The cabinet on Tuesday agreed to set up a single command agency to boost the efficiency of the country’s water and natural disaster management, said government spokesperson Thitima Chaisaeng on Tuesday. Ms Thitima, who is also the prime minister’s deputy secretary-general for political affairs, said the new agency will comprise two committees. The National Committee […]
Continue ReadingDusty roads and makeshift offices are the only hints of the ambitious $50 billion project slated for the thick jungles near Myanmar’s southern city of Dawei, billed by its developers as the “new global gateway of Indo-China”. Big questions surround the far-reaching plans by Thailand’s largest construction firm, Italian-Thai Development Pcl ITD.BK, to transform 250 […]
Continue ReadingThe Energy Ministry’s landbridge feasibility study will primarily focus on the viability of a new oil pipeline from the Andaman Coast to the Gulf of Thailand, said Energy Policy and Planning Office EPPO Director-General Suthep Liumsirijarern. He said that between the two connecting spots which could not yet be revealed, oil depots would be built. […]
Continue ReadingThis is the first opportunity Phuket has had to take a look at the new design for Phuket International Airport. The new terminal is one long wave, with glass allowing greater visibility and many improvements to the present system and flow through the airport. These drawings were screened last night at a meeting where Airports […]
Continue ReadingProperty agent Kyaw Saw leafs through a thick pile of real-estate listings in Myanmar’s faded commercial capital, Yangon. “Our customers used to be all people from the east — from China, Taiwan and Japan,” said the portly businessman. That’s changing fast. “We had no Westerners a year ago. Get in now before the rush begins,” […]
Continue ReadingProperty and land prices in Dawei, also known as Tavoy, in southernmost Burma have sky-rocketing to hundreds of millions of kyat due to the development of the nearby Thai-backed deep-sea port project, claim local businessmen. Real estate prices are highest around Ar Zar Ni Road, in downtown Dawei, where most private banks have opened branch […]
Continue ReadingDespite logistics and construction costs increasing between 8-10 per cent this year in relation with 2011, residential prices are only expected to increase within a 3-5 per cent margin as a result of the steep competition and a sluggish demand to purchase residences for the first half of the year. In a survey conducted by […]
Continue ReadingExperts are proposing a new highway linking Ratchaburi and Kamphaeng Phet provinces, western and eastern floodways, a new economic zone and an outer ring road for eastern Bangkok as solutions to flooding problems. The Strategic Committee for Reconstruction and Future Development (SCRF), chaired by Virabongsa Ramangkura, plans to seek a new economic zone for relocation […]
Continue ReadingMcDermott International has said the huge subsea contract it scooped recently from Japan’s Inpex for the Ichthys liquefied natural gas project in Australia is worth around $2 billion. Confirming an award revealed by Inpex earlier this month, NYSE-listed McDermott said the deal – secured along with Heerema Marine Contractors – is the largest subsea contract […]
Continue ReadingThe threat of changes to the Australian visa application process has led to a surge in applications by Britons to move Down Under, according to a migration agency VisaFirst.com is using Australia Day (January 26) to launch a campaign raising awareness of the changes, urging prospective migrants to act now or risk missing out. The […]
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