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Eastern Economic Corridor must continue
As the election looms, the government of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha will likely leave behind a very mixed legacy. Far from being a clean-up crew against graft and a technocratic team for effective policy performance when it seized power more than four years ago, this ...
Thitinan Pongsudhirak
Investors flock to Thailand’s EEC project
Thailand’s Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) is slated to be an arterial node for trade, investment, and regional transportation, besides also serving as a strategic gateway to the Southeast Asian region. Stretching a total area of 13,000 square kilometres – encompassing the eastern provinces of Rayong, ...
Angaindrankumar Gnanasagaran
Investors visit U-Tapao Airport prior to February’s auction
Potential investors on Saturday visited the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) to observe the U-Tapao Airport expansion project before they bid on a construction contract in February. Rear Admiral Krirkchai Wajanaporn, the secretary of the U-Tapao Airport and Aviation Development Committee, led a group of Thai ...
Thammarat Thadaphrom
Thai workforce ‘needs to be reskilled’
Smart investment in human resources and infrastructure are necessary to advance the Thailand 4.0 policy and develop the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), experts suggest.For the Thailand 4.0 policy to effectively push for digital transformation, Thai manufacturers will need to first improve the skills of their ...
Phuwit Limviphuwat
TDRI: EEC needs property returns
The infrastructure projects in the government’s Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) scheme should add some commercial property projects such as mixed-use developments to increase return on investment and business flow, says the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI).Keep reading ...
Lamonphet Apisitniran
Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand boosts investment efficiency in Eastern Economic Corridor
Thai government is pushing forward the policy of “Thailand Industry 4.0” with an aim to promote overall economy and boost the efficiency of domestic industrial sectors. One of the roles of Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) in this endeavor is to develop the Eastern ...
Bangchak plans bio-refinery for EEC
Bangchak Corporation Plc (BCP) plans to invest Bt4 to Bt5 billion to set up a bio-refinery on expectation that details would be finalised in early next year. Chaiwat Kovavisarach, the BCP chief executive, said the company is studying to invest in a bio hub in the ...
The Nation Reporter
Worry over worsening conflicts after EEC land use changes
Land conflicts are likely to worse in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), academics warn, because the revised city plans for the three provinces involved will enlarge the industrial zone and swallow vast swaths of farmland, displacing farmers.Keep reading ...
Pratch Rujivanarom
BoI offers incentives to meet Bt300-bn EEC target
The Board of Investment (BoI) maintains its Bt300 billion total investment target in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) by the year-end and is releasing new investment packages to woo investors.Keep reading ...
Phuwit Limviphuwat
Water resources in EEC area being studied
Water usage for all activities in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) provinces will be studied, as the Office of National Water Resources (ONWR) is drafting a water management plan. The plan aims to deal with increasing water demand in the EEC.Keep reading ...
Pratch Rujivanarom
