I am very sad Hong Kong loses out all the datacenter project to Singapore. all due to idiotic government and regulatory.<p>and connection from hk to sg isn't exactly great either.
But, AWS already launched a 3rd AZ in January: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252433676/AWS-opens-third-availability-zone-in-Singapore" rel="nofollow">https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252433676/AWS-opens-thir...</a>
For example, Aurora is now available in Singapore: <a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/03/amazon-aurora-with-mysql-compatibility-is-available-in-the-asia-pacific-singapore-region/" rel="nofollow">https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/03/amazon-au...</a><p>And they are launching in Hong Kong this year: <a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/in-the-works-aws-region-in-hong-kong/" rel="nofollow">https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/in-the-works-aws-region-in-...</a>