A man and a woman charged with international crimes have been arrested on an Interpol warrant in Phan Thiet City in the coastal province of Binh Thuan, the province’s Police Department has said. The Swedish couple, Lundgren Nils Goeran Lennart and Sonja Kristina Bridget Eklund Mickelsson, both 58, will be handed over to the Swedish […]
Continue ReadingI WRITE as an executive of a company who, due to business expansion, has plans to invest in additional production and warehouse facilities in both Malaysia and Thailand. My experience in undertaking these plans have been starkly different in both countries. The experience in Malaysia has been a tortuous journey in unravelling state authority and […]
Continue ReadingSiemens and Marubeni have won the bids for Egat’s Chana and Wang Noi power-plant projects. Sutat Patmasiriwat, governor of the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, revealed that Siemens of Germany had won the bid for construction of Phase 2 of the Chana plant in Songkhla, and Marubeni of Japan for Phase 4 of the Wang […]
Continue ReadingItalian-Thai Development Plc will initially require an investment of about Bt240 billion to develop the infrastructure in Dawei, a designated industrial zone in Burma that covers about 200,000 rai. Somjet Tinnapong, managing director of Dawei Development Co Ltd – a subsidiary established to handle the development, said in an interview to Krungthep Turakij that the […]
Continue ReadingItalian-Thai Development Plc will initially require an investment of about Bt240 billion to develop the infrastructure in Dawei, a designated industrial zone in Burma that covers about 200,000 rai. Somjet Tinnapong, managing director of Dawei Development Co Ltd – a subsidiary established to handle the development, said in an interview to Krungthep Turakij that the […]
Continue ReadingThe Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) is proceeding with its 40-billion-baht expansion plan aimed at securing Thailand’s power supply. Governor Sutat Patmasiriwat said the state utility would build the plants on the premises of its existing power plants at Chana (Chana Unit 2) in Songkhla province and Wang Noi in Ayutthaya. The two plants […]
Continue ReadingThe Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) is proceeding with its 40-billion-baht expansion plan aimed at securing Thailand’s power supply. Governor Sutat Patmasiriwat said the state utility would build the plants on the premises of its existing power plants at Chana (Chana Unit 2) in Songkhla province and Wang Noi in Ayutthaya. The two plants […]
Continue ReadingLeading Phuket businessman Kanit Yongsakul has opened a second marina; this one in Krabi. With 80 berths, a hard stand for a hundred craft, and six premium covered slots, the Krabi Boat Lagoon is fifteen minutes from the international airport. A soft opening has been held with 22 yachts from Singapore and Malaysia making the […]
Continue ReadingLeading Phuket businessman Kanit Yongsakul has opened a second marina; this one in Krabi. With 80 berths, a hard stand for a hundred craft, and six premium covered slots, the Krabi Boat Lagoon is fifteen minutes from the international airport. A soft opening has been held with 22 yachts from Singapore and Malaysia making the […]
Continue ReadingMitsubishi Electric Corporation (tokyo:6503) announced that it will globally launch a new series of state-of-the-art elevators this month to strengthen its overseas elevator business. The company will also strengthen its global supply of parts and engineering services through the establishment of a parts-supply and engineering company in Thailand. Mitsubishi Electric’s new, machine-room less NEXIEZ-MRL elevator […]
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