AYUTTHAYA, Thailand, March 5 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – N estled among hundreds of identical white and brown two-storey homes crammed in this neighbourhood for factory workers is a house with a trick – one not immediately apparent from its green-painted drywall and grey shade panels. Hidden under the house and its wraparound porch are steel […]
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Thailand’s Transport Ministry is planning to open two cruise liner ports with one in Krabi and the other in Surat Thani. A yacht show is also being scheduled Thailand’s Transport Ministry unveiled their plans to build two cruise liner ports. A port will be built in Krabi and Surat Thani. The plans come as no […]
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The Department of Highways will sell terms for the bidding contest of the Pattaya-Map Ta Phut motorway construction this month and the new route should be completed in four years. The Department of Highways will sell bidding-contest terms for the Pattaya-Map Ta Phut motorway this month with hopes of having the new route open in […]
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Bangkok Metropolitan Administration held the first public hearing on its electric railway extension from Bang Wa to Taling Chan on Tuesday. The new link is expected to come into service in 2020. (File photo by Pornprom Satrabhaya) Team Consulting Engineering and Management Co, a consultant BMA hired to study the project, introduced the three options […]
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BALTIMORE, MD – InternationalLiving.com’s new 2015 Global Retirement Index rates two Asian havens and three South and Central American destinations as the five countries in the world most affordable for expats. Of the top 25 retirement havens identified in InternationalLiving.com’s new Annual Global Retirement Index as the best places in the world to retire to […]
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New plans are out for the world’s first lagoon power plants, to be built here in the UK. The gigantic lagoons – like big man-made lakes – would generate electricity using the power of the sea’s tides. There are plans for six lagoons in total – four in Wales, one in the south-west of England […]
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The terms may look tempting, but will the courts agree? PHUKET: — In a shock decision by the Phuket Civil Court, backed by the Region 8 Appellate Court, it has been ruled that the so-called “secured leases” offered by some real estate developers to allow foreigners to secure a cast-iron 90-year lease are not valid. […]
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Raimon Land PLC is pleased to announce the appointment of Andrew Jordan as its new Vice President of Construction. As construction department head, he is responsible for overseeing the development and direction of construction operations for all of the company’s projects. With a career spanning over 30 years, Jordan’s global resume includes extensive experience in […]
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Sunee Seripanu, CEO of the Mc Group, Wandee Khunchornyakong, CEO of SPCG Plc, Yuwadee Chirathivat, CEO of the Central Department Store Group, Somporn Juangroongruangkit, chairman of the Thai Summit Group, and Chadatip Chutrakul, CEO of Siam Piwat Co. (Bangkok Post photos) Five Thais made Forbes Asia magazine’s list of the Asia’s 50 most powerful businesswomen […]
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Old urban areas form a charming part of Phuket but authorities agree it needs more modern facilities and structures to become a premium tourist destination. (Photo by Peerawat Jariyasombat) The Transport Ministry foresees a light-rail system inside Phuket and from the island province to Phangnga to boost Phuket’s tourism industry. Transport Minister Prajin Juntong said […]
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