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That project, known as Dawei, is expected to include a deep sea port and involve investment from Thailand and other countries across the region.

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"Clearly the port could start to grow," Maersk's Knudsen said, referring to Dawei.

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The developer expects to build a power-generating plant in Dawei that will supply 6,000 megawatts of electric power to business operations in the area, Mr. Premchai said.

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The cost of building a deep-sea port, roads and railways in the first stage of infrastructure development at the 250-square-kilometer Dawei Special Economic Zone in southern Myanmar will cost less than the $4 billion earlier projected, Mr. Premchai told reporters.

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Dawei is 300 kilometers from the Thai capital of Bangkok, and Italian-Thai plans to develop it into a trading hub on the Andaman Sea.

Italian-Thai Lowers Myanmar Project Cost Estimate Piyarat Setthasiriphaiboon 2011

The construction of the port in Dawei would markedly cut transportation costs to Europe as ships could bypass Indonesian waters.

Italian-Thai Lowers Myanmar Project Cost Estimate Piyarat Setthasiriphaiboon 2011

Separately, China's chief negotiator in the six-party talks, Wu Dawei, arrived in Seoul to visit Mr. Kim and other South Korean diplomats.

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Italian-Thai expects to reduce its stake in its wholly owned Dawei Development Co., the developer of the economic zone, to 51% in a move to raise funds.

Italian-Thai Lowers Myanmar Project Cost Estimate Piyarat Setthasiriphaiboon 2011

Meanwhile, there are more than enough energy projects in Burma that have potentially disastrous community and environmental and human rights impacts: the hydro dams on the Salween River, including the pipelines, massive Chinese agri-business ventures in the north that involve land-grabbing and semi-feudal working conditions, the Dawei Tavoy port project and industrial park in southern Burma, and the Kaladan River and road project being pursued by Indian firms in western Burma.

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Italian-Thai signed a deal with the Myanmar government in 2010 to build roads linking Thailand to Dawei, a deep-sea port, a power plant, and an industrial estate.

Italian-Thai Lowers Myanmar Project Cost Estimate Piyarat Setthasiriphaiboon 2011