Over the 35 years I have been an investor in Asia, many of the region's cities have transformed at an amazing pace. My first trip was in 1983. I visited shipyards in Singapore that are now high-rise flats and trendy bars, and rubber plantations in Malaysia that have become industrial parks.
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