The market for rail in South East Asia is opening up, with many ambitious projects on the market and strong support for public private partnerships (PPPs) and private finance. Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam and Myanmar, in particular, have some of the strongest rail pipelines in the region. There is a clear political will for infrastructure investment in the region, and it should be seen as encouraging that most of these countries have either recently undergone or plan to undergo reform to allow for and strengthen the regulation of PPPs. These markets therefore hold a great deal of potential for private sector investors.
Thailand: PPPs have previously been used in the transport, communication, logistics and electricity generation sectors. Models are mostly BTO (build-transfer-operate), with some BOT (build-operate-transfer), BOO (build-own-operate) and AOT (acquire-transfer-operate) schemes. Under current PPP legislation, it can take up to four years to process PPP investments. However, new PPP legislation being enacted this year will hopefully resolve this. As of this year (2013), there are three potential projects in the transport sector, two rail and one motorway, including two high speed rail lines from Bangkok. There is also talk of a high speed railway line to link Thailand, Laos and China, for which feasibility studies have been undertaken.
Asia Rail Summit 2014 (RWS 2014), Asia’s leading rail conference scheduled for 26 – 27June 2014 in Bangkok, will continue to serve as the leading platform for major industry players to establish winning Southeast Asia strategies. Under the theme of “Strategy and Best Practices for Asia’s Railway Industry”, we will address the most crucial issues which determine your performance objectives in Southeast Asia. ARS 2014 will help you to better analyze of Asia’s dynamic rail industry and further identify the strategic role of Southeast Asia in your global business plan.
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