Airline increases fleet, builds Koh Phangan island airport Kan Air, a Thai commuter airline founded by a debt-collecting firm, is embarking on an aggressive growth plan including a major fleet expansion and building an airport in southern Thailand. The airline has recently acquired its first jet, the Beechcraft Premier I light aircraft. It may also […]
Continue ReadingPowerway notes that its racking system for the PV plant is designed to consider aesthetics, the geography of the site and the customer’s budget Powerway Renewable Energy Company Ltd. (Foshan City, China) has been awarded a contract to build an 18 megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in Thailand. In addition to supplying engineering, procurement […]
Continue ReadingBangkok’s current building boom is “throwing up” a huge assortment of structures: most are legal though not all; some are ethically sustainable but not many; a few have architectural appeal, though a considerable number look cheap and ugly. An example worthy of praise is the recently launched Magnolias Ratchadamri Boulevard. Visually stimulating, this project is […]
Continue ReadingThailand will host the 2012 Fifa Futsal World Cup at four competition sites in Bangkok and Nakhon Ratchasima. With the sport’s showpiece event just around the corner, and the main competition venue at Bangkok Futsal Arena still under construction, things are progressively turning sour for the host nation. Thailand beat strong candidates such as China, […]
Continue ReadingConstruction workers are putting the final touches to Bangkok’s showpiece venue for the 2012 Fifa Futsal World Cup after its construction fell behind schedule. The 12,000 all-seater capacity Bangkok Futsal Arena in Nong Chok is due to be handed over to 2012 Fifa Futsal World Cup organisers in less than two weeks. Seats and a […]
Continue ReadingCh. Karnchang will manage the project Bangkok Metro Plc (BMCL), the SET-listed subway operator, has been awarded the Purple Line contract for 80 billion baht, hoping to increase ridership and improve its financial results. The company has not broken even since the subway began operating in 2004. President Chaiwat Utaiwan said BMCL’s board agreed yesterday […]
Continue ReadingThe Myanmar electric power authorities and five South Korean companies have launched a 500- megawatt (mw) gas-fired combined cycle power plant project in Yangon’s Thakayta township, official media reported Sunday. The five S. Korean companies are Busan Korea Biotechnology Co, Korea Western Power Co, Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co, Hana Daetoo Securities Co and Hexa […]
Continue ReadingCondominium developers are urging the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) to speed up amending car park requirements for projects along the mass transit systems. Thamrong Panyasakulwong, president of the Thai Condominium Association (TCA), said this would benefit condominium buyers, as easing municipal requirements for car parks would increase the saleable area of condos while reducing their […]
Continue ReadingGen Prayuth said he wanted Cambodia to discuss the plan with other Asean members first. He was speaking after Hun Sen raised the matter at the 30th Asean Ministers Meeting on Energy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, last month. The meeting, themed Asean Green Connectivity, aimed to boost co-operation in the energy sector among the bloc’s […]
Continue ReadingHongsa Lignite power project in Laos is proceeding as planned despite the court case against its major shareholder, with commercial operation scheduled to start in 2015. Banpu Plc, one of Asean’s leading coal companies, was ordered by Thailand’s Civil Court last month to pay 33 billion baht to Siva Nganthavee for the latter’s opportunity loss […]
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