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“If you build a new city in a place that was well preserved before, it would inevitably be very destructive, no matter how you mitigate it,” said Brian Wong of Liber Research Community, an NGO focused on land issues.”Do we need to build it so big? Is it too ambitious?” he added.RETURN ON INVESTMENTThe Northern Metropolis project, announced five years ago, will eventually cover 30,000ha.Liber said at least 25 villages will be demolished to make way for it.Government departments told AFP they aim to integrate rural areas into the development project, but that Chan’s ancestral houses were not culturally significant…
JAKARTA: Eight Indonesian airports, including two serving Jakarta, remained closed early on Monday (Sep 7)…
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Nepal will hold a national day of mourning on Monday, the 13th day since the…
SINGAPORE: The United States Embassy in Malaysia on Sunday (Sep 6) pushed back against a…
LAEM CHABANG, Thailand: Thousands of United States sailors aboard an aircraft carrier departed from Thailand…
BEIJING: The death toll in Tibet from the devastating floods that struck the Himalayas along…
But without any certainty of a resumption of travel due to the volcanic ash, the…
Finding all the missing dead bodies will be a very challenging task, which can hopefully…
JAKARTA: Indonesia’s Soekarno-Hatta international airport has extended its suspension of flight operations until 1.30pm (2.30pm,…
JAKARTA: Indonesia’s Soekarno-Hatta international airport suspended flight operations until 9.30am on Sunday (Sep 6) due…
TURMUS AYYA: US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee met on Saturday (Sep 5) with Palestinians,…
ATHENS: An F-4 Phantom military aircraft crashed on Saturday (Sep 5) at a base outside…
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