Change of plans: Instead of knocking down the Ratchayothin flyover, the Green Line electric train will be built two metres above it, bridge over bridge. (Photo by Surapol Promsaka na Sakolnakorn) The Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) has decided to keep the Ratchayothin flyover, knocking back a proposal to demolish it for the northern […]
Continue ReadingThe southern property market has bottomed out after falling rubber prices threw the region’s economy into the doldrums in recent years, says the Bank of Thailand. Wajeetip Pongpech, the central bank’s director of risk management policy, said the property market, particularly in major southern provinces, was recovering thanks to tourism. “There’s still a silver lining […]
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Thailand has decided 180 km/h is enough to meet its cargo needs between Bangkok and the Northeast. (Photo by Pattarapong Chatpattarasill) Thailand has rejected a Chinese proposal to increase the top speed of the new double-track railway from Bangkok to the Northeast and the Eastern Seaboard to 250 kilometres per hour from 180 km/h. Transport […]
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Marina Bay Sands Pte Ltd., the company that operates Marina Bay Sands, one of Singapore’s flagship integrated resorts, has expressed interest in launching a gambling venue and convention complex in Thailand. Krist Boo, Vice President for Communications for the company, told media that they would like to build and operate an integrated resort in Thailand, […]
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Royal Rattanakosin Hotel. As a city that receives 25 million visitors a year, Bangkok abounds with hotels. The majority of them are new, gleaming and built according to the latest design trend — imposing structures with a lot of glass. Hidden in the shadows of modernity, however, are hotels that seem to be trapped in time, voluntarily […]
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The Interior Ministry is being asked to scrutinise local administration organisations’ purchases of solar-powered street lights nationwide after ones bought in Samut Prakan turned out to be unusually expensive. The alleged irregularity was revealed yesterday by Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) secretary-general Prayong Preeyajit who found a local administration body in Samut Prakan spent 175,000 baht […]
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An image of the damage and repair of a sinkhole on Phetkasem Road taken from the Facebook page of MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra. Traffic has returned to normal on Bangkok’s Phetkasem Road where a giant sinkhole closed the street for hours Thursday night. According to the Facebook page of Bangkok governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the 3.5-by-1-metre […]
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Residents told to wait 6 months for repairs An engineering team inspects the land substance at the Baan Klang Krung housing estate in Ratchavipha on Monday. (Bangkok Post photo) Heavy land subsidence has been found in parts of the Baan Klang Krung housing estate in Ratchavipha after a team of Engineering Institute of Thailand (EIT) […]
Continue ReadingWill be sunk unless we refloat Chao Phraya 2 project I feel sorry for Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra. Each time Bangkok floods, he is criticised. Some want him sacked using Article 44 of the interim constitution. The prime minister is right in refusing to heed their calls: An elected governor’s fate should depend on the […]
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CENTRAL Pattana, Thailand’s largest shopping-mall developer, said yesterday that it would cancel its plan to develop residential and commercial real-estate projects at its Central WestGate shopping complex in order to accommodate space for Ikea, which will set up its second Thai store there. Wallaya Chirathivat, Central Pattana’s senior executive vice president for business development and […]
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