Author: Peter Carlisle

BANGKOK: Thailand is doing a feasibility study into the proposal for a cross-country railway that will link two ports in the country’s south, a senior government official has confirmed with IHS Maritime. The plan is for the railway to link Pak Bara in Satun on the Andaman Sea (or west coast) with Songkhla 2 seaport […]

The Mae Moh coal-fired power plant, seen in this 2012 file photo, is set to be upgraded with a new cleaner plant under an agreement announced Tuesday by Japanese trading house Marubeni Corp, which will build a 600-megawatt coal-fired power generator at the Lampang facility. (Bangkok Post/Greenpeace photo) Japanese trading house Marubeni Corp said Tuesday […]

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is now constructing its eighth flood tunnel with aim to ease flooding in the capital’s six major areas. It has planned to build four other flood tunnels which will resolve flooding in the capital sustainably. The assurance of resolving flood problem in Bangkok on a sustainable basis was given by […]

The Mass Rapid Transit Authority (MRTA) will today begin boring tunnel under the Chao Phraya river for its Blue Line expansion project. The deep tunnel boring project will be the country’s second  tunnel under the river. The tunnel boring ceremony will be chaired by Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha today. MRTA board chairman Gen Yodyuth […]

Singapore-based property investment firm Pacific Star has unveiled its latest condominium project – a Bt4.2-billion project on Tiwanon Road in Bangkok – that will be within walking distance of an MRT station along the new Purple Line. Jirawat Kateseang, Pacific Star Thailand vice president and head of sales and marketing, said that the company will […]

Graham Storah, executive vice president of Loxley International LOXLEY International Co expects to start construction of the first Kompogas plant in Thailand by the end of the third quarter. Graham Storah, executive vice president of Loxley International, said Kompogas utilised “dry thermophilic anaerobic digestion” technology to treat organic fractions of waste.The process produces biogas, which […]

Changes in the economic environment unconsciously affect our behavior and it is therefore necessary to adapt to these changes especially where residences, which change with the times are concerned. Phuket is a tourist city well known all over the world. It is also known to be strong economically. Having looked into the past investment trends […]

Anantara Hotels, Resorts & Spas, has added Anantara Siam Bangkok Hotel to its portfolio, effective 1 March, when the group took over the management of the former Four Seasons. Located in prestigious Rajadamri in the city’s Siam district, the hotel is now the brand’s flagship in its home market of Thailand. The property started its […]