Bangkok Post reported that the Department of Special Investigation has raided two warehouses and a steel rod plant in Bangkok and Samut Sakhon provinces, accused of producing substandard steel rods for distribution nationwide. Mr Tharit Pengdit head of DSI and Mr Pol Maj Suriya Singhakamol commissioner of the DSI’s Bureau of Consumer Protection and Environment […]
Continue ReadingDespite concerns over a Euro crisis, high end real estate deals in the resort markets of Asia are gaining momentum. Benchmarking the trend for 2011 luxury hotel branded villa sales, resort operator Six Senses sold 8 properties during the year. Properties sold were at Soneva Kiri, Koh Kood, plus Soneva Fushi and Six Senses Laamu […]
Continue ReadingA cogeneration facility in Thailand is set to provide reliable electricity and steam for the petrochemical industry and other sectors in Southeast Asia’s second fastest growing economy. Marubeni and Black & Veatch consortium has completed the Glow Phase 5 combined-cycle cogeneration plant in Rayong, Thailand, for the Glow Energy Public Company, Ltd. The low-emissions natural […]
Continue ReadingThe first parabolic trough concentrating solar thermal plant using direct steam generation – delivers its full 5 MW of output to Thailand’s power network. Despite unusually poor radiation, on January 25, 2012, TSE 1 supplied 5 MW of electrical power to Thailand’s public power network for the first time. Solarlite GmbH, based in Duckwitz, Mecklenburg-Western […]
Continue ReadingMcDermott International has said the huge subsea contract it scooped recently from Japan’s Inpex for the Ichthys liquefied natural gas project in Australia is worth around $2 billion. Confirming an award revealed by Inpex earlier this month, NYSE-listed McDermott said the deal – secured along with Heerema Marine Contractors – is the largest subsea contract […]
Continue ReadingThe threat of changes to the Australian visa application process has led to a surge in applications by Britons to move Down Under, according to a migration agency VisaFirst.com is using Australia Day (January 26) to launch a campaign raising awareness of the changes, urging prospective migrants to act now or risk missing out. The […]
Continue ReadingBangkok-based architecture and design team Apostrophy have created one bizarre, and perhaps genius, residential space that is offering to promote an entirely new and unique construction process in addition to a full term lifestyle shift. With a design concept that is a capitalist’s perfect dream, the Thai designers have created a billboard home. That is, […]
Continue ReadingHaving faced challenging times in the home turf due to a host of factors, engineering and construction giant Larsen & Toubro Ltd (L&T) is looking out to expand its operations and maintain its growth. The firm, which has already established itself in the Middle East and has ventured into Thailand with a view to penetrate […]
Continue ReadingFor more than 30 years, International Living has been publishing information on retiring overseas. And, every September in the IL magazine, we cover the best countries in the world to retire to. In IL’s annual Global Retirement Index, we rank the top 23 places in the world to retire — and lay out why they […]
Continue ReadingApproximately 2,491 condominium units in Pattaya were sold during 2011, an increase by 120 per cent from the year 2010, according to Knight Frank Thailand. Frank Khan, head of Residential Department, Knight Frank Thailand, said that the demand of Pattaya condominium was mainly from local Thai buyers in some projects, especially the projects which are […]
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