Starting at Singapore, he travels by road and rail through Malaya to Northern Thailand

'This is probably the one place in the world where you could chuck everything and become a gardener... it is just like a vast open-air greenhouse.' With its growing population (now almost two-million) and expanding industry, the need for land in Singapore is pressing. In tonight's film Johnny Morris sees one of the immense land reclamation areas, where a mountain is being transported several miles and dumped into the sea twenty-four hours a day. On his journey north through Malaya, Johnny visits the old town of Malacca; one of Malaya's many tin mines; and one of the newest, biggest, and most beautiful mosques-the National Mosque at Kuala Lumpur.
from the South and West
(Colour)