A river closure ceremony of the lower Russei Chrum river was held on Tuesday in Mondol Sima district of Koh Kong province for the construction of Cambodia‘s 338 megawatt Russei Chrum Krom hydroelectric dam which was invested and was building by China Huadian Corp. The ceremony was attended by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Chinese […]
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Building owners not aware of legal issues The new headquarters for the SET — the 6-billion-baht Thai Capital Market Centre planned for Ratchadaphisek Road, will feature high energy efficiency and apply for gold certification under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building rating system (pictured). Though the Energy Conservation Promotion Act that […]
Continue ReadingStarwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide’s Four Points by Sheraton brand has debuted in Thailand with the opening of the Four Points by Sheraton Bangkok, Sukhumvit 15. Located in Sukhumvit, Bangkok’s prime entertainment and commercial district, the 268-room property will offer great convenience to both leisure and business travellers.
Continue ReadingStarwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide’s Four Points by Sheraton brand has debuted in Thailand with the opening of the Four Points by Sheraton Bangkok, Sukhumvit 15. Located in Sukhumvit, Bangkok’s prime entertainment and commercial district, the 268-room property will offer great convenience to both leisure and business travellers.
Continue ReadingBangkok condo sector divided by Ray Clancy The condominium property sector in Bangkok is clearly split into two areas that are at different stages of their cycles, according to the latest quarterly Residential Sales Market View for the third quarter of 2010. The market for larger downtown units has been slow with few new project […]
Continue ReadingNawarat Patanakarn Plc (NWR), a leading construction contractor, has just signed a new agreement to for a contract that is worth 4 billion Baht, to construct a port in Laem Chabang. Watcharapat Watcharapai, general manager of NWR, said that the company has just made a deal to construct a port in Laem Chabang, worth 4 […]
Continue ReadingLaos to increase forest coverage in 5-year plan The Nation (Thailand) Laos plans to increase its forest coverage from less than 41 per cent now to 65 per cent by 2015, state media reports said. Increased woodland is important to safeguard the country’s water resources, essential to drive the hydropower plants that earn the country […]
Continue ReadingRatchaburi Electricity Generating Holding Pcl, Thailand’s largest private power producer, said on Tuesday it planned to invest 16 billion baht ($530 million) in 2011, mostly to finance renewable power plants. Major projects included the 390-megawatt Xe Pian Xe Nam Noy hydroelectric power plant, in which Ratchaburi has a 25 percent stake, and solar power plants, […]
Continue ReadingST Electronics, the electronics arm of ST Engineering, has been awarded a contract to supply an Automatic Fare Collection System (AFCS) for the extension of the Bangkok Mass Transit System (BTS) Sukhumvit Line in Bangkok, Thailand. The contract was awarded by The Krungthep Thanakom Company Limited (KT), a Bangkok Metropolitan Administration Enterprise. The AFCS for […]
Continue ReadingChina will not dance alone to the music of quick tempo. The Lao National Assembly last week gave its permission to a plan of high-speed railway construction linking China to its capital of Vientiane. The project, 421 km in length, will be launched in April 2011. This followed Thailand’s approval of a negotiation framework for […]
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