Migrant deadline delay sought – Businesses fear severe labour shortages

Dec 14 is the deadline for issuing temporary passports to migrant workers from neighbouring Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar as part of the nationality verification process. From tomorrow, all illegal workers face being deported to their home countries, ending a two-decade regularisation process that has generally failed to ensure national, human and economic security. Phumin Harinsut, […]

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Hydrotek plans Lao hydropower units

Chief executive Slib Soongswang said the company will join Universal Adsorbents & Chemicals, the MAI-listed alternative energy and water management company, to explore possibilities in the neighbouring country. “After being involved in the water business for 30 years, we think we should do more to provide utilities services such as electricity or alternative energy. If […]

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Mitsubishi Heavy & Hitachi to Merge Power System Units

On the 29th of November, Japan’s industrial companies Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd and Hitachi Ltd informed that they had reached a basic agreement to merge their thermal power units as they try to compete against global giants, including Siemens and General Electric. Mitsubishi Heavy – Hitachi merger According to a statement, in the merged entity Mitsubishi […]

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BMA to delay service for 2 new Bangkok skytrain stations

Bangkok Deputy Governor Teerachon Manomaipibul said the latest safety inspection of the Ponimit and Talad Plu stations, initially scheduled to be opened for trial service on December 5th by ICE engineering, has prompted further review of the stops. Mr. Teerachon stated that in the name of commuter safety, the BMA decided to postpone the two stations’ […]

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Thailand’s Amata B. Grimm to build 10 power plants for Bt50 billion

Thailand’s Amata B. Grimm Power Group plans to invest over Bt 50 billion (US$1.6 billion) to build 10 more power plants to cope with augmented foreign investment after the launch of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in 2015. The group, a subsidiary of the B. Grimm conglomerate, currently operates three power plants in Amata industrial estate […]

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Water-management bids submitted

 Eight bidders – consisting of construction firms in Thailand, China, South Korea and Japan – yesterday submitted bids for the construction works under the government’s Bt350 billion water management project.  Yesterday was the last day where bids could be submitted. All are required to come up with the broad construction concept and the executive summary. […]

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