Cambodia’s 14 clusters of casinos in towns just over its borders with Thailand and Vietnam function as Macau does for China, offering a nearby, culturally familiar setting for gamblers from the other side of the border to do what they can’t do back home. The scale is just a little bit different. Macau has massive […]
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Cabinet ministers have given the green light to the upgrade of the Tak-Mae Sot highway into four lanes under a 1.39-billion-baht project aimed at expediting border-trade transport. The construction is scheduled to take up to 840 days, Maj Sansern Kaewkamnerd, the Prime Minister’s Office spokesman, said today. The project, the second phase of the Highway […]
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WUXI, China, May 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Suntech has announced today that it will supply approximately 63 megawatts (MW) of solar panels to 8 separate Gunkul Engineering projects being constructed across Thailand. The projects are expected to be grid connected and operational by the end of 2015. “Suntech has shipped more than 260MW of panels […]
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Dutch company AkzoNobel is planning to spend over €30m to build a new manufacturing facility in Thailand in order to support regional growth of its Performance Coatings business. Being supported by the Thailand Board of Investment, the project includes construction of a 120,000m² site within the Hemaraj Eastern Seaboard Industrial Estate in Chonburi. The new […]
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The Thai government has approved Harbour A Development Project after a cabinet meeting. Photo: PA The Thai government has approved the Harbour A Development Project at the gateway port of Laem Chabang, the government website reported after a cabinet meeting. This allows the Port Authority of Thailand (PAT) to construct an L-shaped harbour measuring 30 […]
Continue ReadingMemorandum of Understanding between Marubeni & Ministry of Electric Power of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Thursday, May 28, 2015 Marubeni Corporation (“Marubeni”) has agreed with the Ministry of Electric Power of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (“MOEP”) to conduct a feasibility study for a gas-fired power generation project in Yangon […]
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A Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train at Kanazawa Station (Asahi Shimbun file photo) Japan will provide Shinkansen technology for a high-speed rail link between Bangkok and the northern city of Chiang Mai under an agreement reached with Thailand on May 27. Total project costs are estimated in excess of 1 trillion yen ($8.1 billion). Several hurdles […]
Continue ReadingKRABI, 26 May 2015 – The EGAT Governor has addressed public concern, regarding the construction of the Krabi power plant, saying that the plant will utilize the cleanest coal technology available. The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) Governor Soonchai Kumnoonsate has said that the Krabi power plant is an important project for the national […]
Continue ReadingKing Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL) and the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) on May 19 introduced an electric bus route that runs between the KMITL campus to the Ladkrabang Airport Link. The pilot program may one day see the prototype replace BMTA buses. The electric bus developed by KMITL is fully outfitted in […]
Continue ReadingTransport Ministry will propose a modified route in MRT orange line BANGKOK, 27 May 2015 (NNT) – Transport Minister ACM Prajin Janthong says his ministry will propose a modification to the MRT Orange Line subway to the meeting of the Commission for the Management of Land Traffic on June 10. The minister suggested the section […]
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