China/Germany joint venture for €1.2bn Shanghai railway

Engineers and skilled construction managers will continue to be in high demand in China when works begin on a number of new railway links in Shanghai.

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INDONESIA- Indonesia Plans $10bn Java-Sumatra Bridge

The governors of the Indonesian provinces of Banten and Lampung have signed a memorandum with a consortium led by Wiratman & Associates and PT Artha Graha Network to build a 30km bridge to link the islands of Java and Sumatra at an estimated cost of 10 billion US dollars.The bridge across the Sunda Strait will connect Merak Port in western Java with Bakauheni Port in southern Sumatra, and is expected to alleviate chronic traffic congestion at the Merak-Bakauheni ferry crossing.A preliminary study will start later this year and is expected to be completed in 2009. It will take three more years to conduct a feasibility study before construction can begin in 2012. The project is expected to be completed in 2025.

Will Malaysian Iskandar development region be new jobs hotspot?

A group of Middle Eastern investors is expected to team up with South Johor Investment Corp (SJIC) to build high-end properties in an economic zone in the southern Malaysian state of Johor. If the investment is secured it will mean that a broad range of multi- skilled construction professionals will be required to get projects of the ground.SJIC is a government-controlled agency set up to develop the Iskandar Development Region. Unidentified sources say the Middle Eastern investors and SJIC will jointly develop a city in the region, which borders Singapore.Mudabala Group of Abu Dhabi and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority are said to be among the investors, according to one newspaper. The initial investment in the development is expected to be more than three billion ringgit (US$86bn), it said.The government intention is to attract more than 100 billion US dollars in investment in the IDR over 20 years.