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The cabinet has approved a development deal for the third phase of Map Ta Phut port, one of five megaprojects under the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) scheme. Nathporn Chatusripitak, a spokesman for Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak, said the cabinet approved a renegotiated result for ...

Rayong residents have raised concerns about pollution and the empty promises that the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) project might bring.Their concerns, they said yesterday, were based on the lesson they learned from the Eastern Seaboard Development programme more than 30 years ago.Keep reading ...

The recent fire on a container ship at Laem Chabang Port has raised concerns over the environmental impact of the Laem Chabang Phase 3 expansion, which is designed to link with the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) mega project.“The current environmental problem has not been effectively ...

A decrease in new residential supply launched in three key eastern provinces in the second half of last year helped improve the average sales rate in the location to over 70%. Vichai Viratkapan, acting director-general of the Real Estate Information Center (REIC), said housing demand ...

The Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) Office will resubmit the bidding conclusion for the third phase of Map Ta Phut port to the cabinet next Tuesday as it wants to reconsider the return on investment for this megaproject. Keep reading ...

A local activist is asking the government to set aside prime agricultural plots known as “red-yolk” plots to reduce the environmental impact of the regime’s flagship Eastern Economic Corridor Project (EEC).Keep reading ...

The Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) policy committee is now focusing on improving educational measures to help curb the skilled labour shortages in Rayong, Chon Buri, and Chachoengsao — the three eastern provinces where the EEC project is located. According to a recent survey carried out by ...

The government is pushing to get at least two contracts relating to the much-touted Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) project to be signed by next month, before the new government is sworn in. Keep reading ...

The Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) Office is speeding up two megaprojects in the corridor — the third phase of Map Ta Phut port and the high-speed railway linking three domestic airports — after both projects faced delays in the negotiation process with winning bidders. Keep ...

The Marine Department is planning to enlarge the ecologically-rich Bang Pakong River to better facilitate cargo barges traveling in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) zone. The department is funding a 6.9 million baht study which focuses on dredging a section of the 231-kilometre river in ...