Veloo: wrong.............I watch these Air Asia aircraft sitting 40' back from the holding point line on a normal servicable runway. They then taxi forward over the line to lineup. No reason to hang back.
MH aircraft don't do it, and neither do we ( Cx )
I've seen it on 14L, 32R and at 14R. At both the full length and at intersections ( which is worse as they hang their ass onto the parallel taxiway )
It has absolutely nothing to do with runway upgrades for the 380 blunderbus.
But thanks for asking the boys in the tower.
Now could you correct their mistake.