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Two lanes of Thai-Belgian Flyover open to traffic
Two lanes of the Thai-Belgian Flyover near Lumpini Park in Bangkok were reopened on March 1, following a blaze that broke out in garbage bins under the four-lane bridge on Tuesday morning. An inspection of the bridge found that the integrity of two of the ...
Trade pacts urged to ease impact from protectionism
Thailand should work towards a swift finalisation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership to offset the prospect of protectionism in global trade, the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce says. With the policies of President Donald Trump’s administration in the United States seen likely to ...
Power in South stable without Krabi plant: academics
Academics said on February 28 that the southern region would still have stable power generation in the near future even without the proposed Krabi coal-fired power plant, although Thailand would have to invest in some form of new power generation in the long term. Meanwhile, the Office ...
Thai mine ‘destroyed Myanmar water sources’
People in Heinda district in Myanmar’s Tanintharyi Region have been deprived of clean water, amid claims that a tin mine operated by a Thai firm has contaminated the river and water sources with heavy metals. Looking out from the local temple, Myaung Pyo seems like ...
New train routes await nod
The Ministry of Transport will propose five new Skytrain routes and an expressway project worth a combined Bt316.58 billion to the Cabinet next month. The projects are awaiting the Superboard’s consideration on procurement bids. Also subject to this process is a proposal for seven new ...
Banpu Power posts 100% net profit rise in 2016
Banpu Power Plc has reported its 2016 business performance, with its net profit of Bt4.13 billion, a significant increase on the Bt2.07 billion it posted in the previous year. With its strong financial status, Banpu Power has affirmed its strategic plan in operating conventional and renewable ...
Export value jumps 8.8% in January as oil prices rise
Export value in January grew by 8.8 per cent to US$17.09 billion, after higher oil prices resulted in more revenue from oil by-products, according to the Commerce Ministry. The ministry on February 27 reported that the value of January imports rose by 5.17 per cent to ...
Egco funds 7 new power projects
Electricity Generating Group has budgeted more than Bt30 billion this year for seven power projects both in Thailand and overseas, according to company president Chanin Chaonirattisai. Six of the projects are under construction and scheduled to start commercial operations between this year and 2019, including three ...
Law needed to regulate Thai investors’ abuses abroad: Thai, Myanmar groups
Community groups in Thailand and Myanmar have urged protection of human rights and prevention of environmental impacts – after Thai entrepreneurs were reported to have carried out abusive and environmentally damaging acts in neighbouring countries. Some 27 Thai non-government groups and the Dawei Development Association, a ...
‘Success story’ Thilawa SEZ set to launch its second phase
More than three years after the start of the Japan-backed Thilawa special economic zone, Myanmar launched the development of its second zone in the presence of dignitaries from both nations including Vice President Henry Van Thio. Set Aung, deputy governor of the Central Bank and ...
