Bangkok’s 'Water motorway' to keep floods away from capital

As Thailand’s flood crisis deepens with the government telling Bangkok’s residents to leave the capital if possible, a team of water management experts have proposed that the government build new “water motorway” to reduce the damage of flooding in Bangkok in the long run. “By nature this entire area [Bangkok] is a floodway, so we […]

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Bangkok’s Purple Line electric rail construction halted due to floods: MRTA

Construction of the Thai capital’s Purple Line electric rail project has been suspended after floodwaters flowed into several spots of the construction site, Ronnachit Yaemsaard, acting governor of the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA), said on Tuesday. Asked how and whether the flooding will affect and delay the planned construction, Mr Ronnachit said […]

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Mahagitsiri family acquires 15.99 per cent in Golden Land Property Development Plc

The Chairman of Golden Land Property Development PLC, Mr Christopher Delaney was delighted to be informed of the acquisition last week of 15.99 per cent of the issued shares in the company by members of the Mahagitsiri family. Members of the Mahagitsiri family last week acquired 15.99 per cent of the issued shares in Golden […]

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China’s Tsingtao to open B5bn brewery in Samut Sakhon

World’s 6th largest brewer’s first facility outside China Tsingtao Brewery, the biggest Chinese brewer, yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding with a Thai partner to jointly invest in a 5-billion-baht factory in Samut Sakhon province. It clears the way for the first Tsingtao brewery outside China. Tsingtao Beer (Thailand) Co will be set up with […]

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Further expansion for Jones Lang LaSalle in Asia

Leading global real estate services firm Jones Lang LaSalle has strengthened its residential spread in South East Asia by acquiring DST International Property Services in Singapore. DST International was established in 1998 to market new and refurbished residential properties around the world. This merger follows on the back of a number of recent acquisitions by […]

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WSP Pipe update on new OCTG production facility in Thailand

WSP Pipe Company Limited Construction of an OCTG pipe manufacturing and sales facility at WSP Pipe, the Company wholly owned subsidiary in the Thai Chinese Rayong Industrial Zone, Thailand is near completion. The first of two hot rolling production lines with a combined production capacity of 200,000 tonnes per year commenced trial production in the […]

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Design re-thinks needed for Phuket and Bangkok Hotels

A hotel design consultant currently working on the interior design for the Regent Phuket, which opens here early next year, says that many hotels, particularly in Phuket and Bangkok, need to rethink their aesthetics in order to remain competitive. Competition is now fierce as many thousands of new rooms are coming on the market, not […]

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Laos’s Spanking New Road to Nowhere

China’s growing presence—with infrastructure building, laborers and casinos— worries tiny Laos A two-lane asphalt road between Nan, Thailand, and Oudomxay, Laos, designed to boost regional trade and tourism, opened in mid-September with characteristic fanfare. Four Lao hill tribe models coyly held up banners, welcoming a Thai delegation to their village bordering Thailand’s northern province of […]

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British pensions & British passport renewals

Britain’s second class pensioners The paper (accessible via the link below) was prepared by the International Consortium of British Pensioners (ICBP). Its primary purpose is to provide an overview of the plight of Britain’s Second Class Pensioners who have decided to live overseas during their retirement but find that their State Pensions are frozen by […]

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