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Controversial Thai Canal back in spotlight
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 14/10/2020
» The 120-kilometre Thai Canal project running from Krabi on the Andaman Sea to Trang, stretching to Nakhon Si Thammarat and Songkhla on the Gulf of Thailand, recently returned to the limelight after decades of proposals.
NESDC to reboot Thai Canal plan
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 11/09/2020
» The state planning unit looks set to host public hearings and begin new feasibility studies of the so-called Thai Canal or 9A canal route and a double-track railway linking Chumphon and Ranong.
PM dusts off South Land Bridge plan
News, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 09/09/2020
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Tuesday ordered a new feasibility study into a proposal to build a land bridge between the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea, seen as a potential key part of a new major economic development plan in the South.
New name, new game for think tank
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 23/02/2019
» With the government's planning unit undergoing a restructuring to handle a loftier task -- to be a real think tank that shapes the country's long-term vision and mission and conducts research on future trends -- the challenge is obvious for the person who heads the prestigious organisation.
Giving wings to the elusive aerotropolis
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 29/08/2018
» John D Kasarda is the director of the Center of Air Commerce at the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School, president and chief executive of Aerotropolis Business Concepts LLC, president of the Aerotropolis Institute of China and editor-in-chief of Logistics, an international scholarly journal. He has also published more than 100 articles and 10 books on airport cities, aviation infrastructure, urban economic development and competitiveness.
PM takes huge funds vow to Buri Ram
News, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 07/05/2018
» All eyes are on the mobile cabinet meeting starting Monday in Buri Ram, with the government set to announce an injection of more than 20 billion baht into the province and nearby areas amid scepticism that the move is politically motivated.
'Riviera Thailand' planned for Gulf beach strip
News, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 05/03/2018
» The government plans to unveil a high-end tourism campaign in the coastal western provinces, which it said would help boost the income of locals in the region.
Pilot projects for informal debt
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 14/11/2017
» The National Village and Urban Community Fund Office will start 200 pilot projects nationwide to help tackle informal debts.
Going their own way, growing organically
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 07/11/2017
» While others ask for financial support and special treatment from the government, Ban Toei village of tambon Krabueang Yai in Nakhon Ratchasima's Phimai district does the opposite.
Prayut: Yingluck's rice damage growing from B287bn
Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 03/08/2016
» The damage from the rice-pledging scheme that former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra is responsible for will be higher than the recently estimated 286.6 billion baht as a lot of the stored grain remains unsold, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Wednesday.