Ground breaking development in Malaysia of autonomous tunnelling – tunnel boring machines without operators – is reinforcing international recognition of the emerging ‘Asian Century’.
Politicians, economists and cultural analysts are forecasting that Asia will rise to pre-eminence in the 21st century and – on evidence provided by Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s fast expanding capital – they could be right. The city has turned itself into a hotbed of tunnelling expertise and is now among world leaders in the application of tunnel boring technology.
