Author: Peter Carlisle

MQDC to build world’s first town purposefully designed for healthier, happier living at The Forestias Bangkok 11 December 2019 •Increases investment, expands project size to Bht 125,000 million •Becomes Thailand’s largest ever private sector property development project •First project in world to put a forest inside a development project ‘An Enchanted Community District in the […]

Plan to connect Koh Samui island to the mainland by bridge mooted During the recent visit of tourism and sports minister Pipat Ratchakitprakarn to Koh Samui a plan to connect the holiday island by bridge to the mainland was mooted. This is the idea of hotelier and designer Wirat Pongchababnapha who thinks it will stimulate […]

Thailand’s Department of Airports unveils B5.8bn plans Nationwide upgrade an ‘urgent’ mission – Krabi, Narathiwat, Buri Ram, Surat Thani and Yala discussed  10 December 2019 The Department of Airports (DoA) is gearing up to spend 5.8 billion baht upgrading airports across the country next year under the new leadership of acting director-general Thawi Kesi-samang. Mr […]

Thailand’s New parliament building construction deadline extended, again Original 900-day contract heads towards eight years 10 December 2019 The House secretariat has extended for the fourth time the deadline for Sino-Thai Engineering and Construction Plc (Stecon) to finish building the new parliament complex, for another 382 days from Dec 15 to Dec 31 next year. […]

Bangkok Authorities to consider lenient laws for reviving abandoned buildings By The Nation The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) and the Department of Public Works and Town & Country Planning (DPT) plan to enable owners of abandoned buildings to continue construction, expecting it to generate revenue to boost the country’s economy by over Bt100 billion. It […]

Carlton Hotel Bangkok Sukhumvit ready to open in March 2020 11 December 2019 Singapore’s Carlton Hotels will open its first hotel in Thailand in March 2020 and is offering a 15% deal on the best available rate with additional perks. Carlton Hotel Bangkok Sukhumvit is located in the heart of Bangkok’s ‘golden mile’, tourist district […]

Bangkok’s Thammasat University has Asia’s largest urban rooftop farm Bangkok’s Thammasat University, one of the oldest in Thailand, has a new claim to fame: Asia’s largest urban rooftop farm. The 7,000 sq mt (75,000 sq ft) space mimics rice terraces in northern Thailand and can help curb some of the impacts of climate change, such […]

State Railway of Thailand (SRT) to call rail construction bids worth more than 200 billion baht in 2020 09 December 2019 The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) will call bids for rail construction projects worth more than 200 billion baht, including high-speed train and double-track rail projects, next year. Acting SRT governor Worawut Mala said […]