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Kuala Lumpur construction report – 2025 edition

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)

James Clark
James Clark
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Penang construction update (2025 edition)
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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.

James Clark
James Clark
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Johor Bahru construction update – 2024 edition

Johor Bahru construction update – 2024 edition

An update on construction projects in Johor Bahru, including the RTS Link to Singapore.

James Clark
James Clark
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Melaka trip report: Little Dubai in the Strait of Malacca
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Melaka trip report: Little Dubai in the Strait of Malacca

The controversial land reclamation area of Melaka Gateway, Malaysia's mania for ugly carpark podiums, a 9-tower project connected by a skybridge, a proposed 88-storey tower, and the Melaka Monorail

James Clark
James Clark
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Kuala Lumpur trip report: 2023
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Kuala Lumpur trip report: 2023

The KL city skyline continues to bulk up. Merdeka 118 (2nd tallest building in the world), the second-tallest building in KL, and more 300m+ buildings that look small in comparison.

James Clark
James Clark
Urban PlanningUrban Planning
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Fix Penang Island instead of making new islands
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Fix Penang Island instead of making new islands

The supposed green utopia of the Penang South Islands project will do nothing to fix the current urban problems of the island of Penang

James Clark
James Clark
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Penang construction update (2023 edition)
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Penang construction update (2023 edition)

Trip report for my visit to Penang in March 2023. New hotels questionably close to the old town, an endangered historic cinema, and land reclamation mania.

James Clark
James Clark
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Langkawi trip report
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Langkawi trip report

A big tower comes to Cenang Beach, an inappropriate Dubai-like development, and yet another mediocre urban development that Malaysia does so well

James Clark
James Clark
Kuala LumpurKuala Lumpur
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Thoughts on metro systems on a visa run to KL
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Thoughts on metro systems on a visa run to KL

Dispatches from Southeast Asia: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Thoughts on metro systems in Southeast Asia, and my mission of railway expansion in ASEAN.

James Clark
James Clark