Cabinet to adopt development guideline for Dawei SEZ linkThe National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) will ask the cabinet to adopt its guidelines on infrastructure development on Tuesday, as the government seeks to start working on the long-awaited link that will connect the Dawei Special Economic Zone in Myanmar with Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC). A source said the NESDC wants ministers concerned to stick with the guidelines when approving budgets and projects which will link Myanmar, Thailand's Central Plains and EEC on the Eastern seaboard. He added that the NESDC plans to ask the cabinet to speed up the development of the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Ban Namphun Ron -- a border town in Kanchanaburi -- which will serve as a "gateway" to Myanmar. The source said the NESDC is planning to ask the cabinet to adopt the guidelines during the two-day mobile cabinet meeting convened by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, which kicks off later today. The construction and development of a deep-sea port and a SEZ in Dawei is trundling along at a slow pace, despite the fact that both Myanmar and Thailand have set up Dawei SEZ Development Co as a special-purpose vehicle to manage the facilities in Dawei -- which will ultimately include a port, roads and rail links, power plants, waterworks, industrial estates, telecommunications towers and a township.

Source: Bangkok Post November 10, 2019 23:16 UTC