BANGKOK, 20 June 2014: Ministry of Tourism and Sports reported, earlier this week, 5,969,913 Thais travelled overseas in 2013 representing an increase of 4.34% over 5,721,485 trips in 2012. Ministry data showed that Malaysia continued to be the most popular destination driven by short overland trips from southern provinces to destinations in northern Malaysia mainly […]
Continue ReadingGE Advanced Water Treatment Technology Selected for Thailand Power Plant IRPC Public Company Limited’s New Combined Heat and Power Plant to Reduce Use of Chemicals by 99 Percent — Facility to Use a Unique Mix of GE Ultrafiltration, Reverse Osmosis and Electrodeionization Technologies to Treat Water for Boilers TREVOSE, Pa., June 10, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) […]
Continue ReadingThe planned high-cost high-speed trains will most certainly be shelved by the National Council for Peace and Order, which is due to meet this week to discuss the sources to fund the new infrastructure development projects. It is quite clear now the four high-speed train development projects, costing more than 700 billion baht, will be put […]
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Singapore: SGX Catalist-listed ES Group’s wholly-owned subsidiary, ES Offshore Engineering was awarded repeat orders for jack-up drilling rig blocks worth approximately S$17m from a major shipyard in Singapore. ES Group, which builds, converts and repairs tugs, barges, rigs, offshore support vessels, oil tankers and cargo ships, was previously awarded an approximately S$15m order from the […]
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After 2 years of anticipation, construction of the Cartoon Network Amazone waterpark is on schedule for completion and will open on 31st July this year, just in time for the summer season. When the project was announced at the beginning of 2012, Sunny Saha, senior vice president and managing director of Turner Broadcasting System (Asia […]
Continue ReadingThe construction of new roads to link the northern parts of Laos and Thailand through Xayaboury province has commenced, to facilitate trading, logistics and tourism between the two countries. Buakham Vannaly, the project manager, told Vientiane Times that the road link would particularly benefit the transportation of crops to Thailand and the flow of tourists […]
Continue ReadingTOYO-THAI CORPORATION, an integrated engineering procurement and construction contractor, is in talks to invest US$2.7 billion (Bt88 billion) in a 1,280-megawatt coal-fuelled power plant in Myanmar. The company expects to finalise the deal in the third quarter, said vice president and chief operating officer Surattana Trinratana.Yesterday saw a signing ceremony for a project loan worth […]
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A huge fire Tuesday night burnt down part of the 150-year-old floating market in Bang Pli district of Samut Prakan province. The fire at Talad Nam Boran floating market located by the Klong Samrong canal happened at about 9.30 p.m. after a cooking gas tank leaked and exploded. The wooden bridge which was built parallel […]
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BANGKOK, 20 May 2014: A new UK visa application centre opened in Bangkok , late last week, following the renewal of a contract between the UK government and visa processing specialist VFS Global. The centre is located on the 28th floor of Trendy Office Building on Sukhumvit Road Soi 13, Klongtoey-Nua, Wattana, Bangkok. According to […]
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Civil servants, politicians face claims over water treatment plant’s huge cost Some 14 politicians and civil servants – former and current – will be required to pay more than Bt21 billion in total compensation to the state over losses caused by the Klong Dan wastewater treatment plant, according to a Finance Ministry plan. The former […]
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