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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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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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In Thailand, the main consumers of sturgeon and black caviar are the members of the upper middle class. Source: Press photo Five years ago, Thai businessman Noppadon Khamsai and his Russian partner Alexey Tyutin saw an opportunity in Asia’s growing demand for caviar. The duo decided to build a sturgeon-breeding farm in Hua-Hin, with a […]
Continue ReadingThailand ranks 62 out of 70 countries in a global ranking of English skills by EF Education First. The education company yesterday released the fifth annual edition of its EF English Proficiency Index (EF EPI), the world’s largest ranking of countries by English skills. The report identifies global and regional English-language learning trends and analyses […]
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A model showing navy-operated U-tapao airport’s new passenger terminal, which is now under construction. The Airline Operators Committee has urged the navy to hand over the airport’s operations to Airports of Thailand Plc. The plan to turn navy-operated U-tapao into a full-fledged international airport over the next few years appears to be too ambitious given […]
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A house is built using the laminate wood panel from Leowood. (Photo supplied by the company) Driven by prospective sales growth in Vietnam, Leowood Intertrade Co, a maker of laminate flooring, will spend 50 million baht to expand production capacity by two-thirds next year. The move is aimed at achieving 2016 sales of 1 billion […]
Continue Reading* Experts say condominium oversupply in a few years is possible * Singapore firms like Oxley building posh high-rise projects * Foreigners account for 60-70 pct of condominium sales * Cambodians prefer houses with land, many can’t afford flats By Prak Chan Thul and Aradhana Aravindan PHNOM PENH/SINGAPORE, Nov 3 (Reuters) – High-rise apartments are […]
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A corner of Thu Thiem new residential area in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Nguyen Van Hai Vietnam is expected to be the best performing real estate market in Southeast Asia in 2016 due to an easing of foreign ownership rules, experts have said. “Currently Vietnam is offering the most exciting opportunity in the region, […]
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Over 100 villagers are barred from attending the public hearing on the coal-fired power plant in Thepa, Songkhla in July. Chanat Katanyu Not only will 118 families, or some 500 people, in Songkhla’s Tepha district be evicted by the Egat coal-fired power plant, but it is also widely feared that the Gulf of Thailand’s ecosystem […]
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China has started constructing new railways from Yunnan province to neighbouring countries, including this line linking Kunming with Myanmar LAOS: Construction of the planned standard gauge corridor running north-south through Laos could begin next month, according to officials in Vientiane. The railway would be an extension of China Railways’ existing line running south from Kunming […]
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