Old
Concept, Renewed Interest
Recently, a member of
the National Committee for the study of the Thai Canal, Pakdee Tanapura,
informed a Thai daily The Nation that
the Beijing-based University of
International Business and Economics was working with the committee for a
pre-feasibility study of the canal.
Possible Routes of the Thai Canal
Connecting the South
China Sea with the Andaman Sea by cutting across Southern Thailand, the canal will
lower expected congestion in the Malacca Strait over the next decade. Estimated
to cost $20
billion, the canal will be about 100km long and 26m deep.
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