, parts of it, has finally begun operating on the road."
🇸🇬 Singapore
• LTA forms new task force with rail operators to tackle MRT, LRT disruptions [The Straits Times]
"The sweltering island nation has long prioritised adding greenery and shade at every corner. Could other cities do the same?"
🇹🇭 Thailand
• Chadchart confirms road collapse at Vajira Hospital caused by soil entering metro tunnel [The Nation]
"Bangkok governor says soil intrusion into underground metro tunnel caused road collapse outside Vajira Hospital; hospital outpatient services suspended."
"The project aims to turn the landmark into a seamless transport hub connecting buses, rail, skywalks and pavements, in line with the city’s ambition to become a “Car Free Everyday” metropolis where people can travel conveniently without private cars."
• Regular metro fares to resume as 20-baht cap ends [Bangkok Post]
"Operators of Bangkok's suburban Red and Purple metro lines are preparing to revert fares to standard rates from Oct 1, as the previous government's 20-baht fare cap policy winds down."
• Activists call to defer Land Bridge project [Bangkok Post]
🇻🇳 Vietnam
• Ho Chi Minh City to build nine new metro lines by 2027 [VietNamNet Global]
"Ho Chi Minh City plans to begin construction on nine metro lines by the end of 2027, with a preliminary investment of approximately $44 billion, aiming to complete a 355-kilometer network by 2035."
• Lotte to 'terminate' Eco Smart City project in HCMC [The Investor]
"Lotte Properties HCMC Co., Ltd. has sent a document to Ho Chi Minh City's Department of Finance announcing the termination of its $900 million Lotte Eco Smart City project in the Thu Thiem New Urban Area."
• Chinese firm proposes investment in railway linking Long Thanh, Tan Son Nhat airports [Tuoi Tre News]
• Hanoi to commence new square near Hoan Kiem Lake [VietnamPlus]
"The 2.14ha project, to be carried out in two phases, is expected to create a new community space for cultural activities, exhibitions, and artistic events, while also enhancing the landscape of the capital’s historic core and one of its major tourist attractions."
• $150 mln tourism project to break ground in Ha Tinh [VnEconomy]
"The Xuan Hoi Beach Ecotourism Area will be planned as a coastal resort, commercial, and service complex."
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