SET-listed Pace Development Corporation Plc will continue with high-end residential projects, vowing to launch a condominium with a minimum unit size and price higher than any seen before in Bangkok. Pace wants to avoid clusters of condos at any one transit station, says Mr Sorapoj. Demand for the high-end segment and large condo units in […]
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Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon will head a 100-billion baht programme to build 100,000 low-priced housing units for low-income families. (Photo by Thanarak Khunton) The government will earmark almost 100 billion baht to build more than 100,000 low-priced housing units for low-income families in the next three years. Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon said Monday […]
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A railway worker walks in front of bullet trains at Hefei, China, built like many railways around the world entirely by Chinese labour with Chinese supervision. (Reuters photo) The Office of the Vocational Education Commission (Ovec) is cooperating with the Chinese embassy in Thailand to establish a Thai-Chinese Institute of Technology. The move is an […]
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G Tower, the lower tower in a G shape in this artist’s conception, is Grand Canal’s latest completed property. The office building with a total lettable area of 61,000 sq m will be ready to move in next April with a rental rate of 700 baht per sq m. SET-listed developer Grand Canal Land Plc […]
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Karen ethnic Thai villagers at the Salween River will be affected by the planned Hat Gyi Dam in Burma’s Karen state. The strong turn-out for Myanmar’s elections on Sunday demonstrates that people in Myanmar are not only eager to participate, but are also demanding their right to participate in decisions which will impact their lives […]
Continue ReadingHonda R&D Asia Pacific Co., Ltd. (HRAP) announced today that it will construct an automobile test course at Rojana Industrial Park in Prachinburi Province, Thailand with an investment of 1.7 billion baht to reinforce Honda’s R&D capabilities to deliver very competitive products which suit its customers’ needs and requirements in the Asia and Oceania region. […]
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Study shows how large parts of New York, London, Shanghai and other cities will be submerged as a result of rising sea levels Large swathes of Shanghai, Mumbai, New York and other cities will slip under the waves even if an upcoming climate summit limits global warming to two degrees Celsius, scientists reported on Sunday. […]
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Prayuth Chan-Ocha, the general who runs Thailand, wants to turn once unruly border regions into zones of economic prosperity. For much of the past century, the Thai border town of Mae Sot stood on one of Asia’s wilder frontiers. On the opposite bank of the swirling, mud-brown Moei River in neighboring Myanmar, Karen insurgents waged […]
Continue ReadingFurniture makers Index Living Mall and SET-listed Modernform Group will continue to expand in Myanmar in response to rising demand from the property sector. They said their expansion plans in Myanmar will move forward as usual regardless of the outcome of the national election. Modernform assistant vice-president Tummanit Suphanochakul said the company wanted to cash in on huge […]
Continue ReadingThe Labour Ministry will seek the cabinet’s approval next week to slash visa fees for Vietnamese workers as the country grapples with a labour shortage. The visa fee for Vietnamese workers will drop from 2,000 baht to 500 baht, said ML Boondarik Smithi, permanent secretary for labour, adding the request will be lodged at the […]
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