Bangkok aim to restore ‘Venice of the East’ title with RM770 million water transport plan A 5.5-billion-baht (RM770 million) plan to join up Bangkok’s water transport network with roads and rail stations and free the city from paralysing traffic congestion was unveiled by the government. The W-Map project will develop 40 connecting points between boat […]
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NatureWorks Selects TTCL as General Contractor for New Fully Integrated Ingeo™️ PLA Biopolymer Manufacturing Facility in Nakhon Sawan Province, Thailand NatureWorks, the world’s leading manufacturer of low-carbon polylactic acid (PLA) biopolymers made from renewable resources, has selected TTCL Public Company Limited (SET: TTCL) as the general contractor for procurement, construction, commissioning, and startup support services […]
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Selling land in Thailand to foreigners is not selling out – it’s “globalization” and normal, says academic Popular independent academic Atsadang Yommanak who has 85,000 followers on Facebook joined the debate about Thailand selling land to foreigners. Siam Rath called it an alternative viewpoint to the debate that is raging following a government U-turn on […]
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Hotel tycoon Bill Heinecke suggests Thailand charge foreign tourists extra 300 baht per hotel room per night Hotels in Thailand should charge foreign tourists an extra 300 baht (US$8) per room per night to aid the economy’s post-pandemic recovery, suggests outspoken American-Thai hotel tycoon and billionaire Bill Heinecke. Heinecke is the founder of the Minor […]
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Thailand scraps plan to allow foreigners to buy land Thailand is walking back a policy that would have allowed limited land ownership by wealthy foreigners, a government official said on Tuesday (Nov 8), after a public backlash against the plan. Earlier this year, the government announced the plan aimed at attracting investment from overseas, limiting […]
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Thailand, Cambodia sign agreement on border road improvements project Thailand and Cambodia signed a loan agreement to finance the improvement of a border road section from Siem Riep to Anlong Veng and Choam/Sa Ngam of National Road No. 67 in Cambodia. Perames Vudthitornetiraks, President of Neighbouring Countries Economic Development Cooperation Agency (NEDA), signed the agreement […]
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Thailand’s High-speed rail project between Bangkok and Nakhon Ratchasima is ‘behind schedule’ The contract governing the Thai-Chinese high-speed railway construction may need to be renegotiated, as construction of the project’s first phase between Bangkok and Nakhon Ratchasima is now falling behind schedule, a source at the Transport Ministry said. The first phase, which is divided […]
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Vietnam’s second-biggest property developer No Va Land faces cash crunch: sources No Va Land fires staff, seeks urgent asset sales Vietnam’s second-biggest listed developer, No Va Land, is firing staff and seeking urgent asset sales, company and industry sources said, as it struggles to pay creditors in the latest sign of distress in the country’s […]
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New bridge over Chao Phraya to slash Bangkok traffic jams from second half of 2023 by The Nation A new bridge over the Chao Phraya River will open next year to improve traffic flow in busy Bangkok, said the Expressway Authority of Thailand (Exat). The Rama III-Dao Khanong Expressway bridge will run parallel to the […]
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Talk on Bangkok’s Mass Transit Trains & Airport The BCCT property and infrastructure group has arranged for Christian Schulz, former Project Director of the Phase 1 of the Concession Contract ‘MRT Yellow Line‘ for the ‘Mass Rapid Transport Authority of Thailand’, Bangkok, Thailand, to talk about mass transit in Bangkok. What do we have now […]
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