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The Sino-Thai railway project with routes from the Northeast to Bangkok and the East will be delayed for about nine months because of questions about construction costs and unfinished surveys. Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith conceded that hurdles remained after a meeting on the project with Chinese authorities at a Bangkok hotel on Friday. “It cannot […]
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Thai Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith, right, shakes hands with Myanmar Construction Minister U Kyaw Lwin in the signing ceremony in Naypyidaw on Thursday. (Transport Ministry photo) Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith signed an official agreement on Thursday for the construction of a second Thai-Myanmar bridge across the Moei River from Mae Sot district of Tak province. […]
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Activists protest outside the Energy Ministry against a state power development plan which includes a proposal to build more coal-fired power plants. They have criticised the plan over a lack of public participation. (Photo by Tawatchai Kemgumnerd) The government’s Power Development Plan 2015 (PDP 2015) stands to affect people unfairly, critics say. A group of […]
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Construction on the 260-MW Don Sahong hydroelectric project in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) is expected to begin before the end of 2015. According to an announcement from the National Assembly (parliament of Lao PDR), the facility is being built at the Mekong River near Khone Falls in Champasak Province. Earlier this month, The Phnom […]
Continue ReadingImage Credit: Flickr / Prince Roy Laos’ parliament has approved the concession agreement for a controversial dam project, with construction expected to begin before the end of 2015, media sources reported earlier this week. As I wrote in a previous piece for The Diplomat, the proposed 260-megawatt Don Sahong hydropower project is critical part of […]
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Ceremonies Sunday broke ground on the 640 million baht second Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge, linking Mae Sot and Myawaddy, and scheduled to be completed in 2017. Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak and Myanmar Vice President U Nyan Tun said the bridge will begin a new era of bilateral ties. (Post Today photo) A groundbreaking ceremony was […]
Continue ReadingMAE SOT – A groundbreaking ceremony was held on Sunday for the second Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge that will play a key role in the East-West Economic Corridor traversing continental Southeast Asia. The ceremony for the bridge linking the Myanmar border town of Myawaddy and the Thai town of Mae Sot was attended by government leaders […]
Continue ReadingIn its push for coal-fired mega-projects, the government risks turning its back on sufficiency-economy thinking and the need for ‘clean’ energy We are in the countdown to the United Nations Climate Change Conference, to be held in Paris from November 30 to December 11. This is the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties […]
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Mega Home Center Co, operator of the home and construction materials chain, expects the market to slow down as seasonal negative factors such as rain and floods have hurt the construction sector, especially in rural areas. Chief operating officer Supornsri Naktanasukan said sales and construction normally decreased during the rainy season, However, this year the sector […]
Continue ReadingTHAI renewable company Impact Energy Asia (IEA) plans to build the largest wind farm in Asean – and generate 600 megawatts on 400,000 rai in southern Laos – under an agreement signed by the Lao government and the company on Friday. “Called Monsoon Wind Farm, the US$1.5 billion [Bt50 billion] farm will be located near […]
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