HCMC signals green light on airport Ho Chi Minh City’s People’s Committee has notified the Ministry of Construction that it agrees with the ministry’s master plan to boost capacity by up to 40% at Tan Son Nhat Airport. Local media reported that according to the master plan, Tan Son Nhat Airport would add a runway, […]
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Krabi coal power plant may postpone electricity distribution for at least 4 years The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) has disclosed that Krabi coal power plant may postpone its distribution of electricity for at least four years, in order to improve the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report. EGAT Project’s Assistant to Community Relations and […]
Continue ReadingQTC to build solar farm in Myanmar QTC Energy Plc, a leading MAI-listed transformer producer, plans to develop a solar farm in Myanmar by acquiring Green Earth Power Thailand Co. The first phase of the planned 220-megawatt solar farm is expected to start commercial operations by the first quarter next year. QTC’s chief executive, Poonphiphat […]
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Thailand Cabinet endorses construction of two Bangkok expressways The cabinet on Tuesday approved the Expressway and Rapid Transit Authority’s proposal to build two expressways worth 44 billion baht with funding to be raised from the public and financial institutions through Thailand Future Fund (TFF). Government spokesman Lt Gen Sansern Keawkamnerd said that the two expressways […]
Continue ReadingManitou Group, the French manufacturer and a world leader in material handling equipment at Intermat Asean 2017 For the first time the well-known France based Intermat Construction Exhibition is coming to the IMPACT Exhibition Center in Bangkok. Manitou Group, the French manufacturer and a world leader in material handling equipment and its authorized dealer Promech […]
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Phuket light-rail price tag jumps B9bn The price tag for Phuket’s long-awaited light-rail system has jumped B9 billion now that the revised plans have included six underpasses, officials in Bangkok have confirmed. Sirigate Aphirat, a policy and planning officer at the Ministry of Transport’s Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning (OTP), confirmed this […]
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Twenty billion baht tram projects set to transform Pattaya Two tram lines are “coming for sure” and are set to transform Pattaya, said a watchdog group on Facebook. Pattaya Watchdog posted a map of the Red and Blue lines that will go in loops around the beach and roads behind respectively. Phase 1 is the […]
Continue Reading38 firms look at Hua Hin-Prachuap Khiri Khan double-track railway project SOME 38 companies have picked up the bidding package for the Hua Hin-Prachuap Khiri Khan double-track railway project, while the State Railway of Thailand has extended the preparation period from 30 days to 45 days to allow them to more time to make detailed […]
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Hanoi airport plans two new terminals Hanoi’s airport authorities have outlined a plan to add two new terminals at Noi Bai International Airport to deal with a boom in passenger traffic that is outpacing earlier forecasts. Local media reported the city plans to build terminals, T3 and T4, to ease pressure on the existing T1 […]
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Trang people want isthmus canal studied Trang citizens on Wednesday urged the government to conduct a feasibility study on a long-mooted canal linking the Gulf of Thailand and Andaman Sea. The call came at a seminar held at Ban Laemsai Pier in Si Kao district’s Tambon Khao Mai Kaew, with about 50 local residents in […]
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