Ital-Thai ready to change fuel supply in Burma plant
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Italian-Thai Development, Thailand's biggest construction company, may change the fuel supply for a power plant in a planned $8.6-billion industrial zone in Burma after the government scrapped plans to use coal.
The company has yet to receive a formal notice from Burma, after media reports this week said the government rejected plans for a 4,000 megawatt coal-fired power plant, said Somchet Thinaphong, managing director of the Dawei Development Co, an Italian-Thai unit. The company’s November agreement with Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding to build the plant remains unaffected, he said.
The government’s decision only means we have to renegotiate the source of fuel, Somchet said in an interview in Bangkok yesterday. – Bloomberg.
A trip to the world of finance for childen on their Day
The Bank of Thailand is offering a tour of the Bang Khun Phrom Palace on Children’s Day tomorrow.
Inside, children will enjoy the world of finance from the past to the present. They can see ancient coins and also Thai banknotes in various series.
Other activities include finance-related games and adventures in the world of finance, photographs of former BOT governors’ working rooms for making monetary-policy decisions, and riding a rail to see palaces adjacent to Chao Phraya River. An exhibition on “Thai Banknotes” is also worth seeing, which shows all commemorative and rare banknotes.
For more information, please contact 02 283 5265. - The Nation
