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HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand and Bounnhang Vorachit, vice president of the Lao PDR, will preside over the opening ceremony in Thailand’s northernmost province of Chiang Rai. The bridge which links Chiang Kong on the Thai border with Huay Xai in Laos is part of the economic development under the North-South Economic Corridor, […]
Continue ReadingA Thai construction company is entering a joint venture with a Chinese firm to bid for the construction of dual rail tracks under the government’s mega infrastructure plans, tentatively scheduled to kick off next year. Pasit Leesakul, director of TRC Construction Co, said the private sector is anxiously waiting for the launch of the development […]
Continue ReadingA Thai construction company is entering a joint venture with a Chinese firm to bid for the construction of dual rail tracks under the government’s mega infrastructure plans, tentatively scheduled to kick off next year. Pasit Leesakul, director of TRC Construction Co, said the private sector is anxiously waiting for the launch of the development […]
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Yangon, Myanmar. 5 July, 2013. After only months since opening an office in Yangon, Archetype Group is proud to announce that it has signed the contract for project management services on a building that will become the tallest building in Myanmar, Diamond Inya Palace. This contract was awarded following a successful Design Review done several […]
Continue ReadingMajor trading house Marubeni Corp. announced June 14 that it will work with a Thai company to develop new independent power producer (IPP) projects in Thailand and neighboring countries such as Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia. Marubeni executed a memorandum of understanding on June 13 with Global Power Synergy Co., a subsidiary of PTT Public Co., […]
Continue ReadingIn a few months, impoverished Myanmar plans to start pumping roughly $45 million worth of oil and gas a day from the Bay of Bengal to China by pipeline. The vital fuel for China’s growing economy will bypass the Malacca Straits and U.S. ally Singapore. It will mostly also bypass Myanmar. Though rich in natural […]
Continue ReadingEnergy Minister Pongsak Ruktapongpisal has given the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) the green light to proceed with a plan to build coal-powered plants in Myanmar and Cambodia – providing Thailand with 10,000 megawatts of electricity. Egat has also been instructed to negotiate the purchase of nuclear power from China in order to bring […]
Continue ReadingWhile SMEs are crying over the blanket Bt300 wage, fierce competition in some industries and the scarcity of skilled workers is pushing the daily pay of some above Bt500. For the past eight years, Narong Jampatho, 30, a tile layer, has never found difficulty in finding someone willing to pay him Bt700 per day, allowing […]
Continue ReadingThe Bangkok Post has picked five key issues which are likely to have a big impact on the public this year, in politics, finance and society. Race for Bangkok governor heats upWork on five electric railway projects is likely to start this year after delays in the past few years due to political unrest.Big changes […]
Continue ReadingShopping shapes up in Phnom Penh With demand for shopping space in Cambodia on the rise and investor interest growing, the Japanese developer Aeon Mall (Cambodia) Co Ltd last week broke ground on the construction of a US$205-million mall in Phnom Penh. The 68,400-square-metre high-end shopping centre, located in Chamkar Mon district next to the […]
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