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2016 will see flood of projects
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 01/12/2015
» TOKYO: Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith has confirmed a number of big-ticket infrastructure projects including five mass-transit routes in Bangkok and three planned motorways will start construction by mid-2016.
BMTA plan to purchase 500 electric buses approved
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 10/10/2015
» The government on Friday gave the nod to the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) to buy 500 electric buses, paving the way to setting up a factory here.
Map Ta Phut plant area set
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 07/08/2015
» The government has decided to limit the industrial area in Map Ta Phut in Rayong province to 34,000 rai in a bid to secure confidence of existing investors wanting to expand production.
Suvarnabhumi airport's expansion set for take-off
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 24/06/2015
» The long-overdue expansion of Suvarnabhumi airport is about to get off the ground.
All aboard for plan to open ports for yachts, liners
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 29/07/2015
» The cabinet on Tuesday approved a proposal by the Transport Ministry to develop ports and facilities for yachts and cruise liners.
Government agrees to finance motorway projects
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 15/07/2015
» Three motorways linking Ayutthaya and Nakhon Ratchasima, Nonthaburi and Kanchanaburi, and Pattaya and Map Ta Phut, worth a combined 160 billion baht, are set to get off the ground after the cabinet on Tuesday approved the proposal by the Transport Ministry to build them this year and next.
Japanese agency to finance Red Line construction
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 10/06/2015
» The cabinet gave the nod yesterday to a State Railway of Thailand (SRT) proposal to borrow ¥38.2 billion (10.4 billion baht) from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to finance the second stage of the Red Line electric rail route linking Bangkok and Pathum Thani.
SRT may swap land for debt
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 27/01/2015
» The State Enterprises Policy Commission or superboard has endorsed the state agency reform framework including a proposal to swap certain land ownership rights of the loss-ridden State Railway of Thailand (SRT).
State rolls dice again with online lottery
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 11/03/2015
» The cabinet on Tuesday approved a plan to amend the existing lottery law that will allow the Government Lottery Office (GLO) to sell lottery tickets online to solve the problem of overpricing.
Tokyo to help with east-west rail link
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 28/01/2015
» Thailand and Japan have agreed in principle on joint development of a 1.435-metre standard-gauge rail network linking a border village in Kanchanaburi with Cambodia.