Planned for many months with the ultimate date of opening on June 20, Jakarta Soekarno Hatta Terminal 3 expansion -dubbed Terminal Ultimate- has been pushed back to an undecided date. The postponement of the terminal’s [Read More…]
The new CLMVT Group (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand) had its first Forum in Bangkok last Thursday and Friday. Among the advocates field to development is tourism. But all the speakers intervening during the [Read More…]
A scenic cable car due to link Georgetown to Butterworth on Malaysia’s mainland has been rejected by the Federal Government. Are politics to be blamed over the aborted Penang Sky Cab? Last year, Penang Chief [Read More…]
UK Newspaper the Guardian published this week a special report about changes in Yangon skyline. Along with the arrival of democracy and the first civilian government since 1962, Myanmar is also embracing the novelty of [Read More…]
According to reports from Indonesia’s daily the Jakarta Post, Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority ( OJK ) is considering seeking alternative funding sources, including the use of regional bonds, to help finance the government’s plan to [Read More…]
Crumbling infrastructure, crowded urban areas, lack of public hygiene facilities, Yangon is in a state of despair and needs an overhaul. After Myanmar opened up to the world in 2010 and went into a transitional [Read More…]
A quarter of century late. This is approximately the delay that Jakarta first MRT line had to encounter before the first tunnel drilling was launched last year by Indonesia President Joko Widodo. The launching of [Read More…]
The Myanmar government and a consortium that includes Japanese plant builder JGC Corp. reached a broad agreement Saturday over a plan to construct a new airport on the outskirts of Yangon. The consortium, which also [Read More…]
Brunei tourism enjoy new developments last year. The tiny Sultanate upgraded last year its Department into a Ministry by adding the tourism portfolio into the Ministry of Primary Resources at the same level. “This is [Read More…]
In a “edgy” country such as Singapore, which generally embraces so rapidly trends from all across the world, the absence of bicycle lanes was until now rather surprising. But changes are in the air with [Read More…]
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