September 21, 2013 | Singapore
Singapore’s LTA will add 200 buses under the Bus Service Enhancement Programme by end-2014. The programme was launched in September 2012, and aims to induct 550 buses through LTA, SMRT Corporation Limited (SMRT), and SBS Transit...
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has bagged the 977 MW combined cycle gas turbine power plant contract from the Khanom Electricity Generating Company. The project site is located in Khanom district. The entire output will be supplied...
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Changi Airport has come out with a plan to develop Terminal 5 by 2025. The terminal will have the capacity to handle 50 million passengers per year, and will be located at Changi East. Currently, the airport has a capacity of 66...
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The Land Transport Authority (LTA) plans to widen Clementi Road between Bukit Timah Road and the Ayer Rajah Expressway to cater to increasing traffic. The project will also involve augmenting traffic junctions along Clementi...
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Hollysys Automation Technologies Limited, a Singapore-based automation, control technologies, and application provider, has secured the S$24.46 million contract to supply a ground-based signalling system for the Xinjiang section...
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Smart e-Money, Inc. (SEMI), a subsidiary of Smart Communications, has partnered with the National Confederation of Cooperatives (NATCCO) to provide mobile banking services to the latter’s member cooperatives nationwide. The...
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The Singapore National Research Foundation has granted S$250,000 to a research project that involves the development of a new real-time asset monitoring technology for the third-rail electrification system. The existing...
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The Department of Public Works and Highways is undertaking the upgradation of the road leading to Daniel Z. Romualdez (DZR) Airport in Tacloban city. The department has earmarked PhP 20 million during 2013 for the improvement of...
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As per the Philippine Ports Authority, an access road to connect the three main ports in Manila will be built by 2016. The government is likely to start the construction of the road that will connect the Manila International...
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The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) will now undertake a new bidding process for the PhP 60 billion Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT1) extension project in the fourth quarter of 2013. The move comes after...
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Meralco PowerGen Corporation, the power generation arm of Manila Electric Company (Meralco), has entered into a deal with New Growth B.V., a subsidiary of Thailand’s Electricity Generating Public Company Limited, to build a new...
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Sarangani Energy Corporation (SEC) expects to complete Phase I of its PhP 13 billion 210 MW coal-fired power plant in Maasim, Sarangani, by September 2015. Phase I of the plant will have a capacity of 105 MW. SEC and its...
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Meanwhile, PSALM has reported that a total of eight investor groups are keen on bidding for Units 1 and 2 of the 200 MW Agus VI HEP plant. These are Alstom Philippines; China International Water and Electric Corporation; Guangxi...
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As per the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM), 10 companies have expressed interest in bidding for the management contract for the Unified Leyte geothermal power plant. The prospective bidders are...
Read MoreSeptember 21, 2013 | Myanmar
Myanmar is set to build a new international airport in the central Bago region, which would be nine times larger than the existing Yangon International Airport. South Korean Incheon Airport Consortium (IAC), which is among the...
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The China National Petroleum Corporation, in partnership with Myanmar’s Ministry of Energy, has reportedly completed the construction of a deep-sea port on Madae Island, in Rakhine state of Myanmar. The port will shelter oil...
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According to reports, the Myanmar government plans to conduct a feasibility study, together with a Thai private firm, seeking to assess the possibility of constructing a deep-sea port in the southern part of the country....
Read MoreSeptember 21, 2013 | Malaysia
Malaysia’s Axiata Group Berhad is planning a $500 million initial public offering (IPO) of its telecom tower assets. CIMB Group Holdings Berhad and Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. are reported to be involved in the IPO process. The...
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Malaysian mobile operator Celcom Axiata has awarded a five-year managed services contract to Huawei, which can be extended. As per the agreement, Huawei will provide development and commercialisation tools to Celcom’s digital...
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The Berjaya Group of Malaysia will provide assistance to the Philippines in addressing the latter’s problems related to solid waste disposal and the stringent power supply in the country. The Berjaya Group operates the Bukit...
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