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The Future Southeast Asia Newsletter features transport and urban development news in Southeast Asia, edited by James Clark.

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This week I started the task of mapping out airports in Southeast Asia. Cambodia only has a few airports, but the new Phnom Penh airport will be one of the largest in the region (by land size). I have also updated the page for the new airport of Phnom Penh (Techo International Airport).

Latest posts at Future Southeast Asia

• Cambodia Airports: current and future airports in Cambodia

News and information about current and future airports in Cambodia.

Updated posts at Future Southeast Asia

• Techo International Airport (KTI): The New Phnom Penh Airport

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News

• Water, water everywhere – why Southeast Asia’s overbuilt capitals need new ways to survive

• Southeast Asia recycling plays catch up ahead of battery boom

🇰🇭 Cambodia

• Kampong Chhnang aims to become Cambodia's first “Model Clean Province”

• The number of ships and containers passing through Phnom Penh Port increased significantly

• Cambodia attracts $443 million in new FDI

🇮🇩 Indonesia

• Indonesia presses China for more investment in high-speed railways (archive)

• Prabowo committed to complete IKN construction in four years

• Indonesia accelerates ART trial in new capital Nusantara

• MRT Jakarta Completes Southbound Tunnel Linking Glodok and Kota Stations

• Bali set to have second airport under Indonesia’s new president Prabowo

🇱🇦 Laos

• Lao, Vietnamese leaders advance plans for rail, road connections

"On 23 October, during a meeting at the BRICS Summit in Kazan, Laos’ President Thongloun Sisoulith and Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh agreed to expedite the Thakhaek-Vung Ang seaport rail link. "

• First direct export of New Energy Buses from Guizhou to Laos begins via China-Laos Railway

🇲🇾 Malaysia

• In a Malaysian pop-up city, echoes of China’s housing crash (archive)

"Forest City was an audacious $100 billion project by a top Chinese developer. Today, the project is a fraction of what had been planned and the developer is broke."

• Major upgrade planned for Kota Kinabalu International Airport - Loke

• Estimated RM1bil KL Sentral redevelopment to begin next year: Anthony Loke

• Back on track: Axed in 2018, LRT3 with five stations returns with new RM21.93b budget

• Prasarana to spend RM50 million to upgrade monorail line amenities

• DBKL to focus on urban infrastructure, flood mitigation in preparation for Asean 2025

• Damai Peninsular Master Plan to transform Damai into major tourist attraction

• Why did $10 billion Melaka Gateway mega project fail? (YouTube)

 🇵🇭 Philippines

• PH tourism numbers do not support four airports

"The Philippines will soon have four international airports along a stretch or an arc of about 135 kilometers. That will establish the country with one of the densest airport infrastructure facilities in the world."

• Manila Bay reclamation under fire over environmental concerns

• Marcos Jr. says concession deal for Laguindingan to boost Northern Mindanao economy

• Philippine tycoon Manuel Pangilinan puts his money where his mouth is

"As the 78-year-old shuns the limelight, he lets his investments -- most of which are in infrastructure -- do the talking."

🇸🇬 Singapore

• MBS' expansion will now cost US$8 billion; completion pushed back to 2030

• Town centres in Tampines, Bishan could be redeveloped under new plans by URA

• Robots that paint and plaster walls to be rolled out at half of BTO construction sites from 2025

• New Sengkang West multi-storey depot to support large-scale deployment of electric buses

🇹🇭 Thailand

• Ministry to back six new airport projects

“The plans include enhancing the capacity of the existing airports as well as developing new airports in six provinces, namely Mukdahan, Bueng Kan, Satun, Phayao, Kalasin, and Phatthalung.”

• One Bangkok opens, marking new era in Thai property development

• Overpass removal talks to clear way for new rail line

“The Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) will speed up its discussions with the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) regarding dismantling some of the city’s overpasses, this paving the way for the Orange Line’s construction. The western section of the Bang Khun Non-Min Buri rail system is expected to open by 2030.”

• All eyes on Bangkok congestion charge plan

• MRTs 20-baht fare policy increases ridership by 17.7 percent, expands accessibility

• Khon Kaen to Nong Khai track by 2027

“Construction of the second phase of the double-track railway from Khon Kaen to Nong Khai, worth 28.6 billion baht, will begin at the end of this year and take roughly three years to complete, said Governor Veeris Ammarapala of the State Railway of Thailand (SRT).”

This double-tracking of the metre-gauge railway is being built in the same corridor as the standard-gauge high-speed railway.

• Polluting trucks to be banned from 9 Bangkok districts

🇻🇳 Vietnam

• Vietnam plans to invest $13 bln in 2 railways linking to China

• Ho Chi Minh City launches 50-day campaign to commercially run first metro line on December 22

• Ho Chi Minh City needs 21,7 billion USD to invest in 6 metro lines from now until 2030.

• HCMC aims to build 42 parks along Saigon River

• Hanoi plans vehicle restrictions to cut emission in populated areas

• Billions of tonnes of sand is mined every year and it's putting infrastructure and lives at risk

“Extensive mining in Vietnam's river systems is threatening community infrastructure, including bridges, homes and farms.”

• Can incinerators solve Vietnam’s waste crisis?

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