Draft law to boost major transport link project


THE government unveiled draft legislation to create a special economic zone in the south of the country that would pave the way for a multibillion-dollar transport project linking the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

The Bill would establish a commission to speed up development of the Southern Economic Corridor in the provinces of Chumphon, Ranong, Surat Thani and Nakhon Si Thammarat, according to the transport ministry.

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