PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha has told Chinese president Xi Jinping that the Sino-Thai high-speed train project must proceed despite “legal issues” hampering it. Prayut’s remarks followed a series of disagreements between Thailand and China over the project – from loan interest rates to the use of construction materials. The project comprises two routes – Bangkok […]
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A $US37 billion natural gas project in Darwin has reached its final construction phase and is scheduled to start processing LNG by next year, heralding a big drop in workers at the site. Key points: •Final three modules for Ichthys project arrive •Employees to drop from 8,000 down to 350-400 •Hopes other construction projects will […]
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Travellers who were hoping the Thai government would fast-track a high-speed train project from Bangkok to Chiang Mai will be disappointed by more delays in approving the project. According to the Ministry of Transport it intends to submit project details to the Cabinet for approval in the next few months, PBS TV reported late last […]
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Airports of Thailand’s Board of Directors has recently agreed to invest in a major upgrade of Mae Fah Luang Chiang Rai Airport. AoT’s chairman, Prasong Poontaneat, said the upgrade will be divided into three phases at an estimated cost of THB6.2 billion. Phases one (2016 to 2021) will cost THB3.7 billion to expand the aircraft […]
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Is Cambodia, future site of ASEAN’s tallest building, ready for a big quake? A seemingly quake-free country gets its bearings after the recent Myanmar disaster Genocide, tortures, war — Cambodia has seen truly appalling things, but a significant earthquake isn’t on the list. As its buildings continue to shoot heavenwards on the back of a […]
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Qing Dao-based Techen Technologies (Thailand) Co announced yesterday that its new Thai factory slated to make solar panels will start operations next month. The solar panels produced at the factory in Chonburi will help generate up to 300 megawatts of power per year. Managing director Zeng Anson said the new production facility, worth about US$100 […]
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Thailand’s tallest building, the MahaNakhon, is at the centre of a sky-high row after claims the structure, designed by a German architect, breaches Thai labour laws. Laws prohibiting foreign architects from working in Thailand may be outdated, architects say, after the controversy erupted as the building was officially opened on Monday night. German architect Ole […]
Continue ReadingThe government of Thailand has outlined an energy plan in which the country anticipates achieving more than 2 gigawatts (GW) of newly added pump-storage hydropower capacity by 2036 Seventeen Years after Providing the First Set of Static Frequency Converters (SFC) to Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, GE Will Provide New Sets of SFCs to Its […]
Continue ReadingThailand’s largest coal miner, Banpu Pcl, expects to turn around and make profit this year due to rising income from its power business and a recovery in global coal prices, Chief Executive Somruedee Chaimongkol said on Thursday. Banpu is targeting a profit of $70 million from its two major power plants this year, Somruedee told […]
Continue Reading The Association of Organizations Protecting the Thai Constitution submitted a letter asking the Office of the Ombudsman to probe the construction of Thailand’s tallest building ‘MahaNakhon’, after it was found in breach of several laws. Srisuwan Janya, the Association’s Secretary-General, urged the Ombudsman to investigate why the Ministries of Commerce and Labor allegedly allowed a […]
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