Thailand discussing with Lao officials the high-speed rail connection to China Thailand has been discussing with Lao officials the plans regarding a high-speed rail connection to promote a more seamless connection from Thailand to China via the intermediary country. Deputy Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob on Thursday met Laos’ Minister of […]
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Thailand’s Hua Hin to get high speed train by 2032 Hua Hin has been confirmed as a destination for Thailand’s new high speed train project, the government has announced. Confirmation of whether or not a Hua Hin would be included in the project has been somewhat of a stop start process. Recent years have seen […]
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Thailand’s most dangerous job in 2021, building construction The latest report from the Workmen’s Compensation Fund (WCF) revealed that jobs at construction sites were the riskiest, with an unusually high number of injuries and deaths. Bangkok was also named as the leading province with the highest number of accidents. According to the WCF report released […]
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Thailand speeds up expansion of domestic and international airports According to Airports of Thailand (AoT), Don Mueang International Airport – the secondary airport serving the greater Bangkok area – and U-Tapao Airport in Rayong are also undergoing similar expansions. Thailand is accelerating the expansion of domestic and international airports as part of plans to develop […]
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Cambodia, China boost construction of Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport 01 October 2022 A group of Chinese experts from the Angkor International Airport Investment (AIAI) Company are in Cambodia to complete the construction and discuss the transfer plan, as the project is scheduled to be completed in March 2023. At Council of Ministers on September 29, […]
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TPC Power Holding preps two new clean energy projects in Myanmar and the region TPC Power Holding (TPCH), the renewable power generation arm of construction firm Thai Polycons Plc, expects to conclude soon its new clean energy projects in Myanmar and the region. The company is pushing ahead with the projects after seeing growing demand […]
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Bangkok’s Bang Sue Grand Train Station gets official name of “Krungthep Abhiwat Central Terminal” granted by King Thailand’s largest railway hub, currently known as Bang Sue Grand Station, will be officially named “Krungthep Abhiwat Central Terminal”, according to the Transport Ministry. The name, which literally means “Bangkok prosperity”, was granted by His Majesty the King […]
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Mid-sized Thai developer Thanasiri foresees B1bn in 2022 revenue Duplex houses at Anabuki Thana Habitat Maha Chesadabodindranusorn Bridge-Ratchaphruek, one of the joint venture projects between Thanasiri Group and Anabuki Kosan. Mid-sized developer Thanasiri Group Plc will scale up to launch new residential projects worth 2 billion baht in 2023, double the usual value, after a […]
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Thai Cabinet approves 3.85bn for Bangkok’s Siriraj station and hospital facility The cabinet has approved 3.85 billion baht for the construction of Siriraj station and hospital facility, connecting the Light Red and Orange lines and making Siriraj Hospital the first in Thailand with direct access from a train station. Government deputy spokeswoman Ratchada Thanadirek said […]
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Skytrain operator Bangkok Mass Transit System (BTSC) loses case over cancellation of Bangkok’s Orange Line bidding The Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) was on Tuesday acquitted of unlawfully cancelling the first bidding process for the Orange Line’s western section. The Central Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases Tuesday ruled that the bid […]
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