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Getting to Koh Phangan will be a lot easier once the home of the world-renowned full-moon party is directly connected by air for the first time. Construction of the first airport on Thailand’s fifth-largest island is gearing up, with entrepreneur Somphong Sooksanguan setting his sights on opening the facility by this time next year. After […]
Continue ReadingTHE Burmese city of Dawei lies 350 kilometres (220 miles) west of the Thai capital, Bangkok. The two are separated by a stretch of mountainous jungle and have never been connected. But over the past five years, Thailand’s biggest construction company, ItalianThai, has cut a swathe through the jungle which, once paved, will cost roughly […]
Continue ReadingSean Danley has spent the past six months scouting office space in Yangon after being sent to establish the Myanmar branch of his US-based employer. He looked in the city’s three sole 1990s-era towers, where annual rents have climbed to more than US$100 (3,100 baht) a square foot, compared with less than $75 in downtown […]
Continue ReadingSean Danley has spent the past six months scouting office space in Yangon after being sent to establish the Myanmar branch of his US-based employer. He looked in the city’s three sole 1990s-era towers, where annual rents have climbed to more than US$100 (3,100 baht) a square foot, compared with less than $75 in downtown […]
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Yangon, Myanmar. 5 July, 2013. After only months since opening an office in Yangon, Archetype Group is proud to announce that it has signed the contract for project management services on a building that will become the tallest building in Myanmar, Diamond Inya Palace. This contract was awarded following a successful Design Review done several […]
Continue ReadingBangkok Mass Transit System (BTS) plans to join the bidding to operate two electric trains in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh city, according to Surapong Laoha-Unya, the company’s chief operating officer. Vietnam is planning two mass transit routes with a total length of 23km, of which most will be underground. According to a report in InfoQuest, […]
Continue ReadingLaos is set to formally launch construction of an ambitious high-speed railway linking the country’s western border with Thailand to Vietnam in August, an official said Thursday, following the completion of a feasibility study by a Malaysian company that will construct and operate the project. A groundbreaking ceremony for the railway will be held in […]
Continue ReadingCentara Sappaya Design Resort Rayong is to temporarily close from May 6, 2013 to allow full renovations and the construction of an eight-storey building that will add 30 rooms distinctively designed room to the resort along with a new Spa Cenvaree, a fitness center, another restaurant outlet, and a remodeled lobby. The projected date for reopening […]
Continue ReadingThe developing Southeast Asian region has never been so attractive to investors. From the opening of Myanmar, to hydropower in Laos or the rise of Indonesia, compelling cases exist for pouring money into the region. But where there are opportunities, there are also risks and uncertainties, particularly in developing countries. Billions of dollars can go […]
Continue ReadingAt a cost of 900 million baht, the 30-rai plant in western Bangkok’s Nong Khaem district is designed to process 500 tonnes of city waste a day and generate 9.8 megawatts of electricity. The project, the second of its kind in Thailand, will be completed in 2014. “We’ve finished the environmental impact assessment and the […]
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