Myanmar to build inland ports to improve river transportation The Ministry of Transport and Communications is planning to develop several inland ports at the Ayeyarwady River and Chindwin River, to improve inland logistics and river transportation, said Toe Aung Lin, a director at the ministry’s Directorate of Water Resources and Improvement of River Systems. New […]
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Germany’s Roland Berger to manage procurement process $1.5bn Myanmar development near Yangon The New Yangon City Development Company has hired German consultant Roland Berger to manage the procurement process for a $1.5bn urban quarter to be built on the west side of the Yangon River. The 8,100ha industrial-commercial zone was to have been built as […]
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Dusit International opens ASAI hotel brand with opening of ASAI Bangkok Chinatown Dusit International will begin rolling out its new ASAI Hotels brand this month with the opening of ASAI Bangkok Chinatown in the heart of the city’s renowned Chinatown district. Six other properties will follow the 15 September opening of ASAI Chinatown as the […]
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Bidding for Bangkok’s MRTA 23.6km Purple Line extension set for 2021 By THE NATION Bidding for construction and operation of Bangkok’s Purple Line extension will open next year, the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) announced last week. Land will be requisitioned to extend the line south from Tao Poon station to Rat Burana […]
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New condo supply launched in Pattaya dipped 95% in the first half of 2020 New condo supply launched in Pattaya dipped 95% in the first half because of the glut of unsold units last year and a drop in foreign demand during the pandemic. Phattarachai Taweewong, associate director at property consultant Colliers International Thailand, said […]
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Former Pollution Control chief and two officials to pay 10.5 billion baht in infamous water treatment project case SEE ALSO: Supreme Court Orders Vatana, 10 More Jailed Over Klong Dan Thailand’s Central Administrative Court has ordered former Director-General of the Pollution Control Department, Pakit Kiravanich, and two former senior officials of the same department, to […]
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Thailand’s Centara Hotels & Resorts speeds up Myanmar hotel expansion Centara Hotels & Resorts, Thailand’s leading hotel operator, signs management agreements with three new hotels in Myanmar. The agreements cover three hotels developed by SL International Construction Co Ltd. The properties will be rebranded Centra by Centara Hotel Thiri Hpa-An, Hpa-An Hilltop Resort & Spa, […]
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Thailand’s Department of Special Investigation to investigate ‘unlawful’ registration of Hopewell SEE ALSO: Thailand’s Transport Minister To Continue Fight Against Hopewell Compensation Award End Of Hopewell Saga – Court Rejects Petition For A Retrial – Thai State To Pay ฿24 Billion Compensation Wikipedia: “Hopewell was the lead contractor for the ill-fated Bangkok Elevated Road and […]
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China dominates bidding for Myanmar solar power plants Myanmar is expected to announce the winners of tenders for a raft of solar power plants ahead of general elections in November and following a process whose onerous conditions threw obstacles in front of international companies, except, somehow, those from China, from where more than half of […]
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Gunkul Engineering negotiating with three operators for Vietnam solar farms worth B5bn SET-listed Gunkul Engineering Plc is negotiating asset acquisition deals worth 5 billion baht with three solar farm operators in Vietnam, aiming to expand the company’s renewable energy business. The deals are expected to conclude no later than early 2021, said Sopacha Dhumrongpiyawut, president […]
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