Mosques, religious, school, cemeteries would have to move. ACTIVISTS have voiced concern that a coal-fired power plant proposed for Thepa district in Songkhla will cause more violence in the Deep South – as mosques, a religious school and Muslim cemeteries would have to be moved to make way for the plant. They also claimed that […]
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Thai tycoon Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi has secured the 58.6 per cent stake in Big C Thailand from French retailer Group Casino after a short bidding process. The controlling interest will be bought by Charoen’s holding company TCC Holdings which late last year bought the Metro Vietnam business from Germany’s Metro AG for €655 million and is […]
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The Purple railway line between Bangyai and Taopoon will start full test run in May and it will be operational in August to celebrate the birthday anniversary of Her Majesty the Queen, said Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha in his weekly Returning Happiness to the People programme Friday night. Then the prime minister gave the tentative […]
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The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) report on Southeast Asia sees 74 per cent of the region’s power coming from fossil fuels by 2040, with Indonesia and Vietnam supplying coal Firstly, commercial clean coal technology (CCT) does not exist. Globally, no CCT can compete in price with alternatives like solar and, at the same time, remove […]
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THIS is not the time for the government to be coy about what it wants in relation to joint development of the 873-kilometre medium-speed rail line in the Northeast. At the 10th Thai-China steering committee meeting scheduled for the end of this month in Beijing, Thailand should convince China to be responsible for at least […]
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The construction of 5th Lao-Thai Mekong Friendship Bridge, which will connect Laos’ Borikhamxay Province to Thailand’s Bueng Kan Province, is expected to begin in 2019, Lao News Agency reported. The survey and design of the bridge is now over 90% complete and the location for its construction has been determined, Head of the Road Management […]
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Chinese tourists to drive regional growth SET-listed Erawan Group Plc (ERW) is aiming to invest 10 billion baht to expand its hotel business, mainly in Thailand and the Philippines, over the next five years. The five-year investment plan for 2016-20 is expected to increase the company’s revenue to almost 10 billion baht by 2020. Of […]
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MHG International Holding (Singapore), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Thailand’s listed Minor International Pcl, has formed a 50:50 joint venture company with PT Wijaya Karya Realty to develop and operate hotel and residences in Indonesia. The new company, PT Wika Realty Minor Development, has a registered capital of 260 billion Rupiah, divided into 260,000 shares with […]
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Thailand’s leading sugar producer Mitr Phol is to purchase another biomass power plan to increase the electricity generating capacity in its energy business. Thailand based sugar manufacturer Mitr Phol Sugar Corp has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to acquire Power Prospect Co’s biomass power plant from Power Line Engineering Pcl and existing shareholders […]
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Thailand’s listed property developer Everland Pcl (EVER) is joining hands with Arthit Ourairat, the founder of Thailand-based Rangsit University, to establish a 300-bed Rangsit International Hospital with total investment of around 6 billion baht ($170 million). EVER will hold 30 per cent in the joint venture through its subsidiary My Hospital Co Ltd, and Arthit […]
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