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The number of building projects in Yangon fell from 600 to 400 per month between November and December, according to the Building Department under the Yangon City Development Committee. “The rate dropped in these two months. We had to permit only 400 projects last month,” said an official from the department. Many people blame the […]
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TAMAKI KYOZUKA, Nikkei staff writer There’s nothing like a road trip to get a sense of a place. So to see for ourselves how Southeast Asia is preparing for the launch of the ASEAN Economic Community, we hit the highway and followed Toyota Motor’s ground supply chain across Indochina. Members of the Association of Southeast […]
Continue ReadingAs the chair of the Preparedness Centre for the Asean Community (PCAC), Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha must be accountable for any delay or ineffective implementation of all Asean blueprints. Although Thailand has done very well on the political-security and social-cultural pillars, the implementation of economic action plans has been incomplete. The prime minister must save […]
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For many years, large areas of land in Yangon have been handed over to well-connected companies for development, with little or no public information about the terms of the deals, and no space for smaller businesses to compete, said an industry body. Advertisements outside developments near to the Shwedagon Pagoda were taken down after the […]
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China has shown off its vision of high-speed train services, such as this exhibition at Makkasan station. (Photo by Thanarak Khunton) The signing of a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) between Thailand and China on a new railway development project planned for tomorrow has been shelved after China failed to honour an associated agreement on rubber […]
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A Death Railway Museum at the site of the World War II-era Death Railway in Thanbyuzayat Township in Myanmar will open in April next year. Global New Light of Myanmar media reported the museum will showcase historic photos connected with the Death Railway, paintings and sculptures and 3D images of the daily life of prisoners […]
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Dependence must be reduced to 40% by 2036. In its Southeast Asia Energy Outlook 2015 report, the International Energy Agency says Thailand, along with Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam are often referenced as having strong potential for solar development. However, Dr. Ulrich Eder, managing director of Bangkok-based law firm, Pugnatorius, says even under the ASEAN […]
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Vietnamese property developer HAGL will open a massive commercial complex in Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city. YANGON — Large commercial complexes are popping up in Yangon as foreign property developers seek to cash in on an expected surge in consumer spending in one of Southeast Asia’s least-developed nations. Vietnamese real estate developer Hoang Anh Gia Lai […]
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The image shows the construction site of the Red Line mass transit route in Bangkok. (Bangkok Post file photo) TOKYO: Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith has confirmed a number of big-ticket infrastructure projects including five mass-transit routes in Bangkok and three planned motorways will start construction by mid-2016. The mass-transit routes comprise the 34.5-kilometre Pink Line […]
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Chanin Chaonirattisai, new president of Electricity Generating Co. ELECTRICITY Generating’s new president, Chanin Chaonirattisai, has brought forward the power company’s goal of achieving a Bt10-billion yearly operating profit to 2017, two years earlier than the target announced by his predecessor just a year ago. At his first media conference since assuming the post on October […]
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