The government is likely to reach an agreement with Tokyo to jointly construct one of Thailand’s two proposed dual-track electric train routes, according to a highly placed source. The Government House source said Wednesday he expected the agreement to be signed during Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s official visit to Japan that will come after he […]
Continue ReadingThe Land office is the most corrupt agency in the Thai bureaucracy, while police are ranked second in this dubious list where households needed to make illegal payments to facilitate their service, according to an academic survey. The survey titled “Corruption in the Thai Bureaucracy in 2014: A Survey of Attitudes and Experiences of Heads […]
Continue ReadingHafele (Thailand), the local unit of the German tap and furniture fittings maker, plans to build a 400-million-baht warehouse on Bang Na-Trat Road in Samut Prakan. Construction of the warehouse is scheduled to start in mid-2015 for completion in 2016, said general sales and marketing manager Yothin Prasertkul. He said the warehouse, covering 10,000 square […]
Continue ReadingSET-listed TRC Construction Plc will team up with China Railway Corporation (CRC) to bid for Thailand’s rail development projects, expecting to capture a 10% share of the total project investment. TRC chief executive Samai Leesakul said a new joint venture would be set up in which TRC, through its subsidiary Sahakarn, will own 40% and the Chinese […]
Continue ReadingWestern Sea View Co, a joint venture property company between a Swiss investor and the Sihanatkathakul family, plans to develop a condo, hotel and serviced apartments worth a combined 6 billion baht in Jomtien, Pattaya. Company president Nicolas Buchler said there was strong demand from Thai buyers looking for a second home in a resort destination, […]
Continue ReadingThe cabinet resolved on Wednesday to grant of 1.97 billion baht to fund construction of a 114km road in Laos to link Thailand’s Nan province and Luang Prabang province of Laos. The market near Ban Huay Kone border checkpoint in Nan province is set to grow as Thailand sponsors a new road to link Nan […]
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Corbion Purac will accelerate its thrust into the biotechnology arena, making the next step in the bioplastics value chain by becoming a polylactic acid (PLA) producer. With entry into PLA, Corbion Purac intends to bring new biodegradable solutions to the plastics industry, and increase global PLA production capacity by a further 75,000 tons per year. […]
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BANGKOK, 7 November 2014 (NNT) – The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has begun the construction of another drainage tunnel as part of the water drainage network to prevent floods in Bangkok areas. The governor of Bangkok M.R. Sukhumbhand Paribatra today presided over the official commencement ceremony of the giant drainage tunnel construction under the Bang […]
Continue ReadingLand prices in Phuket have tripled the past ten years with the land price along Patong beach the highest estimated at 180 million baht per rai of 450,000 baht per square wah, according to the Agency for Real Estate Affairs Company. Mr Sophon Pornchokechai, CEO of the company, said today that continous survey of land […]
Continue ReadingTHAI engineer and social entrepreneur Salinee Tavaranan, who is among the BBC’s prestigious list of 100 Women of 2014, has discovered a sustainable way for rural people to access solar-powered electricity via a hybrid business module that also creates a sense of ownership for solar panels. “My time as an NGO activist taught me that […]
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