Credit: .Martin. License: Creative Commons, Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic July 22 (SeeNews) – Thai project management and engineering firm Modern Energy Management Co Ltd (MEM) said today it has won jobs on three wind projects at home with a combined capacity of 170 MW. MEM announced it has successfully completed its role as Owner’s Representative for […]
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Rangsit University professor Smith Tungkasmit and Prof Rapee Sagarik Opponents of coal plant want impact on environment assessed before builder is selected THE Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) and Energy Ministry could face legal action if they proceed with plans to launch a bidding process to find a company to build a coal-fired power […]
Continue ReadingTawandang German Brewery has set a five-year plan to open two more microbreweries in Bang Khae and Srinakarin at the cost of Bt200 million each. The company is also looking for opportunities to open microbrewery restaurants in Myanmar and China, which is part of its regional expansion plan. Tawandang posted Bt600 million in total sales […]
Continue ReadingThe budget hotel venture between Red Planet and Tune Hotels has come to an end with twenty-four properties across the region being re-branded. Currently Red Planet who are headquartered in Bangkok have properties in Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines and Japan with nearly 4,000 rooms in inventory. Launched in 2011 the AirAsia link with Tune had been […]
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BANGKOK: — The Engineering Institute of Thailand has proposed a proper survey of soil layers of the collapsed roads in Bangkok and its peripherals before the start of road maintenance or rebuilding. Examinations of the cave-ins on the 100 kilometre road along Klong 13 in Pathum Thani province by engineers from the institute and Kasetsart […]
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The Lam Luk Ka-Pathum Thani motorway, linking Bangkok’s Outer Ring Road Route 9 to the East, is just the beginning of a new system of motorways the government announced last Tuesday for the Central region around Bangkok. (Photo by Surapol Promsaka Na Sakolnakorn) The government should look closely at the “inflated” cost of building the […]
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Laos hopes a railway between Vietnam and Thailand and another connecting Thailand and China will help drive socio-economic development in the impoverished country. Laos and China will jointly build a bridge linking the Southeast Asian nation with northeastern Thailand as part of a U.S. $7.2 billion high-speed railway project that has been delayed by numerous […]
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Anuchart Palakawong Na Ayutthaya A COAL-FIRED power plant is urgently needed in Krabi to ensure power stability in the South and it is normal practice to initiate a bidding process to build such a plant before the |environment impact assessment is completed, the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) claims. Anuchart Palakawong Na Ayutthaya, head […]
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Naris Cheyklin, chief executive officer of Singha Estate SINGHA Estate, the property arm of beverage firm Singha Corporation, plans to invest Bt16.5 billion to take over assets, for merger and acquisition of three businesses, and development of a condominium project in the remaining months of this year to boost 2015 revenue to Bt4 billion. This […]
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The aerial view of the current BTS depot that will be upgraded in the future. (Bangkok Post file photo) Bangkok Terminal, a concessionaire of the former Mor Chit bus station’s land plot, is ready to amend the contract to move forward with development of a mixed-use project after a 20-year delay. The company’s move answers […]
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