Around 40 local businesspeople and representatives met today (February 3) to discuss the B5.7 billion redesign of the Phuket International Airport (PIA), with some expressing concern that the upgrade would not be enough to cater for the expected future increase in passenger numbers. Around 40 local businesspeople and representatives met today (February 3) to discuss […]
Continue ReadingThailand’s Civil Aviation Department (CAD) and the Airports of Thailand (AoT) have agreed to jointly hold a ceremony to officially reopen Don Mueang Airport on March 2 to show the facility’s readiness for commercial use after last year’s flood crisis submerged the airport’s runway, according to the CAD chief. Civil Aviation Department Director General Woradet […]
Continue ReadingImmigration minister Damian Green has issued a written ministerial statement proposing an increase in visa fees, and an increase in UK-based visa application fees. The proposals will be laid in Parliament in 2 separate regulations and, subject to Parliamentary approval, the government hopes to bring the new fees into force from 6 April 2012. Damian […]
Continue ReadingThe Department of Special Investigation has found more factories producing substandard steel rods in Samut Prakan and seized more than 100 tonnes of their products yesterday. DSI officers yesterday raided three steel trading firms in in Phra Samut Chedi district of Samut Prakan and found two of them stocked substandard steel bars. DSI director-general Tarit […]
Continue ReadingThe cabinet on Tuesday agreed to set up a single command agency to boost the efficiency of the country’s water and natural disaster management, said government spokesperson Thitima Chaisaeng on Tuesday. Ms Thitima, who is also the prime minister’s deputy secretary-general for political affairs, said the new agency will comprise two committees. The National Committee […]
Continue ReadingProperty developer Narai Property Co Ltd, confident about the country’s economic fundamentals, will launch four new projects worth a combined 5 billion baht in the second half of this year. Assistant managing director Jainchai Limvattanakul said Thailand’s economic figures were in a good shape despite uncertain factors including politics and floods. “The economy continues to […]
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The Bangkok Lighthouse Club Networking meet on a Wednesday of each month for a casual gathering of our members, guests and new comers to enjoy sponsored drinks, snacks and industry chat. They have kindly provided these photos from their most recent meeting sponsored by RADCON (THAILAND) CO.,LTD and held at The Clubhouse : Sukhumvit 23 […]
Continue ReadingDusty roads and makeshift offices are the only hints of the ambitious $50 billion project slated for the thick jungles near Myanmar’s southern city of Dawei, billed by its developers as the “new global gateway of Indo-China”. Big questions surround the far-reaching plans by Thailand’s largest construction firm, Italian-Thai Development Pcl ITD.BK, to transform 250 […]
Continue ReadingCBRE, a leading international property consultant in Thailand, has been appointed to sell two internationally branded hotel properties in two of Thailand’s most popular beach destinations: the Courtyard by Marriott Phuket at Patong Beach and the Courtyard by Marriott Hua Hin in the Gulf resort of Cha-am. A third separate asset, the highly profitable Hard […]
Continue ReadingThe Energy Ministry’s landbridge feasibility study will primarily focus on the viability of a new oil pipeline from the Andaman Coast to the Gulf of Thailand, said Energy Policy and Planning Office EPPO Director-General Suthep Liumsirijarern. He said that between the two connecting spots which could not yet be revealed, oil depots would be built. […]
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