Call the Guinness Book of World Records about Gen Prayut’s idea for the world’s longest bike lane – 184.8 kilometres, passing through five provinces from north of Bangkok to the Chao Phraya Dam. (Photo by Pornprom Satrabhaya) Thailand will construct the longest bike lane in Asia, spanning 184.8 kilometres and crossing five Central Plains provinces, […]
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Two tower cranes from Spanish manufacturer Linden Comansa are helping build Thailand’s tallest skyscraper in Bangkok. The MahaNakhon tower — 314 m tall and with 77 floors — is already the tallest building in Thailand and from 2016 will house a hotel, a shopping area and the luxury Ritz-Carlton Residences, Bangkok. When finished, the MahaNakhon […]
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Despite what you hear, there are still many development opportunities in Phuket Photo: Gunther Hagleitner PHUKET: People who spend time on Phuket or reside here will surely have heard expats grumbling about the island’s property market. Of course there are some nagging issues: there is a lack of easily accessible information for buyers, similarly and […]
Continue ReadingPotential pollutant releases from coal-fired power plants can be treated and prevented, engineering lecturers from Chulalongkorn University said yesterday. Amid a fierce protest by some environmental and activist groups against the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand’s plan to build a coal-fired power station in Krabi province, members of Chulalongkorn’s faculty of engineering held a press […]
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The “dirty coal” power plant powered by lignite at Mae Moh, Lampang province, has helped to fuel a major debate over how to supply energy for Thailand’s future. (Bangkok Post file photo courtesy of Greenpeace) Thailand must build more coal-fired and new nuclear power plants to meet its energy needs and strengthen energy security as […]
Continue ReadingInitiated by China, the “One Belt, One Road” strategy will gradually reshape the Eurasian continent, but within this grand vision of a “New Silk Road”, it is the construction of the Kra Canal in the south of Thailand which could have the greatest impact. No official announcement has been made on the realization of this […]
Continue ReadingThe tripartite panel considering the fate of the coal-fired power plant proposed for Krabi must reach a conclusion before the project’s environment and health impact assessment is considered, says the Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (Onep). Raweewan Bhuridej, Onep’s acting secretary-general, yesterday confirmed the office will suspend considering the EHIA until […]
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The general view of Chao Phraya River. (Bangkok Post file photo) Not enough has been done to involve locals in the 14-billion-baht Chao Phraya promenade project, the so-called New Landmark of Thailand, academics said. Overseen by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s Public Works Department, the proposed concrete riverbank structure stretches between the Rama VII and Pin […]
Continue ReadingNAM TOK, Thailand (AP) — Wielding a machete, Rod Beattie slashes at tangled undergrowth and soaring bamboo to expose vistas from one of World War II’s iconic sagas. Out of the jungle appear remnants of a railway that cost the lives of more than 100,000 Allied prisoners and Asians enslaved by Japan’s Imperial Army. As […]
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MANOR GROUP, a design and architecture enterprise based in Singapore, will open a hotel in Chiang Mai in October, aiming to cash in on the growth of tourism there and to pave the way for further investment in Thailand and neighbouring countries. John Lim, founder and chief executive officer, said the group had invested Bt300 […]
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