Author: Peter Carlisle

More than eight million residents and tourists in southern Thailand -– many of them in famous travel hubs such as Phuket, Hat Yai and Koh Samui –- were caught off guard by the country’s biggest-ever power blackout Tuesday night, plunging much of the region into darkness. Nerves were rattled by the sudden power outage, which […]

Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) will begin to submerge artificial coral reefs, mixed with lignite fly ash, under the sea in Phetchaburi to prevent its coast from erosion. EGAT has begun its pilot project, sinking 289 concrete piles, mixed with lignite fly ash, as artificial coral reefs and wave barriers at the coast of […]

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has announced that the construction of a 700-meter moving skywalk from Surasak BTS station to Saphan Taksin station will commence in July. BMA officials said the construction which is expected to be completed within nearly a year is part of ongoing plans to demolish Saphan Taksin station and to directly […]

An Engineering Institute of Thailand (EIT) inquiry has found substandard building materials caused the deadly collapse of a suspension bridge in Ayutthaya last month. The EIT will send an official report to a government panel investigating the collapse next week. Adisak Khaonoona, chairman of the government panel, said he was made aware of the report’s […]

Burma’s economy is in danger of imitating its floundering western neighbor Bangladesh rather than its more dynamic eastern neighbor Thailand. The problem is not a lack of investment—it’s a lack of electricity. An electricity shortage in Burma is nothing new, but it is becoming more acute as the country’s economy grows and more energy is […]

Thai property developer Raimon Land is undergoing significant changes in the first half of this year. Today the company announced the appointment of a new Chief Executive Officer Johnson Tan. Tan takes over from Hubert Viriot who is returning to a post with IFA Hotels and Resorts in Dubai. Earlier this year IFA disposed of […]

Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok to undergo expansion Airports of Thailand is planning to hire an airport-design consultant for Phase 2 expansion of Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok. The expansion is aimed at accommodating the increasing passengers and air traffic, and is estimated to cost THB62.5-billion ($21.1 million). The design for the Phase 2 expansion is expected […]

Bidding for the construction of a high-speed train line to Rayong is expected to be held by the first quarter of next year, State Railway of Thailand (SRT) governor Prapat Chongsanguan said on Monday. The decision to set a timeline follows the launch of a study on the environmental impact and other details which could […]

A planned 42.9-kilometre expressway linking western Bangkok to the east has been revived but will now be diverted to the city’s north. The government yesterday pulled the plug on a light rail project which was originally proposed as a successor to the expressway. However, rather than revive the expressway plan as it was, the government […]