Laos to increase forest coverage in 5-year plan The Nation (Thailand) Laos plans to increase its forest coverage from less than 41 per cent now to 65 per cent by 2015, state media reports said. Increased woodland is important to safeguard the country’s water resources, essential to drive the hydropower plants that earn the country […]
Continue ReadingRatchaburi Electricity Generating Holding Pcl, Thailand’s largest private power producer, said on Tuesday it planned to invest 16 billion baht ($530 million) in 2011, mostly to finance renewable power plants. Major projects included the 390-megawatt Xe Pian Xe Nam Noy hydroelectric power plant, in which Ratchaburi has a 25 percent stake, and solar power plants, […]
Continue ReadingST Electronics, the electronics arm of ST Engineering, has been awarded a contract to supply an Automatic Fare Collection System (AFCS) for the extension of the Bangkok Mass Transit System (BTS) Sukhumvit Line in Bangkok, Thailand. The contract was awarded by The Krungthep Thanakom Company Limited (KT), a Bangkok Metropolitan Administration Enterprise. The AFCS for […]
Continue ReadingChina will not dance alone to the music of quick tempo. The Lao National Assembly last week gave its permission to a plan of high-speed railway construction linking China to its capital of Vientiane. The project, 421 km in length, will be launched in April 2011. This followed Thailand’s approval of a negotiation framework for […]
Continue ReadingKyocera Corp. of Japan will provide 1 million solar panels to Thailand’s Solar Power Holdings Co., a company official said today. The Kyoto-based company will supply the solar panels for 34 locations in Thailand with a total capacity of 204 megawatts, Sanae Iwasaki, a Kyocera spokeswoman, said by phone. The company will deliver the panels […]
Continue ReadingThe Treasury Department is ready to expand property development to accommodate the government’s logistics development plan, saying it plans to develop a distribution network to link with the planned high-speed train routes. The department, one of the country’s biggest property holders with 12.5 million rai nationwide, sees high potential in developing property projects in the […]
Continue ReadingPhuket’s prosperity has never been more prominent. Thailand’s largest and wealthiest island boasts the country’s greatest concentration of multi-million-dollar holiday homes dotted across the landscaped plots of Phuket’s coast. Furthermore, over the past couple of decades I have witnessed Phuket evolve into a marine playground for the global jet set. The “Pearl of the South”, […]
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Thailand’s elevator and escalator market next year is banking on aggressive expansion of the residential and hotel market with expected growth of up to 20%, says Marc Spiegel, managing director of Kone Thai Lift Plc. Elevator and escalator inspections in Thailand need better enforcement, says Mr Spiegel. There is also tremendous opportunity from the government’s […]
Continue ReadingSoutheast Asia’s largest hydroelectric power station has begun operating to help ease an electricity shortage in fast-growing Vietnam, news agencies reported. The first of six turbines at the Son La hydropower station has been connected to the national power grid, said the director of the plant’s management board. The US$2 billion, 2,400-MW plant is expected […]
Continue ReadingOnyx Hospitality Group (formerly Amari) have announced a new select service hotel in Koh Samui under their Ozo brand. Located in Chaweng beach, the property is set to open in 2012. Between 200-220 keys are in the process of being finalized in design development. In Phuket a mixed use project similar to the Amari Residences […]
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