Employees are effectively cancelling out every day of their annual leave by using phones and iPads to work from home The so-called ‘always-on’ working culture has previously been blamed for a spike in neck and muscle pain Workers are effectively cancelling out every day of their annual leave by using phones and iPads to work […]
Continue ReadingThailand’s SET-listed Advanced Connection Corporation (ACC) has sealed the deal to acquire the entire shares in Saraburi Project Group Companies from the existing shareholders with total investment of 320 million baht ($8.82 million). ACC’s managing director Yuttana Taepangthong told DEALSTREETASIA that the acquisition was in line with company’s plan to fully diversify into renewable energy […]
Continue ReadingTHE GOVERNMENT’S policy to fast-track transport mega-projects worth Bt1.79 trillion might not stimulate the economy as much as hoped. Also, the rail projects by giant economies – China and Japan – were put in the plan as first priority to be carried out even though many market watchers harbour doubts that the projects would start […]
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Thai property developer Sena Development PCL (BKK:SENA) said on Thursday it has purchased a company previously known as TT Renewable Energy Co Ltd that has interest in solar parks with a combined capacity of 46.5 MW. The firm, now known as Sena Solar Energy Co Ltd, has investments in five 8-MW plants and one 6.5-MW […]
Continue ReadingAn international consortium headed by one of China’s biggest conglomerates has been awarded the project to develop the Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone in Rakhine State, reports said last week. The decision to award the bid to build and operate an industrial park and a deep-sea port at the SEZ was announced on December 31 by […]
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Thailand is among the world’s top seven countries for retirees to live as it has everything they need and want to make retirement life affordable, according to BBC. A travel article written by BBC’s author Rob Budden this week said a growing number of pensioners are seeking far-flung destinations. They’re lured by hours of sunshine, […]
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The Orange Line is a proposed rapid transit system that will connect the Thailand Cultural Centre in Huai Khwang district to Min Buri district in eastern Bangkok. The 21.2km electric railway line will include a 12km underground section and a 9km elevated section, and will serve approximately 114,000 passengers a day. A planned second phase […]
Continue ReadingDESPITE world oil prices tumbling to 11-years lows, Thai electricity rates are returning to an uptrend, said Viraphol Jirapraditkul, a member of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC). After announcing last month a cut of 1.57 satang per kilowatt-hour on electricity tariffs nationwide from January to April, he said the next four-month period would probably see […]
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The Death Railway Museum, which was built at the site of the Death Railway of the World War II in Myanmar’s Mon state and opened on Monday, the country’s Independence Day, will play a role in educating people about the tragedy during the War. The museum on a 1.62 hectares of land plot showcases the […]
Continue ReadingPlans for a fifth bridge connecting Thailand and Laos across the Mekong River is underway with blueprints being examined by the Lao government, a provincial official said on Tuesday. Connecting the Thai province of Loei with Vientiane Province in Laos, the bridge is set to see the status of an existing border crossing upgraded to […]
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