A list of cities in Southeast Asia that aspire to be “The Second Singapore”. Singapore is the most economically prosperous country in Southeast Asia, and one that others look to emulate. With its modern infrastructure and its GDP per capita among the highest in the world, other cities use Singapore as a benchmark for future […]
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Singapore Airports: Map of commercial airports in Singapore
Southeast Asia Airports > Singapore Airports Singapore has two commercial airports: Changi Airport and Seletar Airport. There is not much to list here, but I’m making a list of airports for every country in Southeast Asia, so here is the list of commercial airports in Singapore. Singapore airports map [View map of airports in Singapore.] […]
Sidewalks are the secret sauce to simulating Singapore’s success in Southeast Asia cities
Cities that want to be “the next Singapore” should start with improving sidewalks first. Cities across Southeast Asia use Singapore as a measuring stick for development progress. “The next Singapore” is a phrase that is often used in this context. These cities try to emulate Singapore by building luxury apartments and landmark towers to attract […]
Myths and realities of the Singapore-Kunming Rail Link
Why there won’t be a high-speed railway from Singapore to China, and how Thailand and Malaysia have set back a truly unified system by years. The Singapore-Kunming Rail Link (SKRL) is a planned network of railways to create a unified line from Kunming to Singapore. This is part of the Pan-Asian Railway, which envisions three […]
Singapore construction update: 2024 edition
This is an observation of construction and urban development in Singapore from my visit in April 2024. Functional footpaths and drainage I arrived in Singapore via the shuttle train from Johor Bahru. I wrote a construction report for JB, and the biggest frustration about JB (and Malaysia in general) is how hard it is to walk in […]
Kuala Lumpur–Singapore High-Speed Rail
The Kuala Lumpur–Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) was a planned railway from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Singapore via a high-speed rail line. This would be a new line on a different route to the current KL-Singapore railway. The high-speed railway would travel at a speed of 320km/h over 350 kilometres, with a travel time of 90 […]
Comparison of cost and construction times of first metro lines in Asia
The first metro lines of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have now been completed, and like most first lines of a metro system, they were delayed and over budget. Line 2A of the Hanoi Metro was originally planned to be operational by 2016, while the first metro line in Ho Chi Minh City had […]
Future Singapore – Construction, transport, and infrastructure projects planned for Singapore
Singapore is the most modern nation in Southeast Asia, and it’s the yardstick by which developing nations aspire to. Bangkok, Kyaukphyu, Malaysia, Manila, and Vietnam are some of the places that have mentioned being the next Singapore. It’s much easier though to be a modern nation when you are a city-state, without the need to […]
