The Union government has ignored local’s wishes and signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Thoyo Thai Company allowing them to construct a coal fired power plant near Anndin Village in Mon State. Government Ignores Locals Views on Anndin Power PlantThe Anndin Youth Group and Mon Multimedia Institute (M3i) made the announcement at a […]
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Phuket Electrical Marine to help beat blackouts with solar backup systems “At the time, the [Koh Rang] island didn’t have mains power, they were running on their own generators. There was a boat house, where we installed a 10 kilowatt system to run all the fridges, lights, and ceiling fans. “We did the same […]
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Bangkok will have three more skywalks with length of 245-1,700 metres to facilitate commuters travelling on rail, road, and water transport systems. This was revealed yesterday by Mr Thaweesak Lertpraphan, director of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s Traffic and Transportation Department. He said construction contracts for the three skywalks are now under review before signing with […]
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International Chapter, Thailand Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Event Introduction to the FIDIC Form of Contract [one_fifth]Date :[/one_fifth][one_half_last]Tuesday 27th October 2015[/one_half_last] [one_fifth]Time : [/one_fifth][one_half_last] 6.30pm – 8.30 pm. [Registration starts at 6.00 pm.][/one_half_last] [one_fifth]Venue :[/one_fifth][one_half_last]Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit Hotel 250 Sukhumvit Road, Bangkok (Asoke BTS / Sukhumvit MRT)[/one_half_last] [one_fifth]Fee :[/one_fifth][one_half_last]THB 500 per person for AIQS members, THB 650 for non-members THB […]
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PHUKET: Jobs are being advertised for the new Australian Consulate-General on Phuket, indicating an opening could come early in the new year. Although official confirmation was not forthcoming yesterday from the Australian Embassy in Bangkok, the jobs listings indicate that rapid progress has been made since the Australian Government announced in May that the Phuket […]
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A worker demolishes old houses which will be replaced by new buildings in Yangon. (Photo by Patipat Janthong) Yangon will need around 75,000 new apartments to be built each year to accommodate the city’s growing population, but contractors are struggling to come anywhere close to this target. More than 330,000 people migrate to Yangon each […]
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Members of the Philippine National Police aviation security with a sniffing dog stand guard in front of the departure area of the international airport in Pasay city, metro Manila Aug 19. (Reuters photo) MANILA — The Philippine government is considering bringing in investors to modernise Manila’s 33-year-old airport as President Benigno Aquino tries to upgrade […]
Continue ReadingA scene from the construction site./Vientiane Times After beginning in 2012, the construction of the US$3.5 billion Xayaboury dam is now about 50 per cent complete, according to a report by Vientiane Times. When it becomes operational in 2019, about 95 percent of the 1,285-megawatt electricity produced will be sold to Thailand. The project’s shareholders […]
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The Singapore-based renewables firm wants to bring in the turbine maker’s technology to fan wind development in areas with low wind speed. Wind farm in Bangui Bay, Philippines. Southeast Asia has only about 0.5 GW of wind power capacity at the end of 2014, according to a report from REN21. Singapore’s renewable energy developer The […]
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Three Thai families, the Chearavanont, Chirathivat and Ratanarak families, are among Asia’s richest families in 2015 ranked by Forbes Asia magazine. The Chearavanont family, which controls the Charoen Pokphand Group, ranked fourth among the 50 richest families with US$19.9 billion in net worth, according to the magazine’s latest issue, which was published yesterday. The Chirathivat […]
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