September 21, 2015 | Singapore
Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) has launched its tri-band 4G network with long term evolution in the 900 MHz band (LTE-900). The network upgrade will automatically enable SingTel mobile customers with supporting handsets...
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The Singapore Amendment Bill by the Civil Aviation Authority was passed in Parliament on August 18, 2015. This paves the way for the setting up of the Changi Airport Development Fund. The Singapore government has already set...
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Changi Airport handled 4.89 million passengers in July 2015, recording a growth of 6.8 per cent over the passenger movements in July 2014. The flight movements increased by 4.3 per cent to 29,400 in July 2015. During the month,...
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Keppel Shipyard Limited has secured a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) conversion contract along with three repair, upgrade and modification contracts. The total worth of the contracts is about S$125 million...
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The Port of Singapore has invited requests for proposal for the LNG bunkering licence at the port. The scope of work includes an end-to-end LNG bunkering supply solution and delivery model, LNG sources and marketing plans for...
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Singapore’s Downtown Line (DTL) Phase 2 will open in December 2015, several months ahead of schedule. Phase 2 will extend the line by 16.6 km from Bugis to Bukit Panjang covering 12 additional stations. Connectivity is expected...
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Total has started operations at its lubricant oil blending plant located in Singapore. The annual production capacity of the new plant is 310,000 tonnes, up from Total’s current Singapore capacity of 180,000 tonnes. By end-2015,...
Read MoreSeptember 21, 2015 | Philippines
The Philippines government is reinviting bids for the PhP 18.72 billion Kaliwa dam project. Interested companies are required to submit their complete and duly accomplished pre-qualification documents by September 16, 2015. The...
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The Manila Water Philippine Ventures and the provincial government of Laguna have amended the water agreement dated November 10, 2000. Under the amended agreement, the company will extend its water supply service to cover all...
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DoTC is planning the expansion of the light rail transit system in Metro Manila. The following extensions are under way: Line 1 Cavite extension: The project involves the construction of an 11.7 km extension from Baclaran to...
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The Department of Transportation and Communications (DoTC), Philippines, has invited companies to submit pre-qualification bids to implement the PhP 170.7 billion South Line of the North-South Railway Project on a public-private...
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NGCP has received approval for the Balo-i-Kauswagan-Aurora 230 kV transmission line project in Mindanao. This PhP 2.2 billion project will help meet the transmission capacity requirements of the additional generation capacities...
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The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is upgrading its substations in Pampanga and Nueva Vizcaya to meet the growing requirements of large industries and mining projects in these provinces. NGCP is planning to...
Read MoreSeptember 21, 2015 | Myanmar
Myanmar’s Global Integrated Service Company is in talks with US-based Amherst Group for the construction of an industrial zone and deep water seaport in Mawlamyine, the capital of Mon state. The firms are expected to submit the...
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Nineteen foreign companies have reportedly submitted expressions of interest to form a JV with the Myanmar Petroleum Enterprise to develop a new LPG terminal in Thanlyin near Yangon, Myanmar. The winner will be responsible for...
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Italian-Thai Development, a Thailand-based construction firm, is planning to construct an LNG import terminal at the Dawei industrial zone in Myanmar, which is part of the $1.7 billion Dawei project (Phase I), at an investment...
Read MoreSeptember 21, 2015 | Malaysia
The Jacobs Engineering Group has won two contracts for the civil and structural designing of Jimah East Power Sendirian Berhad’s coal-fired power project in Port Dickson, 60 km south of Kuala Lumpur. The contracts were awarded...
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Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) will raise Islamic bonds worth MYR 10 billion ($2.39 billion) to build and operate a 2,000 MW coal-fired power plant estimated to cost $3.6 billion, a project it took over from state fund 1Malaysia...
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Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad signed an RM 121.44 million syndicated Islamic financing facility with Malaysia Debt Ventures on August 11, 2015 for the construction of a 14 MW mini hydroelectric power plant for Kerian Energy...
Read MoreSeptember 21, 2015 | Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR)
Star Telecom, a JV of Laos-Asia Telecom and Vietnam’s Viettel Group, has launched its 4G network services in Vientiane, Laos. With a speed around ten times more than that offered by 3G services, Star Telecom’s 4G service will...
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