Giant firms win B16bn double-track railway contracts for Nakhon Pathom to Hua Hin in Prachuap Khiri Khan Two giant construction companies have won contracts for two sections of a 169km double-track railway from Nakhon Pathom to Hua Hin in Prachuap Khiri Khan worth 16 billion baht. Tanongsak Pongprasert, deputy chief of the State Railway of […]
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Long-awaited 1.2km missing rail link from Bang Sue to Tao Poon officially opens The long-awaited 1.2 kilometre missing rail service between the Blue Line and the Purple Line was officially opened today by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha at Taopoon station. The rail link will enable convenience for commuters to travel all the way on the […]
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Transport Ministry and BMA to expand Saphan Taksin station to a double track to solve traffic congestion The Ministry of Transport and Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) have decided to expand the single-track Saphan Taksin station to a double track. Transport Minister Arkhom Termphitthayaphaisit disclosed that the Department of Rural Roads will transform the single lane […]
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Cambodian PM seeks hydropower deal with Thailand The government is to ask Thailand for help to build a hydropower plant in the border province of Koh Kong. Speaking at a cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Hun Sen said a possible agreement on the construction will be discussed by ministers from the two countries in Siem Reap […]
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Bangkok’s ‘Missing link’ section between MRT stations resolved The one-kilometre-long “missing link” section between the Purple Line’s Tao Poon Station and the Blue Line’s Bang Sue Station has been solved and the service will be operational on Friday 11 August 2017. MRT passengers will be able to transfer directly between the Blue Line and Purple […]
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Hotel Lotte Myanmar to open on 1 September 2017 South Korea’s Hotel Lotte Co. will open its eighth offshore hotel in Myanmar`s commercial city of Yangon on September 1, the company announced Tuesday. Hotel Lotte Yangon completed after four years of construction is located by scenic Inya Lake, a popular outing destination in the city. […]
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Fast trains to nowhere in Southeast Asia Despite various schemes underway to upgrade decrepit railways, few are designed with a vision towards improving regional connectivity China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged Thailand on a July 24 visit to strengthen “cooperation in the construction of the China-Thai railway,” calling the kingdom “a very important partner” in […]
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Legal framework, roadmap needed for Vietnam’s wind power Vietnam needs to develop a legal framework and feasible roadmap to turn its wind energy potential into reality, which will help to meet the country’s rapidly rising electricity demand, experts have said. Tobias Cossen, head of GIZ’s project on supporting the up-scaling of wind power said that […]
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Lighthouse Club Yangon branch networking event – 30 August 2017 Time Out Sport Bars, Novotel Max Hotel, Pyay Road, 7 – 9 pm Please note that we have a change of venue for this month’s Lighthouse Club Yangon branch networking event. This month it will be held at Time Out Sport Bars at Novotel Max […]
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VIETNAM’S TALE OF TWO METROS, ONE BUILT BY THE JAPANESE AND THE OTHER BY THE CHINESE Delays and cost overruns are to be expected as the nation tries to recreate the transportion systems of its two largest cities, but accidents and mistakes on the Chinese-led project are feeding into some longstanding prejudices For the first […]
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