Author: Peter Carlisle

Thailand’s Energy minister orders safety review of oil, gas pipelines following recent deadly gas pipe explosion Energy Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow has instructed officials to conduct a safety review of the nationwide oil and gas pipeline network, following growing concerns by state officials and civic groups over a recurrence of the deadly gas pipe explosion last […]

Mayor announces 80 billion baht “Neo-Pattaya” investment to make city more liveable Pattaya’s strongarm mayor has announced his plans for the next couple of years to turn Pattaya into Neo-Pattaya. This will turn Pattaya into a megapolis that is both a great place for tourism and for residents. Sontaya Khunpluem has 80 billion baht in […]

Aquarius International Development makes most of Koh Chang’s nature with resort to open in 2022 Aquarius International Development (AQI) has introduced a flagship project under Aquarius Residences and Resort Koh Chang consisting of a hotel and two residences scheduled for completion by 2022. Edward Chi, managing director at AQI, a Bangkok-based hospitality and real estate […]

State Railway Thailand loses its final battle over Baht25bn Hopewell project compensation payout The Central Administrative Court on Tuesday rejected a State Railway of Thailand (SRT) bid to nullify a huge compensation order in the “Hopewell Project”. A contractor, Hopewell (Thailand), had been awarded a lucrative contract in connection with an 80 billion baht elevated […]

Baht 50bn “Contract 2.3” to be signed for part of Thai-Chinese high-speed railway first stage between Bangkok and Nakhon Ratchasima The government will sign “Contract 2.3”, worth more than 50 billion baht, for work on the Thai-Chinese high-speed railway between Bangkok and Nakhon Ratchasima on Wednesday. The contract will have three parties – the State […]