AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
Dec. 3--Burma has agreed in principle to join Thailand in a US$5.5-billion hydro-power dam on the Salween River, but opinions remain split over the location of the project.
Energy Minister Pongthep Thepkanchana said he had instructed Sitthiporn Rattanopas, governor of the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat), to study the possibility of constructing the power plant on the Thai side.
Once a site was found, the minister said he might visit his Burmese counterparts to further discuss the possible joint investment in the project.
Mr Sitthiporn, who discussed the proposal with a senior Burmese official during his recent trip to the ...