The Office of Transport and Traffic Planning plans to seek approval to build 10 new bridges across the Chao Phraya River to ease traffic in Bangkok and vicinity provinces. Work on this bridge crossing the Chao Phraya River in Nonthaburi’s Muang district is now 93% complete. The bridge, which connects to Nonthaburi 1 Road, is […]
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One of the chief financiers of hydroelectric dams planned on Burma’s Salween River is accused of investing in countries where there is “oppression and limited transparency” in order to achieve its objectives. Having been restricted in its activities at home, the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) wants to use Burma and Laos as proxy […]
Continue ReadingAfter unveiling its first Myanmar property in Nay Pyi Taw, Berlin-based Kempinski Hotels AG will expand to Yangon by 2016, according to Thailand’s Siam Commercial Bank. The bank announced it was lending US$60 million to transform a heritage building in Yangon into a Kempinski Hotel. The renovation of the building will be conducted by Thai-based […]
Continue ReadingA Singapore construction company and an affiliate of Changi Airport Group has won a $1.4 billion order to build a new airport in Myanmar’s Yangon as the country repairs its infrastructure after the easing of decades of sanctions. A man is seen above advertisement boards after landing at the airport in Yangon, Myanmar. The […]
Continue ReadingBANGKOK, 30 October 2014 (NNT) – The cabinet has approved a plan for a Thai-Cambodia railway bridge to achieve Southern Economic Corridor connectivity. In the meeting today, the cabinet approved in principle the construction of the Thai-Cambodia railway bridge as proposed by the Ministry of Transport (MOT). The MOT had proposed to the cabinet that […]
Continue ReadingTokyo, Nov 5, 2014 – (JCN Newswire) – Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501 / “Hitachi”) today announced that, together with a consortium of a local company, it has entered into a contract with Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) for supply and construction of Chaiya Phum substations, which is an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract […]
Continue ReadingStarwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide recently announced that its global powerhouse Sheraton brand will re-enter Phuket with the signing of Sheraton Phuket Kalim Beach Resort. Scheduled to open in early 2018, the agreement with Phuket Advance Development Ltd. follows closely behind the recent announcement of the debut of the W Hotels brand in Phang Nga […]
Continue Reading03 November 2014 Construction of the Xayaburi dam on the Mekong River in Laos is almost half finished, the developer behind it has said. Prasert Marittanaporn, senior vice president of the construction firm Ch. Karnchang, told the Bangkok Post late last week that the $3.8 billion hydropower project – which conservation groups fear will have […]
Continue ReadingThis story appears in the November 3, 2014 issue of Forbes Asia. Rail lines running north from Bangkok to Chiang Mai have become so decrepit that derailments occur regularly. But plans to upgrade are also sidetracked with high frequency. So Asian transportation experts, and railway buffs everywhere, were surprised by the Thai military government’s sudden […]
Continue ReadingGWE waste-to-energy technology nominated for global energy award Raptor anaerobic waste technology being used in Thailand waste-to-energy project. Global Water Engineering (GWE’s) Raptor anaerobic waste technology as applied in a starch processing waste-to-energy project in Thailand has been nominated as a finalist in the energy category of the prestigious 2014 IChemE global awards. Chok Chai […]
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