The Airports of Thailand will hire Chulalongkorn University to appraise the costs of additional work done at Suvarnabhumi airport in the run-up to the airport’s opening in September 2006. The decision could help solve the long-running dispute between the AoT and its contractor, ITO Joint Venture. ITO Joint Venture _ comprised of Italian-Thai Development Plc, […]
Continue ReadingWith its distinctive limestone cliffs and emerald green water, as featured spectacularly in the 1974 James Bond film “The Man With the Golden Gun,” Phang Nga Bay in Thailand has long been a favorite of yacht owners cruising in Southeast Asia. Phuket Island has been the natural base of the region’s sailing community, but its […]
Continue ReadingHalliburton has been awarded a $120 million, three-year contract extension by Chevron Thailand for the provision of directional drilling, measurement-while-drilling (MWD) and logging-while-drilling (LWD) services for its ongoing offshore developments in the Gulf of Thailand. The majority of the wells that Halliburton’s Sperry Drilling business line will service are high-temperature wells that exceed 150°C (302°F), […]
Continue ReadingTraditional Khmer music, Buddhist monks, Cambodia’s deputy prime minister and apsaras will help announce the grand opening of one of Southeast Asia’s most anticipated new hotels March 29 as the Sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra makes its debut. The hotel takes the stage in Phnom Penh as the first new five-star hotel to open in the […]
Continue ReadingThailand’s Raimon Land to build The Vue boutique mall on Chao Phraya banks Luxury property developer Raimon Land will invest THB300 million (US$9.9 million) to open a boutique fusion mall adjacent to its The River condominium project along the Chao Phraya by the end of this year. The Vue, located by The River’s main road […]
Continue ReadingAfter a backdoor listing last year, new property firm Country Group Development Plc (CGD) plans to invest almost 14 billion baht to develop two projects this year. A huge investment of about 12 billion baht will be made to build the Landmark Waterfront Project comprising the five-star Capella Hotel with 101 rooms, the 73-storey Capella […]
Continue ReadingThailand has approved a memorandum of understanding for the co-development of a THB150 billion ($4.95 billion) high-speed rail project with the Chinese government, Permanent Secretary for Transport Suphoth Sublom said Monday. The MoU will be forwarded to the Chinese government later, he told reporters. He recently said the 620-kilometer high-speed railway project linking Nong Kai […]
Continue ReadingThe Ministry of Energy will keep on studying feasibility of constructing nuclear power plants in Thailand despite the alarming concern for safety measures in the wake of plant explosions and radioactivity leakage in Japan. Energy Minister Medical Doctor Wannarat Channukul stated that Thailand has not yet scrapped the feasibility study and will thoroughly revise the […]
Continue ReadingThe Ministry of Communications and the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) in Brunei Darussalam have awarded an $80 million project to Dorsch Consult Asia Co Ltd involving the, rehabilitation of pavements and the runway at Brunei International Airport. This was announced in a recent press release on the German company on March 14, which said […]
Continue ReadingA huge row is brewing in Laos, something that shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone who has followed the merciless damming of the Mekong River over the past decade. Vientiane, with the support of Bangkok, has announced it will construct a $3.5 billion dam at Xayaburi in a 1,260 MW hydropower project to be […]
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