BUSINESS

PPP law: project risks the private sector is anxious about

Business, Wirot Poonsuwan, Published on 05/07/2017

» The high-speed train from Nakhon Ratchasima to Bangkok, mired in delays for three successive governments, looks set to materialise after the current administration invoked the fast-track power of Section 44 of the interim charter to bypass all laws and obstacles to hire an all-Chinese consortium to build the line, contingent on US$5 billion (175 billion baht) in public debt to be raised soon.