Author: Peter Carlisle

Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister inspects construction of fifth Thailand-Laos Friendship Bridge Bridge connecting Thailand’s Bueng Kan province to Laos’ Bolikhamsai province. The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy has visited Bueng Kan province to inspect the construction of the fifth Thailand-Laos Friendship Bridge, which will connect Thailand’s Bueng Kan province to Laos’ Bolikhamsai province. […]

The Mall Group pulls out of investment in “Bluport Hua Hin” After persistent rumors The Bangkok Insight has said from its sources that The Mall Group has withdrawn its investment in the company that runs the shopping center Bluport Hua Hin Resort Mall. The company has faced mounting losses ever since they opened the mall […]

35-kilometre section of new Bang Pa-in to Nakhon Ratchasima motorway opened for trial use from April 9-19 for Thailand’s Songkran holiday April 9-13, one way for vehicles heading from Bangkok. April 14-19, one way for vehicles heading to Bangkok A 35-kilometre section of a new motorway between Bang Pa-in and Nakhon Ratchasima will be opened […]

BTSC, operator of Bangkok’s BTS skytrain, mulls filing B30bn BMA lawsuit Suing for 30 billion baht in costs incurred from running the Green Line extensions The operator of the BTS skytrain is considering suing the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) to collect about 30 billion baht in costs incurred from running the Green Line extensions, the […]

Thailand’s Hopewell case, the ongoing story so far A landmark ruling last month by the Constitutional Court has handed the Thai government a lifeline in its three-decade-old battle over the multibillion-baht Hopewell saga. On March 17, the court overturned the Supreme Administrative Court’s 2002 resolution on the statute of limitations for the Hopewell case. The […]

Thailand’s Transport minister to push for 2nd terminal at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport The Ministry of Transport has brushed aside a suggestion, by the Anti-Corruption Organization of Thailand (ACT) based on a recommendation from the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), that it should postpone plans to build a 42-billion baht second terminal for Suvarnabhumi international airport. Transport […]

Southeast Asia’s First M701JAC Gas Turbine Begins Commercial Operation at Ultra-large-scale GTCC Power Plant Project in Thailand Total Output Will be 5,300MW, for a Joint Venture between Gulf Group and Mitsui Southeast Asia’s first M701JAC goes online at plant in Chonburi Province operated by Gulf SRC Concerted efforts by all parties enabled launch on schedule, […]

Thailand’s PTT Oil and Retail Business bets US$1.5 billion on its Cafe Amazon coffee business The head of Thailand’s biggest gas station network has US$1.5 billion that says motorists will soon be stocking up on a different kind of fuel – coffee. That’s the bet that Jiraporn Kaosawad, Chief Executive of PTT Oil and Retail […]