THE Department of Highways yesterday revealed its new Bt2.1-trillion 20-year plan to develop the motorway network, expecting these investments to have a multiplier effect by more than two times worth Bt5.7 trillion for the economy. “The plan is aimed at serving higher demand for travel and logistics transport, especially for tourist destinations and cross-border areas,” […]
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This bird’s-eye of the 12-billion-baht parliament building complex project shows clearly why it will not have its grand opening Tuesday as scheduled. Sino-Thai Engineering & Construction Plc blames problems with land transfers and soil removal at the site, in the Kiakkai area on the banks of the Chao Phraya River. (Photo by Krit Promsaka Na […]
Continue ReadingThe Erawan Group, which operates the Grand Hyatt and the JW Marriott hotels in Bangkok, Thailand, is opening a chain of hotels in the Philippines. Kamonwan Wipulakorn, president of the Erawan Group, revealed to a group of Asian journalists that the company is opening branches of Hop Inn hotels in the country, with one set […]
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Prasarana, operator of Klang Valley’s LRT and Monorail lines, has announced that it will be providing technical support to Thai MRT operators for the development of the latter’s new Bangkok MRT Purple Line. Six drivers and five controllers from subsidiary Rapid Rail Sdn Bhd made their journeys across the border yesterday to be stationed with […]
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A THAI company has initiated a plan to collect non-biodegradable plastic bags and turn them into something useful, such as bags to carry fruit. The idea is part of a corporate social responsibility by Schneider Electric Thailand. The firm hopes to not only make plastic bags reusable, but to also reduce the amount of plastic […]
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Thailand property demand is rising – with investors from the United States leading overseas sales – and there is a marked shift to online real estate searches. Leading real estate website DDproperty.com, part of the respected PropertyGuru stable, says it has enjoyed a 29% year-on-year rise in property searches in the nine months to September […]
Continue ReadingB.Grimm Power Limited has awarded Poyry with owner’s engineer services assignment for Amata B.Grimm Power (Rayong) 3, 4 & 5 gas-fired combined cycle power plant projects in Thailand. The assignment includes project management, engineering review, Quality Assurance and Control surveillance and site supervision services. The projects consist of 3 blocks each of 120 MW combined […]
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The Point Yamu by COMO project offers prices starting at 20 million baht per villa, with a focus on foreign buyers. Photo: The Nation PHUKET: Phuket’s residential property market is showing signs of recovery following two years of decline, according to research by real-estate agencies. The latest survey by Plus Property, an agency subsidiary of […]
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My wife and I decided to buy another house in Pattaya. The house we bought in 2010 is rented out via a long term contract and that is good as we do not live in Thailand. A few weeks holiday per year has been the norm (we are too young to retire or even qualify […]
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Sino-Thai Engineering and Construction Plc and Right Tunnelling Co won electronic auctions held yesterday to find contractors to build the State Railway of Thailand’s (SRT) dual-track rail route from Chachoengsao to Saraburi. Kamol Tangkijjaroen, deputy governor of the SRT, said the 106km-long rail project is broken into two contracts and the two companies won each of […]
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