Indonesia is planning to move its capital from Jakarta in Java to a new city named Nusantara in East Kalimantan on the island of Borneo. The move is in part to relieve pressure on traffic-clogged Jakarta, which is sinking, polluted and crowded. A new capital city would also be a way of symbolically centralising the […]
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Four Thousand Islands New Area: The Sithandone SEZ in Southern Laos
Four Thousand Islands New Area is a new urban development in Khong district, Champasak province, Laos. This nearest city is Pakse, 140km away. The Four Thousand Islands (Si Phan Don) is an archipelago of islands in the Mekong River, near the Laos-Cambodia border. Also known as the Sithandone SEZ, this special economic zone will cover […]
Bokor City: a new city in Bokor National Park, Cambodia
Bokor City is a planned new city in Bokor National Park, Kampot province, Cambodia. The new city was announced in August 2019 under the “Master Plan for Bokor City Development Project until 2035”. The new city will occupy about 9,000 hectares of land in the park. The entrance to the park is 8km from Kampot, […]
Bay of Lights: New urban development in Ream Bay, Sihanoukville
Bay of Lights is a proposed new urban development in Ream Bay, Sihanoukville Province, Cambodia. The project covers 934 hectares of reclaimed land in Ream Bay, with an estimated US$16 billion in total investment. Bay of Lights was launched as Ream City by Canopy Sands Development, a member of Prince Holding Group, and is designed […]
