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Airport Railway Link’s new route, or phase 2, is under construction even though its date of completion has yet to be finalized. The new route is expected to help promote Thailand as an aviation hub in the Southeast Asian Region. On August 23, 2010, Thailand’s long-awaited project has finally opened its door to the public. […]
Continue ReadingThe railroad is many things to people in Cambodia: playground, garbage dump, open-air toilet, livestock grazing ground, a dry path for traversing swampy terrain. What it has not been for many years is working transportation for either people or freight. In fact, train service was halted completely last year. That may change soon. Development specialists […]
Continue ReadingThe railroad is many things to people in Cambodia: playground, garbage dump, open-air toilet, livestock grazing ground, a dry path for traversing swampy terrain. What it has not been for many years is working transportation for either people or freight. In fact, train service was halted completely last year. That may change soon. Development specialists […]
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Cambodia provides ‘missing link’ in Iron Silk Road rail project By Andrew Buncombe, Asia Correspondent Cambodia‘s railway – for so long the victim of war, turmoil and the neglect that has beset the country – is poised to get moving again. Officials yesterday formally opened the first section of a new network that will stretch […]
Continue Reading Cambodia provides ‘missing link’ in Iron Silk Road rail project By Andrew Buncombe, Asia Correspondent Cambodia‘s railway – for so long the victim of war, turmoil and the neglect that has beset the country – is poised to get moving again. Officials yesterday formally opened the first section of a new network that will stretch […]
Continue ReadingSource: Reuters Cambodia has reopened a stretch of railway destroyed during the country’s war and officials described it as a step towards boosting regional trade through rail links with neighbours. The Asian Development Bank is contributing $84 million to a $141 million project to repair 650 km (400 miles) of railway linking Cambodia‘s capital, Phnom […]
Continue ReadingFoster Wheeler AG announced that a subsidiary of its Global Power Group has been awarded a contract by Japan‘s Marubeni Corp for the design and supply of two pulverized coal steam generators for the Nghi Son 1 Project for Vietnam Electricity (EVN). The project is located in the central province of Thanh Hoa in Vietnam. […]
Continue ReadingAscott has been recognised as the best serviced residence brand, company and operator by leading travel publications in Asia Pacific and Europe CapitaLand’s wholly-owned serviced residence business unit, The Ascott Limited (Ascott), has been recognised as the best serviced residence brand, company and operator by leading travel publications in Asia Pacific and Europe. Ascott was […]
Continue ReadingOnyx turns focus to serviced apartments Segment viewed as industry growth driver Onyx Hospitality Group, formerly known as Amari Hotels and Resorts, is focusing on serviced apartments as part of its plan to expand its service line and become Asia‘s leading hospitality provider by 2018. The group yesterday launched its first serviced apartment worth 800 […]
Continue ReadingFour-car trains to ease congestion SET-listed BTS Group, the operator of the Bangkok SkyTrain, has signed a 50-million (2-billion-baht) deal with Siemens of Germany to supply one car to each of its 35 three-car trains. Chief operating officer Surapong Laoha-Uny said the deliveries of the new carriages were scheduled over the next 30 months to […]
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