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From left Patrice Dreano (left), store manager of Ikano (Thailand) and Ikea PUP store manager Takurng Banjonruk posted in front of the Asia’s first pickup and order point which was yesterday officially opened in Phuket. This PUP store aims to welcome aro After the opening of its first pick-up and ordering point (PUP) in Asia […]
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Chanin Chaonirattisai, new president of Electricity Generating Co. ELECTRICITY Generating’s new president, Chanin Chaonirattisai, has brought forward the power company’s goal of achieving a Bt10-billion yearly operating profit to 2017, two years earlier than the target announced by his predecessor just a year ago. At his first media conference since assuming the post on October […]
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Konecranes South East Asia Pacific includes Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia and New Zealand Clockwise from the top left, container lift truck, reach stacker, forklift and empty container handler – all part of the new Konecranes Generation C range Konecranes unveiled the Generation C series of lift trucks to its South […]
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Thailand property demand is rising – with investors from the United States leading overseas sales – and there is a marked shift to online real estate searches. Leading real estate website DDproperty.com, part of the respected PropertyGuru stable, says it has enjoyed a 29% year-on-year rise in property searches in the nine months to September […]
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Chang International Circuit in Buri Ram province, Thailand’s first world-class racing circuit, had its track laid by Tipco Asphalt Group, which wants to expand its business into the large markets of Vietnam and Indonesia. THANARAK KHUNTON SET-listed Tipco Asphalt Plc (TASCO), the country’s biggest asphalt maker, has acquired stakes in two subsidiaries of France’s Colas Group […]
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The US$3.5 billion Xayaburi hydroelectric project is 60% complete. It is the first of 11 projects proposed for the Lower Mekong River in Southeast Asia as part of Laos’ plan to become the “battery of the region.” The Loa and Thailand governments began building the project in 2012 and published reports indicate it is now […]
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Study shows how large parts of New York, London, Shanghai and other cities will be submerged as a result of rising sea levels Large swathes of Shanghai, Mumbai, New York and other cities will slip under the waves even if an upcoming climate summit limits global warming to two degrees Celsius, scientists reported on Sunday. […]
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Prayuth Chan-Ocha, the general who runs Thailand, wants to turn once unruly border regions into zones of economic prosperity. For much of the past century, the Thai border town of Mae Sot stood on one of Asia’s wilder frontiers. On the opposite bank of the swirling, mud-brown Moei River in neighboring Myanmar, Karen insurgents waged […]
Continue ReadingFurniture makers Index Living Mall and SET-listed Modernform Group will continue to expand in Myanmar in response to rising demand from the property sector. They said their expansion plans in Myanmar will move forward as usual regardless of the outcome of the national election. Modernform assistant vice-president Tummanit Suphanochakul said the company wanted to cash in on huge […]
Continue ReadingThe 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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