Affordable housing, food, and medical care combined with an exotic location and good weather. As populations age in the expensive developed world, retiring overseas has become an increasingly seductive idea. For prospective expat retirees, the Internet has made it possible to research the details of what an overseas retirement could entail. But not all Internet […]
Continue ReadingHighest rainfall in 50 years for Thailand; more to come According to the Meteorological Department’s forecast, thunderstorms will affect most parts of Bangkok and its adjacent provinces until next Monday. Cloudbursts are expected in many areas too. Following hour-long downpours, traffic became paralysed in several parts of Bangkok as dozens of roads were swamped. Bangkok’s total […]
Continue ReadingMalcolm McVicar, vice-chancellor and president of the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), has spent the past three to four years nurturing a project to open a full-scale campus in Thailand. “This will be the first British university here. We chose Thailand because the country is a good centre to reach other parts of the region and […]
Continue ReadingCheck out Francisco’s Blog “MEP Engineering, Project and Construction Management Blog – Dedicated to the fine people with the ‘thankless’ task of planning, managing, coordinating and supervising MEP building and construction projects. The heart and guts of any building and construction project is the MEP installation – the Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and associated works. MEP […]
Continue ReadingHaving a mortgage, owning a ‘best’ crockery set and being able to bleed a radiator are just some of the signs of being a grown up a new study suggests. The findings emerged from a study of 2,000 people to uncover the 50 things which show you have become a fully-fledged adult. Key signs of adulthood are […]
Continue ReadingRemote but accessible, offers a unique approach to luxury There’s one place in Thailand where you have to set your watch one hour ahead, walk around bare foot, refrain from reading and hearing about any news, and your requests are fulfilled by the butler called Friday. That may make you feel like a modern-day Robinson […]
Continue ReadingA £12 MILLION movie about the true story of a Scottish prisoner of war and his journey to confront his captors is due to start filming in Scotland this weekend, with Oscar-winning stars Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman playing the lead roles. The Railway Man, based on the life and book of Eric Lomax, will […]
Continue ReadingThailand is to reopen its consular offices in Perth with the initial appointment of businessman and consultant Ruben Kooperman, the Thai Foreign Ministry says. Kooperman, 59, describes himself as an independent construction project management consultant, as well as cultural events and long-time supporter of Aboriginal Theatre group Yirra Yaakin. The decision to appoint Kooperman came […]
Continue ReadingCreveling & Creveling protects its clients’ privacy. The following is a fictitious example designed to demonstrate the type of financial decision-making required to achieve financial security and does not refer to any specific case. Many working expatriates dream of the day when they can throw in the towel and retire on their savings, beginning to […]
Continue ReadingA FISHING adventurer’s globe trotting days in pursuit of huge fish have reached the end of the line. Instead Bruce Dale, whose fascination for the water world began as a three-year-old outwitting newts in a pool on a Tyneside railway station, has become a pioneer in the land of the tigers. Bruce, 58, now no […]
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