Association of Southeast Asian Nations – Building and Construction News
By 2013, there will be a new green link between the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve and Central Catchment Area. Conservationists had long bemoaned the separation of the two reserves by the Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE) since its construction in 1986. The road prevented plant and animal species from moving between the two forest tracts. The [...]
Hanoi – Surging international demand for sand is leading to excessive dredging in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, damaging the terrain and the environment, officials said on Monday. The jump in sand excavation is fuelled by demand from Singapore’s construction industry, which is searching for new sources after Indonesia and Cambodia banned exports.