Author: Peter Carlisle

Pattaya, Fair prices mooted and tour buses banned – “Monorail” set to reshape resort landscape Thai media has reported that the consultative phase for changes to transport in Pattaya will begin on Monday. Pattaya’s mayor Sontaya Khunpluem will chair a fact giving, and opinion seeking meeting. Top of the agenda will be what will be […]

BEATNIQ SUKHUMVIT 32 – a brand new luxury free-hold condominium launched BANGKOK, Dec. 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — BEATNIQ SUKHUMVIT 32 is a brand new luxury free-hold condominium launched by SC Asset Corporation PLC, Thailand’s leading property developer that understand demand in real estate market both investment and ownstay, with its 17th year of mastering luxury […]

New super tollway Route 7 linking Pattaya to Maptaphut in Rayong expected to open in August 2020 Sophon Cable TV reported on Facebook that the Route 7 section from Pattaya to Maptaphut is now nearly complete. The Highways Department said it is 98% done. The road is expected to open to drivers in July on […]

Five Bangkok construction projects set to be fast-tracked to alleviate traffic congestion 12 December 2019 Five construction projects initiated by City Hall are being sped up to alleviate traffic congestion around the capital, deputy Bangkok governor Chakkaphan Phewngam says. He has instructed Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) officials overseeing the construction projects and contractors to speed […]

Thailand’s Cabinet approves the daily minimum wage hike by Baht5-6 12 December 2019 The Cabinet on December 11 approved the minimum wage increase according to the proposal by the National Wage Committee. In spite of the promises made by political parties before the general election, the minimum wages nationwide will increase by Bt5-6, pushing the […]

Phuket Tram project temporarily halted, MRTA ordered conduct a further study By THE NATION Speaking in his capacity as president of the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA)’s board, Department of Highways director-general Sarawut Songsiriwilai announced on Wednesday (December 11) that the board had agreed to temporarily halt the development of the Phuket Tram […]

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 […]