Burasari Group, the operator of Burasari hotels and resorts, is looking for business opportunities in Asia to build up its hotel chain and increase its international profile. It is interested in Sri Lanka and Asean countries, including Myanmar. However, its expansion plan will go step by step to secure its investment. In Asean, the investment climate […]
Continue ReadingThe Thai developer of the multi-billion-dollar Dawei economic zone in Myanmar plans to spend an initial $300 million in 2013 on developing the project after receiving support from the Thai and Myanmar governments, an executive said on Monday. The amount will be used for the relocation of local people, as well as utilities, roads and […]
Continue ReadingDEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP GREEN LIGHT FOR TREES Phuket, Thailand. 4 March 2013 – Development Management Group Co., Ltd. (DMG) is pleased to announce that Sasalak Pikoolpon, Jamroom Thongsen and Chiewchan Passananont have achieved Thailand’s Rating on Energy and Environmental Sustainability (TREES) Associate Accreditation certified by the Thai Green Building Institute (TGBI). The TREES qualifications demonstrate […]
Continue ReadingAll land titles on Phuket are to be reviewed in a major investigation to clarify property rights in advance of the Asean Economic Community in 2016, a leading official announced yesterday. Beachfront titles along Phuket’s entire west coast are to be reexamined in every detail to save Phuket’s popular destinations from illegal encroachers. Far from abandoning […]
Continue ReadingA new power station on Thailand’s southern island of Koh Samui was officially launched today. The Samui electricity station II, linked by underwater cable from the mainland power plant in Kanom district of Surat Thani province, will generate power to Samui and the sister island of Koh Pa-ngan. The Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) spent a […]
Continue ReadingA seven-year scheme for a dual track rail system, to be developed by the State Railway of Thailand (SRT), will change the face of the nation, a senior official said today. SRT Governor Prapas Chongsa-nguan said the government is issuing a bill to seek Bt2 trillion in loans for the project to connect Thailand from […]
Continue ReadingBangkok office rents rose to their highest levels ever in 2012 surpassing the previous 1992 peak, according to a report by leading international property consultancy firm CBRE Thailand. Average grade A rents in the central business district (CBD) reached a level of 770 baht per square metre per month and Park Ventures Ecoplex on Wireless […]
Continue ReadingMarch is the month that taxpayers in Thailand must file their P.N.D.91 Thai personal income tax forms with the Thai Revenue Department. In many cases, your P.N.D.91 may be submitted electronically by your staff or accounting department, but some expats may have to file it themselves. Either way, it’s still a good idea to double […]
Continue ReadingMark Kent said, ‘I would like to congratulate Bert on his appointment and I am delighted to welcome him to the team. All of us at the Embassy are looking forward very much to working with Bert in the coming months and years. A few weeks ago it was announced that Bert had been awarded […]
Continue ReadingThe Transport Ministry has unveiled a multi-million-baht project to construct Thailand’s longest cable-suspension bridge linking two seaboard provinces of Samut Prakarn and Samut Sakhon, according to a senior official. Prasert Janruang-thong, deputy transport minister, said the 1,120-metre bridge will stretch over the Chao Phraya and Tha Chin rivers. Construction of the 57-km, six-lane bridge will cost […]
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