Airports of Thailand Plc (AoT) is in favour of building a new terminal dedicated to domestic flights as a fast-track way to deal with crowding problems at Suvarnabhumi Airport. The AoT board yesterday agreed with recommendations made by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), a UN agency, for the construction of a domestic terminal capable […]
Continue ReadingMajor reconstruction of Phuket International Airport will start in October, the airport’s new deputy director, Sub-Lieutenant Thanee Choochong, told Phuket Governor Tri Augkaradacha today. The airport’s redesign should be completed next month, he said at a meeting with the governor at Provincial Hall in Phuket City. The decision had been made to demolish the staff […]
Continue ReadingAdvanced Info Service is threatening to scrap its third generation (3G) network cooperation deal with TOT Plc if its concession owner strikes a roaming agreement with CAT Telecom. The threat could affect the state telecom enterprise’s goal to install 5,000 3G base stations within one year under a 16-billion-baht investment budget. The country’s largest mobile […]
Continue ReadingThailand officially submitted last week the candidacy of Ayutthaya city to host the World Expo 2020. Thailand has been thrilled by the enormous success of Shanghai World Expo 2010, which attracted 70 million visitors, a world record in the history of such an event. Thailand announced last year its bid to host the event and […]
Continue ReadingHyatt Hotels Corporation (H – Snapshot Report) recently announced that one of its affiliates has signed a contract with Bahagia Investment Corporation (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd for the operation of Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Bahagia Investment, a property investment company, is constructing a 42-storey mixed development project in […]
Continue ReadingWith Krabi enjoying improved infrastructure and lower competition than in Phuket, the Bangkok-based property developer Perry Group International is investing 1.9 billion baht in a hotel, villa and condominium complex on 40 rai of this southern province after holding onto the plot for a decade. Executive director Andrew Ngamsappasilp said now was the time to […]
Continue ReadingThe Labor Department has instructed Sunbelt Asia lawyers that starting from today there are new requirements for all new applicants for work permits and also new criteria for existing work permit holders for renewals. They have issued new forms for work permit applications in several classes. New applicants for work permits will now be required […]
Continue ReadingElectricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) is confident that the Xayaburi hydropower plant in Laos will be able to commence operations and feed in power by 2019 as scheduled. Environmental groups are against the massive construction project for the generation of more than 1,000 megawatts mainly for sale to Thailand. Egat governor Sutas Patamasiriwat said […]
Continue ReadingInside the Sathorn Unique, One of Bangkok’s ‘Ghost Towers’ Urban archaeologist Dr Hank Snaffler, Jr of Abandoned Journey took his camera into the Sathorn Unique, a 50-storey never-completed skyscraper in downtown Bangkok. Construction started 14 years ago, but development was killed after the 1997 Asian financial crisis, leaving the Sathorn Unique to the same fate […]
Continue ReadingActress and judge take property developers to court over health woes As housing projects sprout up across Bangkok, more residents living near construction sites have resorted to court action to deal with health and environmental hazards. Actress and model Nichapa Saesoul, better known as Wae Soul, lodged a lawsuit with the Civil Court on June […]
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