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(MENAFN – Gulf Times) Countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) are taking steps to extend leasehold periods granted for foreign individual or companies for land in a bid to boost investment. The Thai government recently approved 99-year leases for state land for industrial and commercial use to speed up the development of […]
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“Cheap” energy fails to take into account the permanent environmental devastation, the social breakdown and the long-term repercussions. (File photo) The National Energy Policy Council last week approved Thailand’s new Power Development Plan (PDP 2015), which lays out Thailand’s energy and investment plans for the next 21 years. The plan aims to double Thailand’s installed energy […]
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THAILAND’s government has approved construction of the 187km metre-gauge line from Chira junction to Khon Kaen, which is part of the Transport Ministry’s new infrastructure development plan. The line is expected to cost Baht 26bn ($US 772m) to construct with work set to begin in the next few months. The government is aiming for operations […]
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One of the tree tunnels on a road between Muang and Tha Wang Pha districts in Nan is saved from the axeman. (Photo by Rarinthorn Petcharoen) NAN – The Highways Department agreed on Wednesday to save part of a tunnel of trees endangered by road construction following an outcry from environmentalists and local people. About […]
Continue ReadingDemco, a contractor and engineering service provider listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand, plans to proceed with the alternative-energy business, with the aim of owning power plants driven by wind and solar energy with the capacity of at least 100 megawatts by next year. Managing director Pongsak Siricupta says he is confident this year’s […]
Continue ReadingThe operator of the skytrain has expressed an interest in being part of the Thai-Chinese double-track rail route joint venture. The project caught the attention of Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc, or BTS, after Transport Minister ACM Prajin Juntong recently declared that private Thai companies with experience in railway operations would be welcome to join […]
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Myanmar workers get their passports stamped at the immigration checkpoint next to the first Tak-Myawaddy bridge in Mae Sot district. The second bridge will be built nearby in some three years to relieve congestion. (Photo by Assawin Pinijwong) The Transport Ministry will seek 3.9 billion baht to fund a second bridge spanning the Moei River […]
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Sunee Seripanu, CEO of the Mc Group, Wandee Khunchornyakong, CEO of SPCG Plc, Yuwadee Chirathivat, CEO of the Central Department Store Group, Somporn Juangroongruangkit, chairman of the Thai Summit Group, and Chadatip Chutrakul, CEO of Siam Piwat Co. (Bangkok Post photos) Five Thais made Forbes Asia magazine’s list of the Asia’s 50 most powerful businesswomen […]
Continue ReadingBANGKOK, Feb 26 (Reuters) – Thailand’s largest private power producer, Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding Pcl , said it plans to invest 13 billion baht ($399 million) in 2015, mostly on expanding its power business at home and Southeast Asia. The amount is part of a plan to spend $1.5 billion to boost its electricity generating […]
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A Bangkok Airways jet parks at Wattay International Airport in Vientiane. Laos plans to build a new, bigger airport farther from the capital. (File photo by Boonsong Kositchotethana) The Lao government will sign an agreement with Lao and Chinese firms to launch a feasibility study into a new airport site for Vientiane, a Lao official […]
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