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Up to 100,000 firms may go under The increase in the minimum wage may force 100,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) out of business or force them to relocate their factories, according to industry representatives. The daily minimum wage in Bangkok and six other provinces rose to 300 baht Sunday; the rate will be applied […]
Continue ReadingShaky plans for a US $50 billion oil port and industrial complex on Burma’s southeast coast at Dawei (Tavoy) are looking even more uncertain after Thailand disclosed that it is re-appraising its strategic trade transport infrastructure to look at domestic ports. The change in focus was outlined by a senior government planner at an Association […]
Continue ReadingShaky plans for a US $50 billion oil port and industrial complex on Burma’s southeast coast at Dawei (Tavoy) are looking even more uncertain after Thailand disclosed that it is re-appraising its strategic trade transport infrastructure to look at domestic ports. The change in focus was outlined by a senior government planner at an Association […]
Continue ReadingDespite reservations from Mekong Basin countries, construction continues Over the opposition of environmental groups and the governments of other countries in the Mekong Basin, the Thai government is pushing ahead with the construction of the controversial Xayaburi Dam, environmentalists say. Although the Cambodian and Vietnamese governments have expressed concerns about the dam and work was […]
Continue ReadingThe Cabinet on Wednesday endorsed the construction of a double track railway for the Bangkok–Nong Khai route to be completed in 2019 ahead of the earlier schedule in 2025, said Deputy Government Spokesman Anusorn Iamsa-ard. The project will use part of the 140 billion baht budget earlier approved by the cabinet for nationwide railway development. […]
Continue ReadingEnergy Minister Arak Cholatanon yesterday called on the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand to show progress in the plan to build a power plant with Cambodia. Egat should co-invest with Cambodia in the 100-megawatt Strueng Nam hydropower plant, he said in a meeting with Egat management. The two countries have agreed to conduct a feasibility […]
Continue ReadingEgat International Co, the wholly owned investment arm of the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat), is further extending its power plant expansion in neighbouring countries with an aim to raise capacity to 8,300 megawatts. Established in 2006, Egat International’s sole venture is the Nam Ngiep 1 hydropower plant in Laos. That project, in which […]
Continue ReadingEgat International Co, the wholly owned investment arm of the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat), is further extending its power plant expansion in neighbouring countries with an aim to raise capacity to 8,300 megawatts. Established in 2006, Egat International’s sole venture is the Nam Ngiep 1 hydropower plant in Laos. That project, in which […]
Continue ReadingRatchaburi Electricity Generating Holding (RATCH) is conducting a feasibility study to invest in a 1,800-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Koh Kong, western Cambodia, after the project was frozen during the conflict between the two countries, said chief executive officer Noppol Milinthanggoon. Meanwhile, the company is still hopeful that the coal-fired-power-plant project in Burma’s Dawei on […]
Continue ReadingExperts are proposing a new highway linking Ratchaburi and Kamphaeng Phet provinces, western and eastern floodways, a new economic zone and an outer ring road for eastern Bangkok as solutions to flooding problems. The Strategic Committee for Reconstruction and Future Development (SCRF), chaired by Virabongsa Ramangkura, plans to seek a new economic zone for relocation […]
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