WHEN GIVEN a choice between renewable energy and wildlife conservation, people in Samut Sakhon have opted for a solar farm for financial reasons. Tractors and trucks loaded with soil were seen busily working in a field yesterday to fill a salt pan in Ban Khok Kham in Samut Sakhon where a three-megawatt solar farm project […]
Continue ReadingAmec Foster Wheeler announces it has been awarded a Front End Engineering Design (FEED) contract by Thai Oil Public Company Limited for its Clean Fuel Project at the in Thailand. The contract is due for completion in the second quarter of 2017. The project will enable a crude distillation capacity expansion from 275,000 barrels per […]
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The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) said it will take about a week to assess the damage at the Major Cineplex Pinklao building in Bangkok, engulfed by fire Thursday, before deciding whether the building can be saved. Prasarn Pitakvoraratana, director of the BMA’s Public Works Department (PWD), said a team from the Engineering Institute of Thailand […]
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MAGNOLIA Quality Development Corporation plans to take its real-estate design arm for both commercial and residential projects to China. “China is a huge market with a population of about 1.4 billion, 20 times as big as Thailand. Such a huge market holds great potential for the real-estate industry,” chief executive officer Visit Malaisirirat said yesterday. […]
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The Transport Ministry has agreed to cap the cost of the Bangkok-Nakhon Ratchasima high-speed train project at 179 billion baht after months of arguments with Beijing on the final figure. The 12th meeting between Thai and Chinese authorities on the joint 252.5km rail project failed to come up with a clear cost estimate, but “the […]
Continue ReadingRepresentatives from Thailand and China have agreed to begin construction of the Bangkok-Nakhon Ratchasima high-speed rail line on the first 3.5-kilometer section within September this year. Thai Minister of Transport Arkhom Termpittayapaisith has held a discussion with Mr Wang Xiaotao, Vice Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission of China, as part of the […]
Continue ReadingHigh rise buildings that were ordered to temporarily cease construction and reduce floor levels were identified after inspections by the Finance, Planning and Economic Committee, that everything is kosher. The committee has submitted its findings on 12 construction sites to the Yangon Regional government, suggesting that there should not be any legal action taken against […]
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New 79-room mountain resort to open on fringes of UNESCO-listed nature reserve Dusit International has unveiled plans to open a new hotel close to Thailand’s UNESCO-listed Khao Yai National Park. Scheduled to welcome its first guests on 2 August 2016, the new dusitD2 Khao Yai is being billed as a “chic mountain resort” located just […]
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Long regarded as one of Asia’s least dynamic property markets, Vientiane is now giving lie to its sleepy reputation. But is the city equipped to service a full-scale boom? Vientiane is a city that has never lacked in tropical charm. Monks in saffron robes flit between gold-spired temples, while the mighty Mekong River provides an […]
Continue ReadingJapan plans to provide Thailand with ¥167 billion ($1.6 billion) in loans for a railway project, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida told his Thai counterpart, Don Pramudwinai. Kishida said he hopes the project will ease traffic jams and reduce air pollution in Bangkok during their talks Tuesday on the sidelines of a series of regional meetings […]
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