PLATE 15.2 Thailand a Fish farms in the coastlands near Bangkok, one of the places visited by tourists on trips

Molucca Strait, along which shipping routes from the Gulf of Arabia (oil), the Red Sea (from Suez) and Southern Africa pass to round Singapore and enter the South China Sea. Penang (Malaysia) and Batan Island (Indonesia) are miniature versions of Singapore, with good locations and a growing infrastructure to encourage industrial development. Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, is a fast-growing industrial and financial centre.