The Bangkok Metropolitan Council has set up two committees to develop plans to deal with the threat of earthquakes. BMC president, Sutthichai Veerakulsoonthorn, said it is important for Bangkok to be prepared for natural disasters even though the capital city is a considerable distance from quake zones in Southeast Asia. “One of the committees will […]
Continue ReadingAjiya Bhd is investing RM30mil to set up a safety glass processing plant in Thailand this year the company’s second after a metal roofing manufacturing plant there. Managing director Chan Wah Kiang said construction of the facility would start any time now and was expected to be completed by the end of the year. He […]
Continue ReadingThe controversial Xayaburi hydro-electric dam project in northern Laos may have already begun, despite countries, including Cambodia, requesting further studies to assess possible negative effects on Lower Mekong communities. According to a statement released on its website late on Tuesday, Thai development firm Ch.Karnchang said it was due to begin building the dam on March […]
Continue ReadingHigh fees, monopoly concerns prompt study The Transport Ministry is mulling a plan to build a new state-run airport on Koh Samui as an alternative to the existing privately-run facility amid complaints of high airport fees. The move is also intended to end the monopoly on the airport service on the island. Transport Minister Jarupong […]
Continue ReadingPlans move ahead for Laos’s controversial hydropower project on the Mekong. In a controversial move, a Thai company has signed a nearly $2 billion dollar contract for the construction of a dam on the Mekong River in Laos even though governments in the region have not cleared the project. Ch. Karnchang informed the Thai stock […]
Continue ReadingPlans move ahead for Laos’s controversial hydropower project on the Mekong. In a controversial move, a Thai company has signed a nearly $2 billion dollar contract for the construction of a dam on the Mekong River in Laos even though governments in the region have not cleared the project. Ch. Karnchang informed the Thai stock […]
Continue ReadingThailand is about to get its first major overseas property exhibition when the “Thai & Overseas Property & Lifestyle 2012” event takes place from November 9 to 11 2012 at the Bangkok Convention Centre. The new three-day exhibition has already booked in developer exhibitors from Thailand and international agencies from France, England, Spain and Turkey. Organised by […]
Continue ReadingThe Cabinet has approved a budget of THB 13 bil for the long-suspended Mae Wong dam project in Nakhon Sawan in a latest bid to deal with natural disaster. According to Science and Technology Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi, the dam is intended to solve flood and drought problems. Mae Wong dam is part of the Sakaekrang […]
Continue ReadingWind Energy Holding Co (WEH), Thailand’s first private wind turbines operator, is proceeding with plans to invest 40 billion baht in seven wind turbines farms over the next four years. Board chairman Noppon Suppipat said the company is now developing the first three projects _ Huay Bong 2 and 3 in Nakhon Ratchasima and Watabak […]
Continue ReadingCanadian firm SNC-Lavalin Inc, through its regional unit in Thailand, will be providing the engineering ser¬vices of the 200-megawatt coal-fired plant to be set on stream by 2015 in Iloilo by A. Brown Company’s power subsidiary. In a press statement, Palm Con¬cepcion Power Corporation (PCPC) indicated that it already signed an agreement with the foreign firm […]
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