Bridge in the Penang Hill Railway, Penang Island (Malaysia)

Penang
I want to go back to Singapore
  And ship along the Straits,
To a bungalow I know beside Penang;
  Where cocoanut palms along the shore
    Are waving, and the gates
Of Peace shut Sorrow out forevermore.
  I want to go back and hear the surf
    Come beating in at night,
Like the washing of eternity over the dead.
  I want to see dawn fare up and day
    Go down in golden light;
I want to go back to Penang! I want to go back!

Penang, poem by Cale Young Rice  

Bridge in the Perdana Botanical Gardens, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)

“Kuala Lumpur had a certain something… There was a sense of freedom perhaps, of anarchy even, that Singapore so sorely lacked. Perhaps it was the lack of deference to authority, the physical space, the ability to take a step back and enjoy a moment of quite that lent Kuala Lumpur its atmosphere.

Writer Shamini Flint

Penang Second Bridge over the South Channel between Batu Maung and Seberang Prai (Malaysia)

Never - that fairy isle can be

No lengthen'd resting-place of mine;

I love it dearest when I see

Its shadow lengthen on the brine:

And then my heart with softness fills;

I think upon its palmy groves,

I hear the murmur of its rills,

I hear the singing of its doves.

Poem by Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Bridge for the Sky Train in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)

...
Skyscrapers towerin' the masses gatherin' in a city
Of limitless chances and wealth sense shattering
Development materialistic inhabitants
Stressful in their lifestyles
Migrants emergin' from miles apart
Depart from their birthplace to metropolitan KL
...

Excerpt from the lyrics of Kuala Lumpur

by group Poetic Ammo

Seri Gemilang Bridge across the Putrajaya Lake in Putrajaya (Malaysia)

"Hopefully the Malaysian who is born today and in the years to come will be the last generation of our citizens who will be living in a country that is called "developing". The ultimate objective that we should aim for is a Malaysia that is a fully developed country by the year 2020."

Mahathir Bing Mohamad

Planner of Putrajaya

Sultan Iskandar Bridge over the Kinta River in Ipoh (Malaysia)

 Iskandar Ismail, leader of the large and prosperous southern Malaysian state of Johor for nearly 30 years, died Friday at the age of 77. Sultan Iskandar was the embodiment of the contradictions that make up modern-day Malaysia. He had a common touch rare among members of Malaysia's nine royal houses, and he was loved by many of his subjects in the southern state, just across the narrow straits from Singapore. He often walked freely in the streets, paying for everyday goods in corner shops with cash from his own wallet, and delivering impromptu sermons at local mosques on Friday afternoons.

The Wall Street Journal, 

Jan 28, 2010

Penang Bridge across the Selatan Strait between Gelugor and Seberang Prai (Malaysia)

The Penang Bridge International Marathon to be held at the Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah Bridge on Nov 16, is expected to set a record as the World's Longest Bridge Marathon.

The marathon, known as Asics Penang Bridge International Marathon, is also expected to set its own record as 70,000 runners are expected to take part in the largest marathon in the country for the fourth year.

Article in The Sun Daily, 

September 30th, 2014