Bangkok property market to improve in 2022 claims property consultant JLL Thailand Bangkok’s residential market will improve next year as supply and demand will be more balanced, while foreign buyers, particularly Chinese, are still interested in Thai property, according to property experts. Suphin Mechuchep, chairperson of property consultant JLL Thailand, said potential future demand for […]
Continue Reading
Furious retirees and expats in Thailand slam government’s proposals to attract wealthy foreigners The Thai government’s ambitious proposals to attract a million foreigners in the next five years and get a trillion baht into the ailing economy – as reported by Daily News and many other Thai sites – have been roundly slammed by retirees […]
Continue Reading
Bangkok’s reopening for inoculated tourists to be postponed 2 weeks to 15 October 2021 Bangkok’s reopening for inoculated tourists will be delayed by two weeks as most of the city’s residents are still waiting for their second jabs, while the tourism ministry has pledged to open the city to bring at least 1 million international […]
Continue Reading
Thailand’s leading real estate developer Sansiri claims Boom time coming as foreigners lead real estate revival Comments by the chairman of one of Thailand’s leading real estate developers – Sansiri PLC – as reported by Bangkok Business News, represented a stark contract to the doom and gloom assessments of many people online in the wake […]
Continue Reading
Construction of controversial Thailand’s Yuam River diversion project approved EIA reports endorsed (i) on the Mae Moh power plant project of the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, (ii) the Surat Thani power plant project, (iii) the special highway project from Hat Yai district in Songkhla to the border with Malaysia and (iii) the Nam Yuan […]
Continue Reading
Thailand completes 69 infrastructure projects, has another 65 projects under construction and 8 projects cancelled along its Eastern Economic Corridor The OTTPP said the 69 completed projects account for 41% of all infrastructure projects in EEC areas, while another 65 projects, or 39%, are under construction and 8 projects have been cancelled. Thailand’s Office of […]
Continue Reading
CK Power moves forward with planned 1,285 megawatts Xayaburi hydroelectric power plant in Laos CK Power Plc (CKP), a power generation arm of CH Karnchang Plc, is going ahead with its feasibility study to build a hydroelectric power plant near Luang Prabang on the Mekong River in northern Laos following a delay caused by the […]
Continue Reading
Thailand Construction News E-Newsletter (TCN312) out today! Read a copy here Thailand Construction News – TCN312 – 13.09.21 Why not subscribe (click here) – its FREE and out fortnightly-ish. Thailand Construction News, or ‘TCN’ as it’s better known, is Thailand’s construction and engineering orientated e-newsletter and website, produced with expatriates, senior-management Thais and other like-minded […]
Continue Reading
ASEAN’s 1st Cold Energy-Based Air Separation Unit Opens in Rayong, Thailand Bangkok Industrial Gas (BIG) and PTT will open Southeast Asia’s first air separation unit that uses cold energy from the condition changing process of liquefied natural gas (LNG) late this month. Piyabut Charuphen, managing director of Bangkok Industrial Gas (BIG), said the new air […]
Continue Reading
Cost Inflation Is Blowing Through the Wind Turbine Industry Covid delays and expensive shipping will likely hurt more than higher prices for steel and other raw materials Wind turbine makers have lost some of the wind in their sails this year. Investors can blame Covid delays, rising commodity prices, and a likely lull in orders […]
Continue Reading