Bangkok’s Lumpini Park to get major facelift for its 100th anniversary in 2025 Bangkok’s most popular public park, Suan Lumpini (Lumpini Park in english), will undergo a major renovation, to transform it into “more than a park”, to meet the wishes of city dwellers and to celebrate its centennial in 2025. Renovation costs are estimated […]
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Give U.K. pensioners living abroad increases with parity as those in the U.K. Give all the U.K. citizens living abroad, who have paid the necessary National Insurance Contributions, the right to receive the same State Pension payments as those resident in the U.K. U.K. citizens living abroad do not receive annual increase in pension payments. […]
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Final countdown to the reopening of Bangkok’s revamped Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, set to become Asia’s ultimate event platform Frasers Property (Thailand) Public Company Limited (FPT) has been entrusted by N.C.C. Management & Development Company Limited (NCC) to develop the concept and manage construction for the new Queen Sirikit National Convention Center (QSNCC) in […]
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Thai-Chinese high-speed railway project expropriations in five Thai central region provinces get green light The cabinet has approved a bill to expropriate land in five provinces in the central region for the first phase of the Thai-Chinese high-speed railway project that will link Bangkok to Nong Khai. Rachada Dhnadirek, a deputy government spokeswoman, said the […]
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Thailand’s BTS Group Holdings to Invest in Light-Rail Project Linking Singapore-Malaysia BTS Group Holdings has informed the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) that it has signed a Heads of Agreement (HOA) with several foreign companies to build and operate a light-rail transit (LRT) system. The network will connect with a railway shuttle link currently being […]
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Vietnam reduces thousands of MW of coal-fired power in development plan The total coal-fired thermal power capacity in the eighth national electricity development plan (Plan 8) is 14,800MW lower than the revised seventh plan. Vietnam is also considering developing offshore wind power. Under the draft Plan 8 which has been submitted by the Ministry of […]
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Thailand Construction News E-Newsletter (TCN323) out NOW! Read a copy – Thailand Construction News – TCN323 – 21.03.22 Why not subscribe (click here) – its FREE and out fortnightly-ish. Thailand Construction News, or ‘TCN’ as it’s better known, is Thailand’s construction and engineering orientated e-newsletter and website, produced with expatriates, senior-management Thais and other like-minded […]
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Six potential locations for a Southern Land Bridge connecting the Gulf of Thailand and Andaman coasts to be proposed this week Six potential locations for a Southern Land Bridge connecting the Gulf of Thailand and Andaman coasts will be proposed to the Transport Ministry this week, according to the Office of Transport and Traffic Policy […]
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Design of Thai Riviera coastal road through 6 provinces to cost Bt80m The Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning (OTP) will request a budget of Bt80 million in 2023 to develop a plan for the so-called Thai Riviera coastal road through southern tourism provinces. OTP’s Punya Chupanit said that the budget would cover […]
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SPCG allots Baht3bn for EEC solar plants in Thailand’s Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) SET-listed SPCG, a pioneer in solar farm development in Thailand, continues to expand its solar energy empire by acquiring land to build new renewable power facilities in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC). Pipat Viriyatranon, SPCG’s vice-president for financial affairs, said the land […]
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