Article: Travel: The Asian tiger roars to life; Kuala Lumpur plans to race ahead in tourism, industry - and the Grand Prix scene, reports Martin Keene.(News)

For generations, the silence of the palm tree plantations outside Kuala Lumpur have been disturbed only by croaking toads and chattering birdlife.

But the gentle sounds of wildlife will soon be drowned out - by the roar of Formula One engines.

Grand Prix racing arrives in Malaysia next month with the Sepang circuit entering the lexicon that includes Nurburgring, Imola, Silverstone and Hockenheim.

A double-fronted grandstand that accommodates 30,000 spectators and has been carefully aligned east/west to provide a maximum of shade from the tropical ...

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