The Ministry of Transport has set plans to continuously construct transportation routes in 2016. The construction of the Bang Yai – Kanchanaburi motorway is expected to begin in June this year. Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith said that in 2015 the ministry improved many land, water and air transportation routes as planned in an effort to […]
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Steve Areen, a world-traveling photographer, recently made his dreams of a dome home come true. The guy made it real through hard work and cheap materials. Spending only $9,000, Areen managed to create a stunning tiny home in Thailand. The construction took approximately six weeks to complete. People are sometimes wary of quick construction, but […]
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The value of construction projects approved by the government in 2015 increased by 33 percent to about $3.33 billion compared to the previous year, according to a government report obtained on Sunday. The 2,305 projects approved last year by the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction covered approximately 7.7 million square meters of […]
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Employees are effectively cancelling out every day of their annual leave by using phones and iPads to work from home The so-called ‘always-on’ working culture has previously been blamed for a spike in neck and muscle pain Workers are effectively cancelling out every day of their annual leave by using phones and iPads to work […]
Continue ReadingThailand’s SET-listed Advanced Connection Corporation (ACC) has sealed the deal to acquire the entire shares in Saraburi Project Group Companies from the existing shareholders with total investment of 320 million baht ($8.82 million). ACC’s managing director Yuttana Taepangthong told DEALSTREETASIA that the acquisition was in line with company’s plan to fully diversify into renewable energy […]
Continue ReadingTHE GOVERNMENT’S policy to fast-track transport mega-projects worth Bt1.79 trillion might not stimulate the economy as much as hoped. Also, the rail projects by giant economies – China and Japan – were put in the plan as first priority to be carried out even though many market watchers harbour doubts that the projects would start […]
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Thai property developer Sena Development PCL (BKK:SENA) said on Thursday it has purchased a company previously known as TT Renewable Energy Co Ltd that has interest in solar parks with a combined capacity of 46.5 MW. The firm, now known as Sena Solar Energy Co Ltd, has investments in five 8-MW plants and one 6.5-MW […]
Continue ReadingAn international consortium headed by one of China’s biggest conglomerates has been awarded the project to develop the Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone in Rakhine State, reports said last week. The decision to award the bid to build and operate an industrial park and a deep-sea port at the SEZ was announced on December 31 by […]
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Thailand is among the world’s top seven countries for retirees to live as it has everything they need and want to make retirement life affordable, according to BBC. A travel article written by BBC’s author Rob Budden this week said a growing number of pensioners are seeking far-flung destinations. They’re lured by hours of sunshine, […]
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The Orange Line is a proposed rapid transit system that will connect the Thailand Cultural Centre in Huai Khwang district to Min Buri district in eastern Bangkok. The 21.2km electric railway line will include a 12km underground section and a 9km elevated section, and will serve approximately 114,000 passengers a day. A planned second phase […]
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