Migrant deadline delay sought – Businesses fear severe labour shortages

Dec 14 is the deadline for issuing temporary passports to migrant workers from neighbouring Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar as part of the nationality verification process. From tomorrow, all illegal workers face being deported to their home countries, ending a two-decade regularisation process that has generally failed to ensure national, human and economic security. Phumin Harinsut, […]

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Thailand eyes neighbours' power supply

Laos, Myanmar have surplus of megawatts   Thailand expects to buy 20,000 megawatts more of electricity from Laos and Myanmar combined as part of the country’s bid to diversify energy sources by reducing dependence on natural gas in power generation. Energy Minister Pongsak Raktapongpaisal said electricity supplies from Laos and Myanmar are mostly from hydroelectric […]

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Thailand eyes neighbours’ power supply

Laos, Myanmar have surplus of megawatts   Thailand expects to buy 20,000 megawatts more of electricity from Laos and Myanmar combined as part of the country’s bid to diversify energy sources by reducing dependence on natural gas in power generation. Energy Minister Pongsak Raktapongpaisal said electricity supplies from Laos and Myanmar are mostly from hydroelectric […]

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Beijing eyes Thailand train deal

The message was conveyed to Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra by visiting Chinese premier Wen Jiabao during a meeting at Government House yesterday, Damrong Kraikruan, chief of the Foreign Ministry’s East Asia Department said. China has sent a proposal to the government for consideration. Mr Wen reiterated his country’s plan to join international firms in bidding […]

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Work on rail link between Laos and Vietnam to start in January

Vientiane – Construction work on a 5-billion-dollar railway linking south-eastern Laos to Vietnam and Thailand is scheduled to begin in January, media reported Wednesday.  Giant Consolidated Limited, the Malaysian investor in the project, expects to begin construction in January on the 220-kilometre-long track linking Savannakhet city, on the Lao-Thai border, to Laobao, on the Lao-Vietnamese […]

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Bt12bn approved by Thai Cabinet for power scheme

The Cabinet yesterday approved a Bt12-billion budget to build facilities to receive electricity from the Xayaburi Dam, currently undergoing construction in Laos.  The facilities, which will be used to obtain, store and relay the electricity, will be built in Loei, Nong Bua Lamphu and Khon Kaen provinces and will be operated by the Electricity Generating […]

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Thai City Electric plans bigger factory to produce Sharp products

Thai City Electric, a manufacturer and distributor of Sharp electrical appliances, plans to invest between Bt500 million and Bt600 million in a new factory to serve both the domestic and export markets.  “We plan to relocate our factory out of the 30-rai plot in the King Kaew area of Samut Prakan, which has reached its […]

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British Consulate in Pattaya to close

Following months of speculation, the British Embassy in Bangkok have now confirmed on their website that the British Consulate in Jomtien will close. The British Ambassador to Thailand H.E. Mr. Mark Kent made the announcement in a statement issued on the British Embassy Website www.ukinthailand.fco.gov.uk on Tuesday, confirming the closure of the British Consulate which has […]

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Mekong hydropower project gets a boost

Andritz receives CH. Karnchang order for electromechanical equipment for Xayaburi dam Steps are proceeding for the controversial $3.8 billion Xayaburi dam in Laos despite assurances that the hydropower project was on hold pending further studies into possible environmental effects on the Mekong River. Austrian technology company Andritz said Thai construction company CH. Karnchang had placed an […]

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