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HIA guidelines by end of month
The Nation 25 December 2009 | Piyanart Srivalo, Pongphon Sarnsamak
The Natural Resources and Environment Ministry will issue its regulations on health-impact assessments by the end of this month.
These will be used to enable the suspended Map Ta Phut industrial projects to comply with Article 67 of the Constitution.
Green light for 19 projects to appeal
Bangkok Post 22 December 2009
The cabinet on Tuesday gave the green light to 19 of the 65 suspended industrial projects at the Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate to appeal to the Supreme Administrative Court for permission to proceed to ease the impact on the operators, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said.
PM queries damage estimates
Bangkok Post 22 December 2009
Court to decide fate of Map Ta Phut projects
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has cast doubt on the accuracy of an Industry Ministry estimate of the fiscal damage caused by the suspension of 65 industrial projects at Map Ta Phut.
PM sees environmental rules paving way for new industrial landscape
The Nation 18 December 2009
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva yesterday reiterated his wish to have new environmental rules ready by year-end, saying if the Map Ta Phut crisis could be resolved satisfactorily, it would pave the way for a new industrial-development landscape in Thailand.
Map Ta Phut fiasco could impact economy "severely"
The Nation 14 December 2009 | ACHARA DEBOONME, EKARIN BUMROONGPUK
Map Ta Phut would be the greatest economic risk next year, given the magnitude of the impacts on Thailand's long-term attractiveness.
Six workers hospitalised after latest Map Ta Phut gas leak
The Nation 13 December 2009
Six construction workers were hospitalised yesterday after a poisonous gas leaked out near a power plant at the Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate in Rayong.
Reports by construction workers of a foul odour, sore throats and dizziness prompted the evacuation of about 200 workers from the Siam Steel Plate factory and other nearby sites at 8.30am.
Hundreds evacuated after site gas leak
Bangkok Post 13 December 2009
INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT PUTS MAP TA PHUT BACK UNDER SCRUTINY
RAYONG : Hundreds of construction workers were evacuated and four hospitalised after a gas leak at Map Ta Phut industrial estate - the second such incident in a week.
Damage from Map Ta Phut ruling put at B100bn
Bangkok Post 13 December 2009
The court ruling to uphold the order suspending 65 new industrial projects at Map Ta Phut industrial estate had damaged foreign investor confidence and the damage could be as high as 90 to 100 billion baht, Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) vice chairman Thanit Sorat said on Thursday.
GDP in 2010 to take sizeable hit from suspended projects
The Nation 05 December 2009
Economic growth next year is likely to be reduced by 0.2-0.5 percentage point due to the continued suspension of 65 projects in Map Ta Phut, according to the latest macroeconomic analysis by the Fiscal Policy Office.
Court lifts ban on 11 industrial projects
Bangkok Post 03 December 2009
The Supreme Administrative Court has ruled to lift a ban on 11 projects at the Map Ta Phut industrial estate - but to uphold the suspension of 65 others.
