Author: Peter Carlisle

Demolition work begins on Bangkok’s infamous Bang Lamphu mall, owner illegally added eight more floors to the original 3-storey structure Work is underway to tear down the long-abandoned Bang Lamphu shopping mall located in the busy Phra Nakhon district, after decades of legal wrangling. BMA photo After three decades of delays and legal tussles, the Bangkok […]

Deadline for talks on Thailand’s high-speed train project linking three airports extended Talks in response to Asia Era One’s refusal to acknowledge a Notice to Proceed [NTP] by the SRT The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has agreed to extend a time frame to which it had previously agreed with two other parties as attempts […]

Steel consumption in Thailand plunges by over 14% year-on-year Steel consumption in Thailand dropped by 14.3% year-on-year to 2.54 million tonnes between January and February due to a surge in Covid-19 infections, a shortage of construction workers and weak business sentiment, says Tata Steel Thailand Plc (TSTH), a unit of India’s largest steelmaker. The Russia-Ukraine […]

Thailand’s Phra Thong islanders in Phang-nga province petition in favour of water retention project Villagers on Phra Thong Island, in the southern province of Phang-nga, have been collecting signatures to support a water retention project on the island, in an effort to break an impasse between the Royal Irrigation Department (RID) and the Department of […]