Li Yongan, general manager of the company building the dam, outlined how the project would come in under budget in response to foreign news reports of ‘Western estimates’ that put the cost at between US$40 billion and US$50 billion.
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Huge funds spent to clear garbage threatening Three Gorges Dam
China spends 10 million yuan (US$1.3 million) a year to prevent floating garbage from piling up behind the Three Gorges dam, project officials say.
Groups tell ADB to halt loans to Thailand
(May 2, 2000) CHIANG MAI – People’s organisations have officially declared their opposition to the Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s loans, holding a press conference here yesterday to demand the bank halt its lending to Thailand and withdraw its conditional loan projects.
Historical background of Pak Moon dam
(May 2, 2000) Milestones from 1967 to 2000
True lies?
(May 2, 2000) The Pak Moon Dam seems to evoke different images to different people, depending on where they stand.
Fishing for power
(May 2, 2000) Were the Pak Moon Dam to continue its existence, subsequent generations of Northeastern villagers may grow up with a tale like this one.
Dominga and Denese, and the story of Rio Negro
(May 1, 2000) Story of Dominga Sic Ruiz (a.k.a. Denese), a survivor of the Rio Negro massacre in Guatemala.
It takes two to tango when it comes to corruption
(April 30, 2000) A landmark case against international corruption begins in the Maseru High Court this week, with a number of huge companies in the dock on charges of bribery.
Question of the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in any part of the world.
(April 28, 2000) Question of the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in any part of the world.
Struggle for a basic right to a livelihood
(April 27, 2000) Patience is running thin at Pak Moon and no one can blame the people there. Not after 12 years of struggles that led to a common conviction: the Pak Moon Dam must go.
Egat, Laos in price deal on dam power
(April 26, 2000) Thai authorities have concluded negotiations on the price of Thai power purchases from the US$1-billion (Bt38 billion) Nam Theun 2 hydroelectric dam, the largest foreign investment project in Laos.
Chinese engineers and scientists urge leadership to change Three Gorges dam operating plan
(April 26, 2000) Reservoir Level Should Be Kept Low to Reduce Resettlement and Navigation Problems, Experts Warn
Activists fish for solutions to conflict over Pak Mool dam
(April 21, 2000) Former prime minister Anand Panyarachun joined activists and academics at the Pak Mool dam yesterday in a bid to seek solutions to a decade-long conflict that symbolised the "destruction of the self -sufficient economy".
Let river run free, village leaders say
(April 21, 2000) “Open the gates and the fish will return” People who lost their land and livelihood to the Pak Moon dam will petition the Electricity Generating Authority next month to halt operations and open the gates to let the river run free.
Two German companies join in designing Three Gorges shiplift
Three Gorges dam site, Hubei: Two German engineering companies have won contracts to jointly design the world’s largest shiplift project with the design institute of the world’s largest hydropower project at the Three Gorges on the Yangtze River. The information has been confirmed by both the China Yangtze River Three Gorges Development Corporation, developer of the project, and the Survey and the Design Institute of the Yangtze Water Resources Committee (YWRC).
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