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Bangkok Expressway Plc (BECL) next month will submit its bid proposal for the 18-billion-baht Sri Rat-Outer Ring Road Expressway that is expected to generate 80,000 trips a day. Managing director Payao Marittanaporn said the project would be developed under a public-private partnership with the government paying for expropriation costs for the 17-kilometre expressway. Bidding results […]
Continue ReadingThe Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia, H.E. Tea Banh, presided over the grand opening ceremonies last week of the Sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra, the first five-star hotel debut in Phnom Penh since the 1990s. As a representative of Prime Minister Hun Sen, General Tea Banh noted that the hotel’s opening was bound to improve the […]
Continue ReadingSome 400 people from provinces along the Mekong River in the North and Northeast gathered yesterday in Nong Khai’s Si Chiang Mai district to voice their opposition against Laos’ proposed Xayaburi hydropower project, which they believe will have a negative impact on their lives. The protesters also signed a letter to Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, […]
Continue ReadingPlan to take full advantage lacking Even with massive investment allocated to build infrastructure in Thailand and neighbouring countries, the government realises it still lacks a plan to use the developments to maximum potential. Setting up new economic zones and improving services such as customs clearance for the private sector can maximise value from new […]
Continue ReadingPhuket is not alone in the virtual stampede of the raging bulls of mass tourism. One of Asia’s idyllic cultural destination’s Luang Prabang in Laos has been caught up in the slipstream of development. The Korean developed 18 hole Luang Prabang Golf Club has opened. As a new phase of development are villas aimed at […]
Continue ReadingBinh Dinh has approved the Phuong Mai 1 wind power plant in Nhon Hoi with 12 wind turbines and a total capacity of 30MW. According to the plan, the wind farm will cover 142 hectares and will have 12 wind turbines and a total capacity of 30MW. The wind farm is scheduled to begin construction work in the […]
Continue ReadingA huge row is brewing in Laos, something that shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone who has followed the merciless damming of the Mekong River over the past decade. Vientiane, with the support of Bangkok, has announced it will construct a $3.5 billion dam at Xayaburi in a 1,260 MW hydropower project to be […]
Continue ReadingEgco Group Plc, the country’s second-largest private power producer, plans to spend seven billion baht this year to expand capacity in keeping with demand growth. President Vinit Tangnoi said the major investments included US$215 million to double Egco’s stake in a Philippine venture, and one billion baht to expand solar power production from 73 megawatts […]
Continue ReadingLoxley Plc, one of Thailand’s largest trading conglomerates, has expanded into the renewable energy business by investing in solar farm projects in Thailand and exploring opportunities in neighbouring countries. Piboon Piboontum, vice-president for financial management, said Loxley’s joint venture was building an 8.7-megawatt solar farm on 215 rai of land in Prachin Buri at a […]
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Lao officials say a Chinese rail scandal will not end plans for a high-speed railway. The proposed railway will connect China’s Yunnan province to the Lao capital Vientiane. An ongoing corruption scandal in China is unlikely to derail plans to build a high-speed train route in Laos, despite the need for Chinese funding and expertise […]
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