Hong Kong and Singapore are its most favored of 11 Asian property markets, said Pacific Star Group one of Asia’s leading real estate investment houses in its press release. The Group made the conclusion in its biannual Asian Property Outlook and Strategy report. Included in the study were also Bangkok, Beijing, Delhi, Ho Chi Minh, […]
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China has signed agreements with Thailand and Laos to build high-speed railways connecting the two Southeast Asian countries. The Beijing Times reports that officials from Thailand and Laos made the disclosure on Tuesday in Beijing. During the seventh World Congress on High Speed Rail, Thailand‘s deputy prime minister, Suthep Thaugsuban, said China is cooperating on […]
Continue ReadingCarlson has announced the signing of an iconic, upper-upscale resort in Hua Hin, Thailand. Owned by Retreat Hua Hin Company Limited, construction of the USD 23 million, 118-room Radisson Blu Resort Hua Hin will begin immediately. The resort is expected to open by the third quarter of 2012. Earlier, Carlson announced plans to increase the […]
Continue ReadingA massive hydroelectric project to be inaugurated this week would have adverse effects on the ecology of Laos and more than 100,000 Laotians, environmental and civil society groups charged Tuesday. French President Nicholas Sarkozy, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and senior World Bank and Asian Development Bank officials were expected to attend a ceremony Thursday […]
Continue ReadingThe poor and landlocked Southeast Asian nation of Laos expects its rail link with China to be finished by 2014, boosting trade links with its giant neighbour and the rest of Asia, its deputy prime minister said on Tuesday. The railway is part of a broader plan to connect Kunming city in southwestern China with […]
Continue ReadingBuilding of the US$491 million Cua Lo deep water port in central Nghe An Province started yesterday. The first phase, of the three-phase project in Nghi Thiet Commune, the Nghi Loc District, will include a wharf for 30,000-tonne vessels and another for 50,000-tonne vessels. The work is scheduled for completion in 2015. Four wharves for […]
Continue ReadingThailand‘s Ministry of Finance expects to submit a draft amendment for the Private Participation Act by April next year in an effort to encourage greater private-sector involvement in the government’s multi-billion baht infrastructure projects. Current regulations under the Private Participation Act (1992) proving to be obstacles in attracting private-sector interest are being revised and a […]
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William Wilfong is to step down at Chief Executive Officer of Thai listed developer Golden Land at the end of the year. In an email to colleagues sent earlier today he wrote: “It has certainly been a wild ride here in Bangkok over the past five years, but I am very proud of what we […]
Continue ReadingCabinet to look into details early next year The Energy Ministry is preparing to submit its nuclear power feasibility study to the government early next year, according to the Nuclear Power Programme Development Office (NPPDO). The power development plan (PDP) for 2010-30 calls for as many as five nuclear power plants with a capacity of […]
Continue ReadingPTT Aromatics and Refining (PTTAR) is studying a feasibility to invest in its first olefins cracker worth more than US$1 billion in order to develop benzene – the feedstock for derivatives production which should increase the future revenue. President and CEO Bowon Vongsinudom yesterday said the study would be concluded by mid of next year […]
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