Author: Peter Carlisle

New Eight-Lane Bridge Over Chao Phraya River In Bangkok seeks royal name The expressway authority is seeking a royally-sponsored name for a new landmark bridge under construction, to honour His Majesty the King. Work on the country’s widest bridge over the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok is expected to be completed next year after 39 […]

Cabinet approves new daily wage rates for skilled workers in Thailand The Thai cabinet approved new pay rates for three groups of workers today (Tuesday), covering 16 occupations, as proposed by the Labour Ministry. Construction workers: Gypsum board installation: Level 1: 450 baht/day; Level 2: 595 baht/day Draughtsmen: Level 1: 645 baht/day Tilers: Level 1: […]

Thailand’s Raimon Land eyes emerging markets to boost income SET-listed developer Raimon Land Plc will shift to data centres, branded residential development and low-rise houses to tap emerging markets which will improve its annual revenue. Chief executive Korn Narongdej said the data centre business had high potential for investment as it was infrastructure for the […]

New eight-lane bridge over Chao Phraya river in Bangkok to be completed in 2023 Construction of the country’s widest river bridge, over the Chao Phraya in Bangkok, is expected to be completed next year. The eight-lane bridge is being built parallel to the Rama IX Bridge. It is a two-kilometre-long cable-stayed structure, part of the […]

Central Group readies new B3bn Wongamat Beach Village lifestyle retail mall in Pattaya Central Group is spending 3 billion baht on the development of a new lifestyle retail mall at Wong Amat Beach in Pattaya this year. Pong Skuntanaga, Central Group’s head of corporate business development, said the company is developing Wongamat Beach Village on […]

Developers in Thailand require rejig to flatten prices Move to combat dip in purchasing power Residential developers should revise down unit sizes and adjust some features to keep housing prices flat in order to accommodate sluggish purchasing power after prices were pushed up by higher costs caused by the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war. Meanwhile, […]

Krabi airport under pressure to open new passenger terminal by June 2022 Krabi tourism operators are pushing for the local airport’s third terminal to be completed by June, in order to provide far higher capacity during the high season. The third terminal was initially due to begin operations in October 2021, but the opening was […]