SET-listed TRC Construction Plc will team up with China Railway Corporation (CRC) to bid for Thailand’s rail development projects, expecting to capture a 10% share of the total project investment. TRC chief executive Samai Leesakul said a new joint venture would be set up in which TRC, through its subsidiary Sahakarn, will own 40% and the Chinese […]
Continue ReadingWestern Sea View Co, a joint venture property company between a Swiss investor and the Sihanatkathakul family, plans to develop a condo, hotel and serviced apartments worth a combined 6 billion baht in Jomtien, Pattaya. Company president Nicolas Buchler said there was strong demand from Thai buyers looking for a second home in a resort destination, […]
Continue ReadingThe cabinet resolved on Wednesday to grant of 1.97 billion baht to fund construction of a 114km road in Laos to link Thailand’s Nan province and Luang Prabang province of Laos. The market near Ban Huay Kone border checkpoint in Nan province is set to grow as Thailand sponsors a new road to link Nan […]
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Corbion Purac will accelerate its thrust into the biotechnology arena, making the next step in the bioplastics value chain by becoming a polylactic acid (PLA) producer. With entry into PLA, Corbion Purac intends to bring new biodegradable solutions to the plastics industry, and increase global PLA production capacity by a further 75,000 tons per year. […]
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BANGKOK, 7 November 2014 (NNT) – The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has begun the construction of another drainage tunnel as part of the water drainage network to prevent floods in Bangkok areas. The governor of Bangkok M.R. Sukhumbhand Paribatra today presided over the official commencement ceremony of the giant drainage tunnel construction under the Bang […]
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New study rates your chances of dying in a car around the world. African nations dominate the list of most dangerous countries to drive in the world. Planning a trip to Namibia or Thailand? If so, you may want to think twice about driving there. New research has determined the countries where you […]
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Acquiring Thai Nationality To acquire Thai nationality – Citizenship Thailand’s 1965 Nationality Act defines who is Thai by birth and sets out procedures and qualifications for foreigners who wish to acquire Thai nationality. Those who are Thai by birth are: 1) anyone born to a Thai father or mother anywhere in the world; 2) anyone […]
Continue ReadingLand prices in Phuket have tripled the past ten years with the land price along Patong beach the highest estimated at 180 million baht per rai of 450,000 baht per square wah, according to the Agency for Real Estate Affairs Company. Mr Sophon Pornchokechai, CEO of the company, said today that continous survey of land […]
Continue ReadingTHAI engineer and social entrepreneur Salinee Tavaranan, who is among the BBC’s prestigious list of 100 Women of 2014, has discovered a sustainable way for rural people to access solar-powered electricity via a hybrid business module that also creates a sense of ownership for solar panels. “My time as an NGO activist taught me that […]
Continue ReadingMazda is planning to construct an engine plant in the Chonburi Province of Thailand where SKYACTIV-D 1.5 clean diesel engine will be produced for the company’s flagship Mazda2. The engine assembly plant is expected to have production capacity of 30,000 units per year, and it will be the fourth unit for the production of SKYACTIV […]
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