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The exclusive manufacturer and distributor of RC Cola in the Philippines will put up plants in Thailand and Myanmar and construction may start this year, as it seeks to expand its presence in Southeast Asia, the Philippine Star newspaper reported. The group of Filipino businessman Alfredo Yao has infused its 99.99 percent stake in RC […]
Continue ReadingGunkul Engineering plans to invest more than Bt12 billion over the next two years to develop wind-power plants in Thailand and gas-powered plants in Myanmar. This is part of the company’s strategy to transform itself from an importer and provider of electrical equipment into a power producer in Asean. It aims to be producing at […]
Continue ReadingHRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand and Bounnhang Vorachit, vice president of the Lao PDR, will preside over the opening ceremony in Thailand’s northernmost province of Chiang Rai. The bridge which links Chiang Kong on the Thai border with Huay Xai in Laos is part of the economic development under the North-South Economic Corridor, […]
Continue ReadingMyanmar is allowing international investors to bid for a mammoth project to develop a special economic zone in its southernmost region following the withdrawal of the sole developer, a Thai company, which had been unable to secure partners for the venture, an official said Monday. Chairman of the Management Committee of Dawei SEZ Han Sein […]
Continue ReadingA Thai construction company is entering a joint venture with a Chinese firm to bid for the construction of dual rail tracks under the government’s mega infrastructure plans, tentatively scheduled to kick off next year. Pasit Leesakul, director of TRC Construction Co, said the private sector is anxiously waiting for the launch of the development […]
Continue ReadingA Thai construction company is entering a joint venture with a Chinese firm to bid for the construction of dual rail tracks under the government’s mega infrastructure plans, tentatively scheduled to kick off next year. Pasit Leesakul, director of TRC Construction Co, said the private sector is anxiously waiting for the launch of the development […]
Continue ReadingBurma is set to wrest control of its Dawei industrial complex from a Thai company, Italian Thai Development (ITD), over its failure to attract investors to a strategically located, multi-billion dollar project tipped as a game-changer for regional trade. According to two sources involved in the Dawei Special Economic Zone (SEZ), plans have been overhauled […]
Continue ReadingTHE ASIAN market is growing rapidly and the region is important for Hitachi’s operations, its president Hiroaki Nakanishi said recently. The Japanese company has also increased its business activities in many Asian countries that need to expand their infrastructure base. “Thailand is the top investment destination of Hitachi in the Asean region. The country is […]
Continue ReadingTHE ASIAN market is growing rapidly and the region is important for Hitachi’s operations, its president Hiroaki Nakanishi said recently. The Japanese company has also increased its business activities in many Asian countries that need to expand their infrastructure base. “Thailand is the top investment destination of Hitachi in the Asean region. The country is […]
Continue ReadingAs reported by Gulf Times on October 17, an agreement is set to be signed this month between Thailand’s labour ministry and officials from Qatar to send no less than 30,000 Thai workers to Qatar to fill labour shortages in Qatar’s busy infrastructure, transport and construction sector. The people are supposed to work in various […]
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