A slew of factors is persuading companies to expand abroad to access the global market Rising costs and steep anti-dumping duties in the United States and Europe, coupled with a desire to expand overseas, are increasingly driving major Chinese solar panel makers’ new investments away from the domestic market, the world’s largest, to neighboring Thailand. […]
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Bangkok: One in five prisoners of war and forced labourers died on the Thai-Burma railway – one for every sleeper laid. Seventy years after jungle reclaimed the infamous death railway at the end of World War II, negotiations are under way to rebuild a track from Thailand to the country now known as Myanmar, as […]
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Malaysian real estate investors have been purchasing property overseas for a while now but have traditionally looked to developed countries such as Britain and Australia. Interestingly, our northern neighbour Thailand is beginning to draw attention too. Keen to attract Malaysians to the real estate scene in the Land of Smiles, Sansiri PLC, one of Thailand’s […]
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ALE’s Thailand branch office was contracted by CUEL to perform the load-out, transportation and weighing of 151 modules. The modules, which varied in weight from 24 tonnes to 1,928 tonnes, were moved using 120 axle lines of transporters and five power pack units throughout the operations. ALE’s contract completion coincided with the 30th sea voyage […]
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A government committee has ordered tycoon Kith Meng’s Royal Group to stop construction of a passenger port it was building on Sihanoukville’s Otres Beach, which it said was in clear violation of coastal development guidelines and had progressed without a permit. The National Committee for Cambodia Coastal Management and Development issued a directive yesterday for […]
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Chinese solar companies are looking for opportunities in Thailand as an alternative growth destination to China, where the renewable power market has reached saturation point, according to BMI Research. Thailand is emerging as an attractive destination for renewable energy investment as the government looks to reduce the country’s reliance on gas-fired power generation and incorporate […]
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The City Hall plans to begin construction of the 14km riverside promenade this October despite concerns over the impact it will have on the lives of people who live along the Chao Phraya River. Still pushing ahead with the plan to add the modern structure, dubbed “The New Landmark of Thailand,” to the city’s old […]
Continue ReadingDanish wind turbines set a new world record by generating nearly half of all the electricity consumed by the Scandinavian country in 2015, an official from state-owned Energinet.dk said Monday. “It was much windier in 2015 than during an average year,” spokeswoman Hanne Storm Edlefsen told AFP. Wind energy production capacity had grown “a little […]
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SAMUT PRAKAN, Thailand – Hundreds of construction workers return home each day to a makeshift village of shipping containers, erected as a temporary settlement for the migrants on the outskirts of Bangkok. Each of the 12 blocks, which resemble giant yellow Lego bricks, is made up of two towers of 9 containers and has 72 […]
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A light rail system worth more than 2 billion baht will be constructed between Phuket International Airport and Chalong intersection to boost the country’s tourism in the South. Speaking after a meeting on the Phuket mass transit system, transport permanent secretary Chartchai Thipsunawee Sunday unveiled details of a 60km rail tram which will be constructed […]
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