Vientiane – Construction work on a 5-billion-dollar railway linking south-eastern Laos to Vietnam and Thailand is scheduled to begin in January, media reported Wednesday. Giant Consolidated Limited, the Malaysian investor in the project, expects to begin construction in January on the 220-kilometre-long track linking Savannakhet city, on the Lao-Thai border, to Laobao, on the Lao-Vietnamese […]
Continue ReadingThe government is being urged to get behind a new, but expensive, project: the Phahon Yothin Transport Complex. The Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning (OTP) has many megaprojects in the pipeline including the Phahon Yothin Transport Complex, 10 lines of mass transit systems and high-speed trains in three routes that the government […]
Continue ReadingCh. Karnchang, the country’s second-largest contractor, has won the right to build the Green Line extension of the BTS SkyTrain. The company bid 2.46 billion baht inclusive of VAT to build rail systems for the 12.6-km rail line from Soi Baring to Samut Prakan, the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) assistant governor said […]
Continue ReadingThe Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) reiterates the need for public solutions to address electricity demand in the country, following frequent disruption of natural gas supply from Myanmar in the past few years. The latest supply disruption took place after Myanmar was shaken by a powerful earthquake early morning of Nov 11. Pongdit Potejana, […]
Continue ReadingThe route change is designed to avoid construction along Thiam Ruam Mit Road and is expected to serve more commuters, MRTA governor Yongsit Rojsrikul said on Tuesday. Amending the route will mean that the railway will start at the Thailand Cultural Centre on Thiam Ruam Mit Road and run along part of Rama IX Road […]
Continue ReadingMr Prapat, whose appointment was endorsed by the cabinet yesterday, said in the next six months improvements will be made to railway station toilets and to provide convenience and security for passengers. The aim was to generate public confidence in the train services. Train fares would not be increased until services have been improved. Facilities […]
Continue ReadingThe Lak Si district office last night ordered a halt to the construction of a condominium near Soi Chinnaket in northern Bangkok after debris – including a 10kg steel object – repeatedly fell on nearby homes, causing property damage, but no casualties as of yet. Nearby residents earlier lodged a complaint with the Central Administrative […]
Continue ReadingHyatt Hotels Corporation announced today that a Hyatt affiliate has entered into a management agreement with Grande Asset Hotels and Property Public Company Limited, a Bangkok-based real estate development company, for Hyatt Regency Bangkok, Sukhumvit. Expected to open in 2017, the hotel will be the first Hyatt Regency-branded hotel in Bangkok, and will join the […]
Continue ReadingThe Cabinet yesterday approved a Bt12-billion budget to build facilities to receive electricity from the Xayaburi Dam, currently undergoing construction in Laos. The facilities, which will be used to obtain, store and relay the electricity, will be built in Loei, Nong Bua Lamphu and Khon Kaen provinces and will be operated by the Electricity Generating […]
Continue ReadingThe upgrade and restorations for all the vital facilities at Bangkok’s old airport, especially passenger Terminal 1 (T1), the runways and the taxiways, were for “temporary” use and these structures still have some risks. After being submerged in flood waters for about two months last year, with passenger terminals that have not been updated for […]
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