Thailand seeks to become Southeast Asia energy trading hub

 

FILE PHOTO: Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) officials remove a diesel electric generator at Nong Jok power plant in Bangkok, April 27, 2011. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's main stock exchange on Wednesday signed an agreement to develop an energy trading platform with state-owned Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT), part of a plan to become Southeast Asia's electricity trading hub.

 

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BTS likely denied concession extension, BEM probably given 30 more years

By THE NATION

 

Committee chairman Weerakorn Khamprakob (centre)

 

A parliamentary committee on Wednesday recommended against extending the BTS Skytrain concession but agreed to a conditional extension of the concession held by Bangkok Expressway and Metro Public Co Ltd (BEM).

 

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Bangkok tops Paris, London as world's most-visited city - MasterCard

By Chayut Setboonsarng

 

FILE PHOTO: Tourists enjoy a swimming pool at a hotel in central Bangkok, Thailand, January 21, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Silva/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's capital, Bangkok, edged out Paris and London as the world's most popular city to visit, according to a survey released on Wednesday, welcome news for Thailand after worries over a drop in foreign arrivals.

 

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