An artist’s rendering of the future passenger terminal at Mae Sot airport. Mae Sot airport will better serve as Thailand’s gateway to Myanmar when a 1.5-billion-baht makeover is completed in 2018. The ongoing works will cater to a surge in air traffic demand spurred by the planned creation of a special economic zone for the northwestern […]
Continue ReadingTHE ENERGY Ministry has given the nod to PTT’s plan to install the fifth natural-gas pipeline from the West of Thailand to the East. A ministry source said the plan, which was part of the Department of Mineral Fuels’ 21-year natural-gas development plan (2015-2036), had been proposed for the consideration of Energy Minister Narongchai Akrasanee. […]
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Alstom has been awarded a new Long Term Service Agreement (LTSA) as well as an extension of a Long Term Parts Agreement (LTPA) by Gulf Power Generation Company Limited (Gulf Power) for its Kaeng Khoi II power plant in Thailand. With a combined value of over €160 million, the new extension agreements will see Alstom […]
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Shizuoka Gas Participates in IPP Project Company in Thailand Shizuoka Gas Company, Ltd. (“Shizuoka Gas”) has acquired 28% issued shares of Eastern Power and Electric Company Limited (“EPEC”), an IPP (“Independent Power Producer”) project company in Thailand, from a subsidiary of Marubeni Corporation (President: Mr. Fumiya Kokubu) through a newly incorporated subsidiary of Shizuoka Gas. […]
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Cruise ship facilities on Phuket have been below standard for decades Photo by phuketwan.com PHUKET: Thailand’s Cabinet has given the green light to the improvement of Phuket Deep Seaport to enable the facility to accommodate bigger cruise ships while also considering the construction of a similar port in Krabi or Samui. Following the Cabinet meeting, Deputy […]
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A Silom Line train stops at Pho Nimit station on Ratchaphruek Road. (Bangkok Post file photo) The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration on Tuesday officially announced the route for the next phase of the BTS Silom line extension to serve commuters in Thon Buri. The route was selected among three proposed at the BMA’s second public hearing […]
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AirAsia Bhd aircraft stand next to boarding gates at Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 in Sepang, Malaysia in this 2014 file photo. Airline executives complain the $1 billion budget-airline terminal is sinking, with cracks appearing in the taxiway and water forming pools that planes must drive through. (Bloomberg photo) KUALA LUMPUR — A new budget-airline […]
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Transport Minister Prajin Juntong predicts the Chinese-Lao-Thai railway link will be completed within 2020. (Photo by Pattarapong Chatpattarasill) Transport Minister Prajin Juntong expects the double-track railway linking southern China, Laos and central Thailand will be completed within five years. The minister discussed the transnational railway project with Lao authorities in Bangkok on Monday. After the […]
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An image from ‘Dark Side Of The City’. Photos by Roengrit and Roengchai Kongmuang The work schedule was gruelling: he had three days to take portraits of 200 villagers. For photographer Roengrit Kongmuang, the task was compounded by the simple act of breathing. “My nostrils became drier and I felt uncomfortable breathing in and out. […]
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Protesters end rally but vow to monitor joint panel set u to review power project RIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha’s order to put the Krabi coal-fired power plant project on hold brought an end to the protest outside Government House last night, a rally organiser said. Anti-coal activist Prasitchai Noonual said the protesters were happy with […]
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