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Govt to prioritise public projects based on greatest economic payback
News, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 24/04/2012
» The economic potential of pending public projects is to be assessed so that they may be properly prioritised.
Train in vain?
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 14/04/2012
» It was 11.45 on a February night when 27-year-old Anon Chawseeroy and three friends boarded a third-class train at Rangsit station heading to Chiang Mai.
Indonesian business: Learning about ASEAN
Jon Fernquest, Published on 02/04/2012
» With 17,000 islands & 240 million people Indonesia's economy has grown 50% in the past seven years & an important part of the Asean Economic Community from 2015.
Industry wants better rail transport
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 31/03/2012
» The lack of rail development is being blamed for Thailand's high logistics costs, as 83% of goods deliveries are still made by truck and only 2% by train.
Japan keen on investing in two high-speed rail ventures
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 26/03/2012
» Japan has expressed interested in building high-speed railways from Bangkok to the North and the East, Deputy Transport Minister Chatchart Sithipan says.
Section of China high-speed rail collapses: Xinhua
AFP, Published on 13/03/2012
» A section of a new high-speed railway in central China's Hubei province collapsed following heavy rainfall, official state media reported Monday in the latest incident to hit the troubled sector.
Ministry urges faster project pace
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 06/03/2012
» The Transport Ministry is pressing for acceleration of logistics development, saying implementation of transport projects has been delayed too long.
Toy Story comes to LIFE
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 28/02/2012
» As the rain stopped falling on Hong Kong Disneyland a group of tourists from Thailand stepped into Toy Story Land, the park's fifth themed area. After walking through a tunnel, they saw two colourful benches in front of a big sign saying, "This Way" and a long stretch of more than two-metre-high grass. Looking up at their gigantic surroundings, the group felt like they had been shrunk to the size of a toy and become part of the Toy Story movies.
Powerful quake rocks Taiwan
AFP, Published on 26/02/2012
» A shallow 5.9-magnitude earthquake sent people fleeing onto the streets in Taiwan's second-largest city Kaohsiung and rail services were temporarily suspended, but no casualties were reported.
Full steam ahead for the Isan choo-choo
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 26/02/2012
» Earlier this week the cabinet agreed ''in principle'' to a 145 billion baht ''high-speed'' rail project between Bangkok and Nong Khai and another link in the Northeast from Khon Kaen to Nakhon Phanom via Roi Et.