2nd Oil & Gas Investor Summit Asia to be held in Singapore

Key oil and gas investors from across Asia will gather in Singapore this September to grow their portfolios during the 2nd Oil & Gas Investor Summit Asia. With more than half the world’s population residing in Asia, demand for power surpasses what the rest of the world requires to support its robust economy. Asia is […]

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Infrastructure upgrades for Mekong region

GMS members and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will initiate infrastructure development projects worth 552 billion baht over the next decade. Among the priorities for ADB are an improvement in the 198-kilometre road linking Gorgarek, Thaton and Myawaddy in Myanmar to Tak’s Mae Sot district, which is part of the East-West Corridor linking Myanmar, Thailand, […]

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Thai Labor Ministry to speedily tackle labor shortage in construction sector

The Labor Ministry is set to speedily tackle the problem of labor shortage in the construction sector. Labor Minister Phadermchai Sasomsub said on Wednesday that the construction industry is now experiencing the shortage of labor because of last year’s flood crisis. Mr. Phadermchai is urging business operators, who are in need of workers, to contact the […]

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Thai Builders want more foreign labourers – Industry group urges wider set of countries

The construction sector is pressing the government to allow import of foreign labour from a broader selection of countries to offset the shortage of 100,000 workers in the industry, said Chakporn Oonjitt, executive director of the Construction Institute of Thailand. As of April, the construction industry employed 2.68 million workers or 7% of the country’s […]

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Thailand to get its first British University

Malcolm McVicar, vice-chancellor and president of the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), has spent the past three to four years nurturing a project to open a full-scale campus in Thailand. “This will be the first British university here. We chose Thailand because the country is a good centre to reach other parts of the region and […]

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Laos' work on the Mekong river draws criticism

In a dusty gorge deep in landlocked Laos, work is underway on a project that could change South-East Asia forever. Despite the protests of countries downstream and the warnings of scientists, a construction company has begun building the first dam across the lower reaches of one of the world’s great rivers. Officially the Lao government […]

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Laos’ work on the Mekong river draws criticism

In a dusty gorge deep in landlocked Laos, work is underway on a project that could change South-East Asia forever. Despite the protests of countries downstream and the warnings of scientists, a construction company has begun building the first dam across the lower reaches of one of the world’s great rivers. Officially the Lao government […]

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Hexagon Composites Awarded CNG Transport Module Contract for Thailand

Through its wholly-owned subsidiary Lincoln Composites, Hexagon Composites has been awarded a new contract to supply 55 lightweight TITAN transport modules to SC Group in Thailand. This represents the largest single TITAN contract to date for Hexagon Composites worldwide. SC Group is one of the leading providers of integrated logistics services in Thailand. The Thai […]

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Samsung Engineering picks Thailand as Asean hub

Samsung Engineering Co has chosen Thailand as its Southeast Asian hub, paving the way for South Korea’s leading engineering, procurement and construction company to enter Myanmar and Australia. Park Ki-seok, the president and chief executive, said Samsung, which celebrates its 20th anniversary in Thailand this year, targets nearly tripling the number of its engineers in […]

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Transport Ministry to launch new Thai-Cambodian rail route in 2013

Thailand is set to open a new rail route, which connects the country with Cambodia, to further boost the transportation connection with Vietnam.  Transport Minister Charupong Ruangsuwan said on Friday that Cambodia has recently asked Thailand to build a railway bridge to connect the country’s Aranyaprathet District with its Poipet District. Mr. Charupong stated that the […]

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