MahaNakhon tower in Thailand. Image © OMA / Büro Ole Scheeren 2009 Hong Kong- and Beijing-based Büro Ole Scheeren is expanding with the opening of two new offices in Berlin and Bangkok. As its founder, German architect Ole Scheeren says, the expansion will extend the practice’s range of work with projects in Europe and North […]
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Officials attend a ceremony to open a depot for the Purple Line in Bang Yai district in Nonthaburi province on Tuesday. (Photo by Wichan Charoenkiatpakul) A train depot for the Purple Line opened on Wednesday but the mass-transit line is far over budget because of a decision to bypass communities. But the recent decision by […]
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During an average working life Mr or Miss Average will rack up 9,024 hours of unpaid overtime, take 94 days off sick and work for six different employers The Association of Accounting Technicians commissioned the study into our working lives Photo: Alamy Stock Photo A new study which polled 2,000 adults on their work life so […]
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In Thailand, the main consumers of sturgeon and black caviar are the members of the upper middle class. Source: Press photo Five years ago, Thai businessman Noppadon Khamsai and his Russian partner Alexey Tyutin saw an opportunity in Asia’s growing demand for caviar. The duo decided to build a sturgeon-breeding farm in Hua-Hin, with a […]
Continue ReadingThailand ranks 62 out of 70 countries in a global ranking of English skills by EF Education First. The education company yesterday released the fifth annual edition of its EF English Proficiency Index (EF EPI), the world’s largest ranking of countries by English skills. The report identifies global and regional English-language learning trends and analyses […]
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Construction companies “upbeat” about growth prospects as survey shows output remains robust Markit said construction companies were “highly upbeat” about their growth prospects over the next year Photo: Bloomberg UK construction remains in “rude health”, economists said on Tuesday, after a survey of the sector showed activity grew at a robust pace in October. Markit said […]
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A new BTS station, “Suksa Witthaya”, will be added between the crowded Chong Nonsi and Surasak station to support the increasing amount of passengers in the Sathorn area. Surapong Laoha-unya, chief operating officer of BTS Group Holdings Public Company Ltd., said the new station will help ease passenger numbers at Chong Nonsi after the area […]
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A model showing navy-operated U-tapao airport’s new passenger terminal, which is now under construction. The Airline Operators Committee has urged the navy to hand over the airport’s operations to Airports of Thailand Plc. The plan to turn navy-operated U-tapao into a full-fledged international airport over the next few years appears to be too ambitious given […]
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A house is built using the laminate wood panel from Leowood. (Photo supplied by the company) Driven by prospective sales growth in Vietnam, Leowood Intertrade Co, a maker of laminate flooring, will spend 50 million baht to expand production capacity by two-thirds next year. The move is aimed at achieving 2016 sales of 1 billion […]
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MORE THAN 1,000 government units and agricultural cooperatives nationwide are expected to take part in a public-sector solar energy programme in partnership with private interests who will invest an estimated Bt36 billion in total power-generation capacity of 600 megawatts, according to the Energy Regulatory Commission. ERC spokesman Weerapol Jirapraditkul said qualified public-sector entities, including farm […]
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