Second, there has been re-engagement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) which played a key role in preparing the initial.master plans.4 Progress on cooperation could be reflected in urban development of port cities such as Songkhla, Georgetown, and Manado as well as provincial towns such as Medan and Hat Yai. Given the improvement in physical infrastructure over the past decade, some border towns on both sides of the Thai-Malay border of the MTGT could also see rapid growth.