Mixed views on Bangkok’s Ong Ang canal renovation project Place looks cleaner, but the cost of living has gone up Despite winning the “2020 Asian Townscape Awards” after undergoing renovation for several years, Ong Ang Canal in Phra Nakhon district has received mixed reactions from locals and tourists. According to the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), […]
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Peninsula hotel operator ready to resume stalled $130 million project in Yangon anytime ‘Suitable’ conditions sought in Myanmar after military takeover stalls work The operator of the upscale Peninsula hotel chain is prepared to resume its stalled $130 million project in Yangon whenever conditions are deemed suitable. Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels CEO Clement Kwok told […]
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Gulf Gunkul eyes expanding its renewable power businesses through Thai government clean energy projects Gunkul Engineering Plc, a renewables developer and construction firm, is working with Gulf Energy Development Plc, Thailand’s largest power producer by market value, to expand its renewable power businesses through government clean energy projects. The two firms jointly set up Gulf […]
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World’s largest rooftop panel installation underway at Falken Tyre’s Rayong plant in Thailand Comprising 40,000 solar panels with a total output of 22MW, the plant in Rayong will generate solar power to manufacture Falken tyres for Europe and contribute to total annual CO2 emissions reduction of 38,000 tonnes The world’s largest rooftop solar panel installation […]
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Thonburi Healthcare Group set to spend B5bn on projects from 2023-25 SET-listed Thonburi Healthcare Group Plc (THG) will spend 5 billion baht between 2023 and 2025 funding various investment projects, including the construction of new hospitals in Thailand and Vietnam, as it aims to benefit from the full reopening of countries. Investment in greenfield and […]
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Thai Cabinet defers on Orange Line mass-transit project The cabinet yesterday (14.03.2023) decided to drop the Orange Line mass-transit project from its meeting agenda due to insufficient information. Earlier, former massage parlour tycoon Chuvit Kamolvisit alleged irregularities in the bidding for the project overseen by the Transport Ministry under Saksayam Chidchob of Bhumjaithai. Before yesterday’s […]
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Talks Underway to Resume Work on Trans-Myanmar Railway Linking China to Bay of Bengal After pandemic-related delays, discussion is now underway about resuming work on the railway project in Myanmar that will connect China’s Yunnan province to the Bay of Bengal, according to the Myanmar government. The project is part of China’s Belt and Road […]
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Salween River needs protection from destructive dams This morning at Sob Moei — the confluence of the Moei and the Salween rivers on the Thailand-Myanmar border — indigenous peoples and their supporters are attending a spiritual ceremony to express their collective stance to protect the Salween River from destructive dam projects. This area has been […]
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Sukhumbhand facing graft charges on Bangkok’s Green Line extension contracts signed in 2012 NACC names 13 individuals and entities in connection with extension contract signed in 2012 MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra, shown above at a news conference in 2016, is among 13 individuals and entities named by the National Anti-Corruption Commission in connection with alleged irregularities […]
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Rayong to Bangkok bullet train project still on hold In spite of many predictions and promises, there is still no final Cabinet approval for the long-anticipated high-speed train network linking the two Bangkok airports (Don Mueang International Airport and Suvarnabhumi Airport) with the now-expanded U-tapao airport near Rayong. According to the Eastern Economic Corridor, which […]
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