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LAEM CHABANG SET FOR NEW ROAD, RAIL LINKS AND EXTRA CAPACITY The government plans to improve logistics at Laem Chabang port to increase the country’s export competitiveness and reduce high costs. Speaking in place of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra in her weekly radio broadcast yesterday, Transport Minister Jarupong Ruangsuwan and his deputy Chadchart Sittiphan explained […]
Continue ReadingThe Transport Ministry has proposed a 120-billion-baht project over seven years to further expand Laem Chabang port in Chon Buri to ease congestion. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra inspects cars waiting at the dock during her visit to Laem Chabang port in Chon Buri province yesterday. The Transport Ministry has proposed a 120-billion-baht port expansion project, […]
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When the Nathanson family first saw this house near Chiang Mai, Thailand, it was practically derelict. Thieves had stripped the unfinished structure and it was overgrown with vegetation. There are centuries of stories contained in the meter-thick teak columns of Barry Nathanson’s luxury fixer-upper in the northern hills of Thailand. The columns — 50 of […]
Continue ReadingThe Regional Joint Public/Private Sector Consultative Committee has reported to the cabinet its resolution to support the planned THB190 billion deep-sea port and industrial estate project in Dawei, Myanmar. At the 4th mobile cabinet meeting in Kanchanaburi province chaired by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawattra, the joint committee has reported its agreement to support Italian-Thai Development […]
Continue ReadingThe cabinet yesterday approved 203 projects worth over 30 billion baht to support the development of a deep-sea port and an industrial estate in Dawei city of Myanmar. The government also approved short-term measures to curb the cost of living. Acting government spokesman Anusorn Iamsa-ard said the mobile cabinet meeting approved projects worth 33.11 billion […]
Continue ReadingThe cabinet yesterday approved 203 projects worth over 30 billion baht to support the development of a deep-sea port and an industrial estate in Dawei city of Myanmar. The government also approved short-term measures to curb the cost of living. Acting government spokesman Anusorn Iamsa-ard said the mobile cabinet meeting approved projects worth 33.11 billion […]
Continue ReadingArchetype Group, a leading multi-disciplinary construction consultancy in South East Asia, announced today its new partnership with AIA Associés. AIA Associés, who recently opened an office in Beijing, is a French-based firm specialized in the development of high-quality and technical healthcare facilities. The purpose of such alliance is to bring together the regional expertise of […]
Continue ReadingThe Thai government has approved a soft loan to Laos for a 33-kilometre road from the Phudu checkpoint in Uttaradit province to Paklai in the Lao province of Xayaburi. The project is being implemented to boost two-way trade, especially the import of commodities. The total cost of construction is estimated at 718 million baht. A […]
Continue ReadingThe SET-listed Italian-Thai Development Plc (ITD), the country’s largest construction company, has reaffirmed its ability to handle a 150,000-rai industrial estate in Dawei, brushing aside Myanmar’s doubts about the project’s viability. Nonetheless, strategic partners are needed to jointly develop the large-scale project, said Dawei Development Co (DDC), a company the Thai contractor set up to […]
Continue ReadingAjiya Bhd is investing RM30mil to set up a safety glass processing plant in Thailand this year the company’s second after a metal roofing manufacturing plant there. Managing director Chan Wah Kiang said construction of the facility would start any time now and was expected to be completed by the end of the year. He […]
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