Chinese rail workers ‘will be certified’

Two leading professional councils have said Chinese engineers and architects involved in the Bangkok to Nakhon Ratchasima high-speed train project will have to be tested and certified by Thai councils.

The Engineers Council and Architects Council said at a press conference in Bangkok yesterday that they would also set up measures to facilitate the transfer of Chinese technological know-how from the project. The two councils added that the order of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) to expedite the project did not mean that Chinese engineers and architects could immediately start work on the project.

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