Laos wants to start construction this year on the $3.8 billion Thai-financed Xayaburi hydropower plant on the Mekong River after changing the design to placate neighboring countries opposed to the project. Laos completed a review of the dam initiated in April to ease concerns that it would harm rice production and fish catches downstream, said […]
Continue Reading“The project will further strengthen the already good relations between Thailand and Sweden” Sweco has been chosen to plan and design a new wastewater treatment plant in Om Noi, a satellite city of Bangkok. In the future, the new plant will treat wastewater for 350,000 residents. “There is an urgent need to improve the systems […]
Continue ReadingOver an average British person’s lifetime, 5,800 pints of beer are consumed, plus 8,700 glasses of wine, 2,900 bottles of cider, 5,808 shots of spirits, 1,452 cocktails, 1,452 glasses of liquor, and 1,452 glasses of champagne – the equivalent of 456 drinks annually. The typical Brit also experiences 726 hangovers over a lifetime. £962 are […]
Continue ReadingA high speed rail system has been announced by the Russian Government, a rail system that will traverse the Bering Strait. If the project goes as planned, it will contain the world’s longest tunnel, and will cost near $65 billion dollars. This project will be a key infrastructure and communication alternative between continents and could […]
Continue ReadingCambridge is among the universities planning to charge £9,000 a year tuition fees Cambridge University has held its top place in an international university league table, after ending Harvard’s six-year lead in last year’s rankings. But QS, the firm behind the tables, warned tighter finances could hit UK universities’ in the future. The Department for […]
Continue ReadingFirst Twinings changed its much-loved Earl Grey recipe – now, thanks to a health drive, Heinz is changing its HP Sauce formula. I knew something was up when my wife started stockpiling tea. You only had to open a cupboard in our kitchen and a box of tea bags or loose-leaf would tumble out. Whenever […]
Continue ReadingI’ve taken many cycling trips to Phra Pradaeng, Bangkok’s so-called “Green Lung”. But I can still get lost in its maze of elevated paths and mud roads that slither through the forests and villages. Sitting across from Klong Toey Port’s rows of gritty, busy docks and industrial complexes, this green clump of rural Thailand offers […]
Continue ReadingAn innovative hotelier and self-professed tree hugger is on a mission to bring civilization to the green wilds of Bang Ka Chao It’s easy to forget how close Bangkok’s Bangna district is to the Chao Phraya River, with only two kilometers separating BITEC (the Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Centre) and the muddy river waters. […]
Continue ReadingThe Annual Construction Cost Comparison Report by EC Harris Research has revealed that countries throughout the Asia Pacific region have significantly lower building costs than their counterparts in The West, despite experiencing substantial economic growth. Now in its seventh year, the report compares building costs per square metre in fifty six countries worldwide against construction […]
Continue ReadingMyanmar’s government has pledged to adequately compensate landowners along a 800-kilometre route for a rail link from China to the Bay of Bengal, reports said Sunday. Minister for Railways Aung Min said the government was determined to ensure that citizens ‘are not cheated’ by the 20-billion-dollar project. The railroad would link a deep seaport in […]
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