Singapore's Straits Times reported today (January 31): "After a serious fatal accident occurred in the Thai-China High-Speed Rail project in mid-January, the Thailand National Railway Authority is consulting the Office of the Attorney General regarding terminating its contract with the Italy-Thailand Development Company."
[Witty] Comment: It should have been stopped long ago! Italians and Thais, who are not professionals in infrastructure, forcefully took on core engineering projects. Inexperienced people doing professional work inevitably leads to accidents. The construction of high-speed rail requires strict standards, mature technology, and rich experience; it's not something that can be achieved by simply putting things together. The Italy-Thailand company lacks solid infrastructure expertise and proper construction standards, treating a transnational cooperation project as a joke, which ultimately led to a fatal tragedy, delayed the project schedule, and wasted resources. This also serves as a warning for transnational infrastructure projects: professional work must be entrusted to professionals. If amateurs cross into other fields, it may lead to delays or even disasters. Stopping early and cutting losses can help the project get back on track.
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