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Yangon – More than 70 local and foreign companies have submitted their expression of interests to develop the land plot surrounding the Yangon Central Railway Station, according to Myanmar Railways. An anonymous source from the tender scrutinising committee said that their bids would be shortlist and the result would be announced in the second week […]
Continue ReadingPress Release: Greenpeace New Zealand Coal dropped from Vietnam’s future energy plans Vietnam will effectively shelve the equivalent of 70 large coal power plants following an announcement from the Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung that the country would drop all further coal-fired power plant projects and move towards cleaner energy. “This huge win follows tireless […]
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Bangkok: One in five prisoners of war and forced labourers died on the Thai-Burma railway – one for every sleeper laid. Seventy years after jungle reclaimed the infamous death railway at the end of World War II, negotiations are under way to rebuild a track from Thailand to the country now known as Myanmar, as […]
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More than 30,000 foreigners had applied for work permits at Cambodia’s Labor Ministry in 2015 after the General Department of Immigration (GDI) had constantly inspected foreign laborers in the country, a GDI’s senior official said Friday. Speaking at the GDI’s annual meeting, GDI’s deputy director general Lt. Gen. Keo Vanthon said the fee for a […]
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The US News & World Report’s study called “Best Countries” was compiled in collaboration with BAV Consulting and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. It sampled the perceptions of more than 16,000 people in four global regions, asking them to rank 60 pre-selected countries on a range of criteria. It then compiled a […]
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Hong Kong-based company Kerry Logistics has won a concession to operate two inland ports in Myanmar, part of the government’s plan to construct a network of dry ports across the country under a United Nations initiative. Myanmar’s sea ports are receiving an administrative overhaul with the help of Japan’s Hitachi.StaffMyanmar’s sea ports are receiving an […]
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Leading Asian online real estate company DDProperty has bought the Ensign Media group business in Thailand, including the Property Report magazine and website and the Asia Property Awards. DDProperty, which is part of the PropertyGuru group, says the deal offers Thailand’s real estate developers and partners the opportunity for industry recognition across Asia. The purchase […]
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The value of construction projects approved by the government in 2015 increased by 33 percent to about $3.33 billion compared to the previous year, according to a government report obtained on Sunday. The 2,305 projects approved last year by the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction covered approximately 7.7 million square meters of […]
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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 […]
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Sanitas, judge Christine Murray, and Pitupong, from left Pitupong Chaowakul just loves an architectural challenge. Pitupong Chaowakul just loves an architectural challenge. The man behind the building-design firm Supermachine happened to be on the same plane as Soopsip flying from London, where he’d claimed the Grand Prize in the Architectural Review Emerging Awards. (Soopsip had […]
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