‘Red card’ system launched for ‘bad foreigners’ in Phuket PHUKET: Phuket Immigration has launched a ‘red card’ system that will see foreigners found guilty of two offences deported from the country. A new initiative called the “Red Card” system has been launched in Phuket, Thailand, to crack down on bad behaviour or law-breaking by foreigners. […]
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Myanmar’s first wind power project cooperation signed, new step under BRI – deal covers three wind power projects A deal for Myanmar’s first wind power project with the participation of a Chinese energy infrastructure company was signed on Wednesday, a major step in bilateral new-energy cooperation, the Chinese Embassy in Myanmar said in a statement […]
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Collapsed crane kills Cambodian worker at construction site in the Chatuchak district of Bangkok Tragedy struck at a construction site in the Chatuchak district of Bangkok yesterday when a tower crane collapsed and killed a Cambodian worker. Thai news outlet Channel 7 reported that the crane’s sling was broken, causing the crane’s arm to crash […]
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Recycling leader Total Energy Solutions And SCG International Collaborate To Create Clean Energy Solutions In Thailand SCG International Corporation Co., Ltd., a Cement-Building Materials Business, one of Thailand’s largest infrastructure supply and manufacturing companies, will partner with recycling leader Total Energy Solutions Co., Ltd. (TES) to establish circular outcomes for end-of-life batteries. The Thailand office […]
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Thailand’s largest solar farms operator, Super Energy Corporation, sets aside Baht41.5bn set aside for renewable projects in Thailand and Vietnam SET-listed Super Energy Corporation, Thailand’s largest operator of solar farms by capacity, plans to increase its revenue in 2024 and 2025 by allocating capital spending of 41.5 billion baht to fund renewable projects in Thailand […]
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Baht72m purse to turn Phuket into a world-class health tourism hub Construction of the four medical and healthcare centres An initial sum of 72.27 million baht will soon be disbursed to turn Phuket into a world-class health tourism hub, the Ministry of Public Health revealed yesterday. It is a portion of an overall budget worth […]
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Thai developer Sena Development resumes condo spree with partner Japanese developer Hankyu Hanshin Properties SET-listed developer Sena Development is planning to launch 26 new residential projects worth a combined 24 billion baht, with more than 85% joint ventures with Japanese developer Hankyu Hanshin Properties. Kessara Thanyalakpark, managing director of Sena, said presales and revenue this […]
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Norwegian architect Snøhetta designs innovation hub with Bangkok’s largest elevated garden Norwegian architect Snøhetta has unveiled its design for Cloud 11, a 254,000 sq m mixed-use building in Bangkok’s South Sukhumvit district. Snøhetta says the building will be an “innovation hub”, offering with spaces for artists, creatives and technology firms, and will contain Bangkok’s largest […]
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Japan’s Tokyu Land invests in three Thai hotels as tourists return Japanese real estate developer Tokyu Land is betting on hospitality in the Land of Smiles, with the company’s Singaporean arm investing in a trio of Ibis-branded hotels in separate resort areas in Thailand as tourism stages a partial post-Covid comeback. Tokyu Land Asia will […]
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Thailand’s top court rules in favour of MRT authority in lawsuit over MRTA Orange Line bidding BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): The Supreme Administrative Court on Wednesday (March 1) cleared the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) of any wrongdoing in a lawsuit filed by the Bangkok Mass Transit System (BTSC) over bidding for […]
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