Kuala Lumpur ranked as most affordable city in ASEAN for expatriate workers Kuala Lumpur is one the least expensive cities in ASEAN for expats, a new survey has revealed. According to the 2021 Cost of Living Survey by global human resources consultancy firm Mercer, Kuala Lumpur ranked in 152nd place out of 209 cities surveyed. […]
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Laos’ Covid-19 cases rise as migrant workers return from Thailand Covid-19 cases in Laos has spiked, reportedly due to migrant workers returning home from Thailand, bringing the virus with them. In Thailand’s latest wave of infections over the past several months, many of the workers had lost their jobs while others returned to their home […]
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Kiakkai bridge across Bangkok’s Chao Phraya River gets approval to ease traffic congestion around Thailand’s new parliament complex A proposed bridge across the Chao Phraya River designed to ease traffic congestion around the new parliament complex has been given the green light. A committee chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon approved the Kiakkai bridge […]
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Thailand’s Electricity Generating Plc (Egco) to venture into the energy storage system (ESS) business SET-listed Electricity Generating Plc (Egco), a subsidiary of the state-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, will venture into the energy storage system (ESS) business by partnering with a global company. Egco, currently in talks with several firms in the battery industry, […]
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Northern Thailand to Southern China in two hours on Laos Expressway Surveyors are already designing a route for a new expressway in Laos that will cut travel time between northern Thailand and southern China. Liu Jingwei, an official overseeing the project, said officials were surveying the route for the expressway that will connect Huayxai in […]
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Time to accept we can’t beat Covid-19, rethink Covid-19 strategy Chartchai Parasuk, FREELANCE ECONOMIST If the Thai government does not wish to see a collapse of society, it must rethink its Covid-19 strategy. First, it must admit that the Covid-19 outbreak is not controllable after the outbreak has changed from the cluster level (individual […]
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Thailand’s 30-day closing and lockdown of construction worker camps needs a rethink On June 27, the government announced that accommodation for workers both inside and outside of construction sites, transformation sites or demolition sites would be temporarily closed, while movement of workers would be prohibited temporarily for at least 30 days. The government reacted quickly […]
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Bechtel wins front-end engineering and design (FEED) services for LNG-to-power scheme in southern Vietnam Bechtel will provide front-end engineering and design (FEED) services for Delta Energy Offshore’s proposed LNG-to-power project in southern Vietnam. Bechtel said today that it has been awarded the deal for the 3,200 MW combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant in […]
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Fire at a chemical factory in Thailand’s Samut Prakan province; city planning allows residential areas close to factories The fire at a chemical factory in Thailand’s Samut Prakan province raises a lot of questions about city planning and, in particular, about laws on industrial facilities. An expert says the history of the area is something […]
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Thailand buys TANA mobile waste shredder for Waste-to-Energy (W2E) plant Thailand is responding to the growing demand for electricity with a network of small Waste-to-Energy (W2E) plants. Agon Pacific’s TANA 440DT mobile waste shredder produces fuel for one of these W2E plants from factory-rejected car tires that are unfit for road use. In Prachinburi, Thailand, […]
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