The Labour Ministry will seek the cabinet’s approval next week to slash visa fees for Vietnamese workers as the country grapples with a labour shortage. The visa fee for Vietnamese workers will drop from 2,000 baht to 500 baht, said ML Boondarik Smithi, permanent secretary for labour, adding the request will be lodged at the […]
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Vehicles move slowly and sometimes come to a standstill on Phahon Yothin Road on Thursday during the construction of the Green Line. (Photon by Pattarapong Chatpattarasill) The closure of the Kasetsart intersection planned for this weekend has been delayed until Tuesday as the contractor needs more time to move in heavy equipment. Italian-Thai Development Plc […]
Continue ReadingMAI-listed property developer J.S.P. Property Plc will form a joint venture with China’s Zhongtian Construction Group to develop a mixed-use project worth 15 billion baht in Chon Buri next year. J.S.P. will own 51% of the joint venture, which will buy two adjacent plots of land with a combined size of 161 rai in tambon Bang […]
Continue ReadingThailand’s electricity generation system will find it difficult to endure a disruption of natural gas from Myanmar of more than 10 days. Soonchai Kumnoonsate, governor of the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, said on Wednesday that power plants with a combined capacity of almost 6 gigawatts here are dependent on supplies from the neighbouring country. […]
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Public hopes are high that khlong water will be purified in the government’s new clean-up project. (File photo by Panupong Changchai) When one looks at the state of Bangkok canals today, it is hard to imagine that they were once filled with clear, clean water teeming with aquatic life. Khlongs, as canals are called in […]
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Two companies from Korea and a Myanmar conglomerate have submitted a joint proposal to the Ministry of Construction to build an expressway from Yangon to Bago. Capital Diamond Star Group (CDSG) hopes to work with South Korea’s Lotte E&C and Halla Corporation to build the road, which would link Yangon to a new international airport […]
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WHA plans to focus more on renewable energy, especially solar rooftop and waste-to-energy business. (Bangkok Post file photo) The country’s leading warehouse developer plans to invest more than 32 billion baht over the next five years expanding its business at home and across Southeast Asia. WHA Corp, the market leader in building bespoke warehouses for […]
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MahaNakhon tower in Thailand. Image © OMA / Büro Ole Scheeren 2009 Hong Kong- and Beijing-based Büro Ole Scheeren is expanding with the opening of two new offices in Berlin and Bangkok. As its founder, German architect Ole Scheeren says, the expansion will extend the practice’s range of work with projects in Europe and North […]
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Officials attend a ceremony to open a depot for the Purple Line in Bang Yai district in Nonthaburi province on Tuesday. (Photo by Wichan Charoenkiatpakul) A train depot for the Purple Line opened on Wednesday but the mass-transit line is far over budget because of a decision to bypass communities. But the recent decision by […]
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Construction companies “upbeat” about growth prospects as survey shows output remains robust Markit said construction companies were “highly upbeat” about their growth prospects over the next year Photo: Bloomberg UK construction remains in “rude health”, economists said on Tuesday, after a survey of the sector showed activity grew at a robust pace in October. Markit said […]
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