Future Hoi An beyond the Ancient Town

[News: 3 May 2023] Rebuilding Cambodia’s gambling Mecca, Last batch of units for Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway shipped, Penang South Islands project gets Putrajaya’s final approval

Hello from Hua Hin! I was here last year and I said I would come back when the new railway station was open. It was meant to be finished by now, but I arrived last week and the new station is still a construction site. Maybe I will come back next year if/when it is open. Here is a list of Hua Hin projects that I compiled from my last visit.

This week I have a trip report from my recent stay in Hoi An, where there is more to this city than the ancient town.

I am also compiling a full list of projects from Da Nang to Hoi An, and I have made a fact sheet for a new urban area in Hoi An.

Dispatches from Southeast Asia

• Trip Report: Hoi An 2023 construction update

The Da Nang-Hoi An resort coast, more new urban areas, the fragile beaches of Hoi An, and the hidden casino resort from Macau.

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• Casamia Hoi An

Casamia Hoi An is a new urban area in the Bay Mau Coconut Forest of Cam Thanh Commune in Hoi An.

News

🇰🇭 Cambodia

• Rebuilding Cambodia’s gambling Mecca

• Cambodia to transform Sihanoukville seaport into hub port by 2029

• Cambodia needs 30 bln USD for 150 prioritized infrastructure projects: Minister

• CDIA checks on progress of wastewater projects in Siem Reap

• SSCA eyes 300 weekly China flights

“…there had been “more than 400” weekly flights prior to Covid, operated by 22 airlines and connecting Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and Sihanoukville with 37 Chinese destinations.”

🇮🇩 Indonesia

• Last batch of units for Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway shipped

• For rail this time: LRT Jabodebek is launching in July 2023, and we all get to ride for free for a month

• Government completes construction of houses for Cianjur quake victims

• Canggu trials new shuttle service to improve Bali’s tourist traffic

🇱🇦 Laos

• Laos is not in a Chinese ‘debt trap’ – but it is in trouble

“Laos is disturbingly reliant on investment from China – and no one knows how much, and under what terms.”

🇲🇾 Malaysia

• Penang South Islands project gets Putrajaya’s final approval

“The go-ahead was given with 71 conditions under an elaborate environmental management plan.”

• Work to expand Penang airport to begin next year, says MP

• Highway Tolls: Malaysians still prisoners to monopoly capitalism

• Can Malaysia clean up its act using green hydrogen to meet its ambitious climate goals?

🇲🇲 Myanmar

• India funded Sittwe Port in Myanmar set to open on 9 May

🇵🇭 Philippines

• Philippine conglomerates pitch $1.8bn upgrade for Manila airport

• The Philippines will briefly shut its airspace later this month in a bid to tackle recent airport outages

• Gov’t, firms ink deals for North-South Commuter Railway projects

• Quezon and East Avenue subway stations begin construction — DOTr

• SMC eyes bridge linking Mindoro and Batangas

🇸🇬 Singapore

• Singapore investors seek to subdivide and conquer as they cash in on co-living craze in red-hot property market

• Man warns about Telok Blangah footpath with sharp drop near viaduct exit, LTA seals it off 8 hours later

🇹🇭 Thailand

• Heritage building in danger! Save Bangkok’s robot building

• Thailand's first air-con bus stop launched

• Tuk-tuk drivers paint yellow over white-red lines to avoid fines in Chiang Mai

🇻🇳 Vietnam

• Mekong Delta pays a high price from sand mining

• Vietnam’s property giants post hefty losses

• First glimpse into HCMC metro’s skylight window

• Phu Bai Airport’s T2 passenger terminal put into service

“The T2 passenger terminal of Phu Bai International Airport in Hue has been inaugurated after more than three years of construction.”

• Power, telecom cables make a mess on Hanoi streets