Brunei will soon have the longest bridge in Southeast Asia, taking away the title from its current holder, the Second Penang Bridge (Sultan Abdul Halim Muazam Shah Bridge) in Penang, Malaysia.
The Temburong bridge is now under construction in Brunei, and it will not just be Borneo’s longest but also possibly the region’s as well. At 30km long and jutting out into the Brunei Bay, it will link up the two enclaves of the sultanate now physically sliced in half by Sarawak’s Limbang district.
Temburong bridge, artist rendering | dormanlongtechnology
This is the largest infrastructure project Brunei has ever carried out, making it an instant landmark once completed.
Temburong bridge artist rendering | kwanzoo.biz
The bridge is slated for completion in November 2019. Once completed, there will be no need for Bruneians to criss-cross Sarawak when travelling from the Brunei-Muara district (the main population centre which includes the capital, Bandar Seri Begawan) to the wilderness that is largely the Temburong district.
Temburong is noted for its lush virgin rainforests and not much else. Bruneians from the main half of the country will travel into that wilderness primarily to commune with nature. It is not even clear if large-scale nature tourism is the main economic rationale for such a mammoth infrastructure investment or if it is even desirable if it were indeed the key reason for the bridge link.
I began my career in the banking industry in 1997, and stayed approx 6 years in it. This industry boost his knowledge about the economic condition in Indonesia, both macro and micro, and how to
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understand it. My banking career continued in Yogyakarta when I joined in a program funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB),as the coordinator for a program aimed to help improve the quality of learning and teaching process in private universities in Yogyakarta. When the earthquake stroke Yogyakarta, I chose to join an international NGO working in the area of ?disaster response and management, which allows me to help rebuild the city, as well as other disaster-stricken area in Indonesia. I went on to become the coordinator for emergency response in the Asia Pacific region. Then I was assigned for 1 year in Cambodia, as a country coordinator mostly to deliver developmental programs (water and sanitation, education, livelihood). In 2009, he continued his career as a protocol and HR officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Surabaya, and two years later I joined the Political and Economic Section until now, where i have to deal with extensive range of people and government officials, as well as private and government institution troughout eastern Indonesia.
I am the founder and Editor-in-Chief in Good News From Indonesia (GNFI), a growing and influential social media movement, and was selected as one of The Most Influential Netizen 2011 by The Marketeers magazine.
I also wrote a book on "Fundamentals of Disaster Management in 2007"?, "Good News From Indonesia : Beragam Prestasi Anak Bangsa di dunia"? which was luanched in August 2013, and "Indonesia Bersyukur"? which is launched in Sept 2013. In 2014, 3 books were released in which i was one of the writer; "Indonesia Pelangi Dunia"?, "Indonesia The Untold Stories"? and "Growing! Meretas Jalan Kejayaan"
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