Myanmar migrant workers check and fold fishing nets after they unload the catch at the fishing port on Si Rae island, off Phuket, southern Thailand, June 13, 2009. Photo: Barbara Walton/EPA Thailand’s cabinet has issued a ministerial regulation to reduce the migrant permit fee to only 500 Thai baht, down from the current rate of […]
Continue ReadingMinor Hotel Group (MHG), operator of 120 hotels and resorts across Asia Pacific, the Middle East, the Indian Ocean and Africa, has announced that it is set to reflag one of its owned properties, the Four Seasons Bangkok, to its luxury Anantara brand. Located in prestigious Rajadamri in central Bangkok’s Siam district, Anantara Siam Bangkok […]
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TAK, 22 Dec 2014, (NNT) – The Commerce Ministry will hasten the establishment of the special Mae Sod Border Economic Zone, in its bid to enhance trade and investment ties between Thailand and Myanmar in 2015. Deputy Commerce Minister Apiradee Tantraporn paid a visit to the border area of Mae Sod in Tak Province on […]
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The long wait for new rail system investments ended on Friday after Thailand and China signed an agreement to build new tracks to fulfill Thailand’s ambition to improve its hapless train system. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha (right) smiles in talks with visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang while they witnessed the signing ceremony on the train […]
Continue ReadingThe Transport Ministry plans to build three tunnels under three intersections on Vibhavadi Rangsit Highway in a scheme to cut traffic congestion. Soithip Trisuddhi, permanent secretary for transport, said the tunnels were designed to solve traffic problems in the areas of Wat Samian Nari, and Ngam Wong Wan and Chaeng Wattana Roads after the Red […]
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RANGOON — The Mon State government has awarded a company a contract to develop a museum, a hotel, a restaurant and other tourist facilities at the site of the World War II-era Death Railway in Thanbyuzayat Township, southeastern Burma. State officials told The Irrawaddy that Tala Mon Company Ltd. had been granted the right to […]
Continue ReadingBelgium-based Umicore has announced plans to build an emission control catalysts plant in Hemaraj, Thailand. The €20m plant will meet demand of automotive catalysts in the South East Asia region. Completion of construction is scheduled to be completed in the second half of 2016. The plant will be built in a special economic zone near […]
Continue ReadingThe Transport Ministry will propose a plan to upgrade U-Tapao International Airport as a regional hub for commercial airlines in the hope of luring more than 3 million passengers per year. Transport deputy permanent secretary Woradej Harnprasert said the Department of Civil Aviation and Royal Thai Navy Air Division backed the plan and would submit […]
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BANGKOK, Thailand (eTN) – Something is definitely changing in Thailand where authorities are now cracking down on illegal practices in the tourism industry. The latest case is the potential demolition of the Aetas Hotel, a deluxe property opened five years ago in a narrow alley, without taking into consideration construction rules. The hotel is due […]
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SAKON NAKHON — Residents of Nong Pai Yai village in northeastern Thailand are demanding local authorities install electricity in their village, twenty-five years after they first submitted a request. A child reads by candle light in Nong Pai Yai village. Pom Jairew, 53, said she was among the first group of villagers who went to […]
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