About a third of land in Thailand is owned by foreigners, many of whom have exploited loopholes in land ownership law, says the Ombudsman. Ombudsman Siracha Charoenpanij revealed the information during a seminar on disguised legal transactions and foreigners’ land ownership in Thailand held by the Senate committee on economic, commercial and industrial affairs at […]
Continue ReadingMore than half the residents in Bangkok have no confidence in fire prevention systems in the capital, according to a recent survey. Some 54 per cent of those polled said they lacked confidence in systems to stop fires because blazes had occurred quite often in Bangkok lately. Suan Dusit Rajabhat University questioned 1,267 Bangkok residents […]
Continue ReadingNo sprinklers on burned Bangkok hotel floor The banquet room on the fifth floor of the Grand Park Avenue Hotel, where Thursday night’s fatal fire started, had no sprinklers and was probably built in an area planned as a carpark, Deputy Bangkok Governor Thirachon Manomaipibul said on Friday. The whole floor had no sprinkler system […]
Continue ReadingShaky plans for a US $50 billion oil port and industrial complex on Burma’s southeast coast at Dawei (Tavoy) are looking even more uncertain after Thailand disclosed that it is re-appraising its strategic trade transport infrastructure to look at domestic ports. The change in focus was outlined by a senior government planner at an Association […]
Continue ReadingBangchak Solar Energy Company, a Bangchak Petroleum subsidiary, will begin the second phase of its solar power project at Chaiyaphum’s Bamnet Narong district, Bangchak Petroleum president Anusorn Saengnimnual said. The company’s board meeting on Wednesday approved the project’s second 25-megawatt solar power plant under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) system, with SunTech Group and Solartron […]
Continue ReadingSprinklers are the best way to prevent or reduce fire damage and casualties, but if they prove too difficult to install, then an alarm system is advised. Chan Sirirat, assistant managing director of the property consultant Plus Property Co Ltd, said an alarm system is crucial for building safety, as it works as a precaution […]
Continue ReadingBangkok officials will next week start inspecting more than 1,000 buildings to boost safety following Saturday’s blaze at the Fico Place building. The buildings, mainly in Phaya Thai, Pathumwan, Klong Toey and Watthana districts, were built before 1992 and not required to install sprinklers under the 1992 Building Safety Control Act. Among the buildings in […]
Continue ReadingThe State Railway of Thailand will use a substantial portion of the abandoned Hopewell transit project to build its Red Line electric railway from Bang Sue in Bangkok to Pathum Thani’s Rangsit area. It will also use some of the infrastructure to extend the Airport Rail Link to link up Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports. […]
Continue ReadingThe recent collapse of a giant concrete slab and steel scaffolding at the Hopewell project will attract more public attention to the pending appeal ruling at the Administrative Court over Bt12 billion in compensation demanded from the Thai authorities by the Hong Kong-based company. Getting on for 20 years, the public had been largely trying […]
Continue ReadingThailand’s Central Administrative Court on Wednesday dismissed the request of residents living near the country’s main airport seeking an injunction to temporarily ban nighttime flying to reduce noise pollution. The court’s decision came as the first plaintiff, Sanun Worasooksri, and 359 others filed a lawsuit against Airports of Thailand (AoT) for negligence of duty in […]
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