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In the coming years, the global energy trend will drastically change from the present state, with far-reaching consequences for economic development and global trade. As an energy-dependent country, Thailand will have to live with the new reality of high and volatile energy prices. The new global energy landscape is being redrawn, with the US becoming […]
Continue ReadingDec 14 is the deadline for issuing temporary passports to migrant workers from neighbouring Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar as part of the nationality verification process. From tomorrow, all illegal workers face being deported to their home countries, ending a two-decade regularisation process that has generally failed to ensure national, human and economic security. Phumin Harinsut, […]
Continue ReadingLaos, Myanmar have surplus of megawatts Thailand expects to buy 20,000 megawatts more of electricity from Laos and Myanmar combined as part of the country’s bid to diversify energy sources by reducing dependence on natural gas in power generation. Energy Minister Pongsak Raktapongpaisal said electricity supplies from Laos and Myanmar are mostly from hydroelectric […]
Continue ReadingLaos, Myanmar have surplus of megawatts Thailand expects to buy 20,000 megawatts more of electricity from Laos and Myanmar combined as part of the country’s bid to diversify energy sources by reducing dependence on natural gas in power generation. Energy Minister Pongsak Raktapongpaisal said electricity supplies from Laos and Myanmar are mostly from hydroelectric […]
Continue ReadingThe message was conveyed to Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra by visiting Chinese premier Wen Jiabao during a meeting at Government House yesterday, Damrong Kraikruan, chief of the Foreign Ministry’s East Asia Department said. China has sent a proposal to the government for consideration. Mr Wen reiterated his country’s plan to join international firms in bidding […]
Continue ReadingVientiane – 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 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 ReadingThai City Electric, a manufacturer and distributor of Sharp electrical appliances, plans to invest between Bt500 million and Bt600 million in a new factory to serve both the domestic and export markets. “We plan to relocate our factory out of the 30-rai plot in the King Kaew area of Samut Prakan, which has reached its […]
Continue ReadingA high-speed train project linking southern China, Laos and Thailand could start in 2015 in time for the launch of the Asean Economic Community. Chamaiporn Chuecharoen, the commercial counsellor for Thailand in Kunming, China, said the project envisions a train capable of speeds of 200 kilometres per hour running from Yunnan province to Laos and […]
Continue ReadingFollowing months of speculation, the British Embassy in Bangkok have now confirmed on their website that the British Consulate in Jomtien will close. The British Ambassador to Thailand H.E. Mr. Mark Kent made the announcement in a statement issued on the British Embassy Website www.ukinthailand.fco.gov.uk on Tuesday, confirming the closure of the British Consulate which has […]
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