Country
Project
Table Eight
Major Infrastructure Projects in Asia
Investment Valuc
South Korea West coast development 21.3 trillion won
(US$29.8 bil.)
Period of Investment
-2000
Taiwan
Traffic system between Keelung and Kaohsiung
NT$950 billion
(US$35.6 bil.)
-2000
Hong Kong New airport and related
facilities
HK$127 billion
-2006
(US$16.3 bil.)
Singapore
Expansion of the Changi Airport and a cargo
S$2.1 billion
-1997,98
(US$1.23 bil.)
-2030
center
Remarks
Regional development designed to correct regional imbalances and expand trade with China, and aimed at reinforcing port facilities and the transportation system
I
Construction of a 400-km high speed railway and the 2nd highway
Construction of a new airport with capacity double that of the existing one and highways leading to it
Construction of the third terminal handling 36 million
passengers, or 1.5 times the
present capacity.Expansion of
cargo handling capacity to 5 times the present capacity
Telecommunication
S$2.7 billion
-1995
facilities
(US$1.6 bil.)
Malaysia
North-South highway
M$3.4 billion
-1993
(US$1.26 bil.)
Thailand
Eastern coastal area development
Over Bhc100 billion
(US$4 bil.)
Expansion of the telephone network
Bhr150 billion (US$6 bil.)
-1993
Indonesia
Expansion of electricity supply lines
Rp19.5 trillion (Y1.36
trillion)-(US$10.3 bil.)
-1993.94
Expansion of the telephone network
US$530 million
-1994
Improvement of the
comprehensive digital
communication network
completed in Dec. 1989, and construction of undersa abla
Construction under way as par of the expansion of the physical distribution system,together with improvement of Port Klang
Development of the light industry area in Laem Chabang and the heavy & chemical industry area in Map Ta Phuc to avoid over concentration on Bangkok
The present capacity will be doubled by cublishing additional 3 million circuits
Expansion of electricity supply lines to 1.5 times the present level
Expansion of domestic
telephones to 1.4 million, 1.5 times the present level
Source:
Prepared by the Tokyo Club Foundation for Global Studies.
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