Malaysia's Longest River Bridge Opens
18 - 24 May 2026. Issue 90.
Sarawak’s landscape is adorned with great rivers, and great rivers demand great bridges. The Batang Lupar No. 1 Bridge has been a long time coming.
As a region bejewelled by islands and great waterways, Southeast Asia is home to some remarkable bridges. The most impressive is Brunei’s Temburong Bridge, formally known as the Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Bridge. Spanning 30km, it allows travellers to bypass four immigration checkpoints between Brunei and Sarawak. This week’s infographic highlights Southeast Asia’s top five longest bridges, plus the new Batang Lupar No. 1 Bridge, which comes in at number 13 in the region.
This week’s news is full of new and shiny things. The Sarawak Science Centre is set to open in a few weeks. Abang Jo seems to be getting more serious about the space economy, starting with the proposed setting up of a Sarawak space agency. And now, we have a unique new coffee hybrid called Libex.
But I had a bit of quiet time this week, and turned my attention to my relationship with my mostly trusty AI assistants, or as I call them, my protégés, in A String of Thought. Let’s compare notes.
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