Residents in the Pracha Songkhro area of Huai Khwang district gather in early June with a banner urging the Orange Line to travel on Rama IX Road instead. (Photo by Apichit Jinakul) The Mass Rapid Transit Authority has reversed course on the route for its Orange Line extension, agreeing to return to the original plan […]
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The Airports of Thailand Plc (AoT) aims to expand Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports to be able to cope with up to 120 million passengers a year by 2021, according to the AoT president, Nitinai Sirismatthakarn. The AoT is working on a master plan to develop the airports in line with growth in the aviation […]
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Power pylons surge above a village in northern Phuket. Photo: Tanyaluk Sakootf Yet the move to upgrade Phuket’s power supply is critical, say officials from the Electricity Generation Authority of Thailand (Egat), with the island consuming more electricity with each passing year. Phuket’s demand this year requires 391MW of electrical supply, Wichai Simadhamnand, Assistant Governor […]
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Hua Lamphong railway station is preparing to celebrate its 100th anniversary next year as the hub of a rail system that has been showing its age. A new era of faster rail travel is eagerly awaited but could be a few more years away. (Photo by Chanat Katanyu) Compulsory detailed surveys will delay construction of […]
Continue ReadingPlans to Produce 25MW in Initial Phase (COD by Early 2016), 300MW (THB300m Revenue) in Three Years BANGKOK, June 26, 2015 – (ACN Newswire) – Thai Solar Energy Pcl, or TSE, has decided to build overseas solar power plants with a total production capacity that will reach 100MW by 2016 and 300MW in three years, […]
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Representatives of the Wyndham Hotel Group toast the opening of the Wyndham Sea Pearl Resort Phuket together with Thai ministers. Mrs Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul, Minister of Tourism and Sports, Mr Pornchai Rujiprapa, Minister of Information and Communication Technology and Mr Sommai Phasee, Minister of Finance welcomed the world’s largest hotel company, Wyndham Hotel Group, to Thailand […]
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Motorcycles try to get into the traffic lane as they are not allow to continue onto the bridge on Si Ayutthaya Road. (Bangkok Post traffic) City Hall plans to build a four-lane tunnel along Si Ayutthaya Road to ease the heavy traffic congestion through the main intersection. Motorists will be able to bypass the intersection […]
Continue ReadingSURIN, 26 June 2015 (NNT) – The double track railway service to the northeastern region of Thailand is expected to commence from 2022 which will help develop Thailand as the logistics hub of ASEAN, an official was quoted in a public forum. The Vice Governor of Surin Thavorn Kulchoti today presided over the public forum […]
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The property market in eastern provinces has slowed as demand from foreigners remains sluggish and some local buyers face rejections and stricter mortgage rules at the bank. Samma Kitsin, director-general of the Real Estate Information Center, said the number of Russian brokerage firms in Pattaya had dropped to the dozens from more than 100 before […]
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Deputies of Vietnam’s National Assembly vote for the new Long Thanh airport project during a parliament session in Hanoi June 25, 2015. Vietnam plans to build an ambitious new $16-billion airport as an eventual competitor to sprawling airline hubs in Bangkok and Singapore, on a site that is bigger than both combined. Photo: Reuters The […]
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