China’s growing presence—with infrastructure building, laborers and casinos— worries tiny Laos A two-lane asphalt road between Nan, Thailand, and Oudomxay, Laos, designed to boost regional trade and tourism, opened in mid-September with characteristic fanfare. Four Lao hill tribe models coyly held up banners, welcoming a Thai delegation to their village bordering Thailand’s northern province of […]
Continue ReadingBritain’s second class pensioners The paper (accessible via the link below) was prepared by the International Consortium of British Pensioners (ICBP). Its primary purpose is to provide an overview of the plight of Britain’s Second Class Pensioners who have decided to live overseas during their retirement but find that their State Pensions are frozen by […]
Continue ReadingHeat Recovery Technology for Environmental Efficiency Vogt Power International Inc. (Vogt), located in Louisville, KY, a subsidiary of Babcock Power Inc., based in Danvers, MA, has received a Limited Notice to Proceed from Black & Veatch (Thailand) Ltd. to supply Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSGs) and associated equipment for two Combined Cycle Power Plants, Electric […]
Continue ReadingFrench company shifting focus to BRIC countries from US, Europe France-based Alstom has adjusted its management team in Thailand as part of an aggressive bid to increase its local market share from the current level of 15 per cent. Chairman and chief executive officer Patrick Kron said yesterday in Bangkok that Alstom had decided to […]
Continue ReadingBangkok’s international airport will get a second chain managed hotel with the opening of the Le Meridien Suvarnabhumi Golf Resort and Spa slated for September 1, 2012. Part of the Summit Windmill Golf Club the property will have 214 guest rooms. Located in the development is an 18 hole Nick Faldo golf course and upscale […]
Continue ReadingThe solar developer SPCG Plc plans to construct a total of 34 solar farms with a combined capacity of more than 200 megawatts by 2013, compared with just five projects now, to become the leading solar power developer in Thailand and Asean. SPCG is now in the process of raising funds, and has filed for […]
Continue ReadingThe third Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge across the Mekong river is now 99 per cent complete and will be officially opened on Nov 11, Nakhon Phanom governor Roengsak Mahawinijchaimontree said on Tuesday. Mr Roengsak said this after a meeting of Thai and Lao highway officials to discuss the opening of the bridge linking Nakhon Phanom and […]
Continue ReadingThailand takes top spot in HSBC’s Expat Explorer Survey 2011: we look at its broad appeal for expat retirees Many months ago I suggested to a leading British Sunday newspaper that they produce an updated look at where Britons are retiring abroad. I’d worked with the journalist in question a year or so before on […]
Continue ReadingMove will help clear excessive order backlog Japan’s Isuzu Motors will build a new plant to reinforce the production capacity of Isuzu Motors Thailand Ltd to meet increasing demand for D-Max pickup trucks and their derivatives. The automaker badly needs to expand its capacity, as back orders of the D-Max mid-sized model remain so high […]
Continue ReadingSalcon Bhd’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Salcon Engineering Bhd, through its joint venture company Hydrotek-Salcon Consortium, has been awarded construction works worth RM21.991 million in Thailand. The award is from the Metropolitan Waterworks Authority (MWA) for the construction of reservoirs for Phet Kasem and Rat Burana distribution pumping stations and related works in Bangkok. “The Eighth Bangkok […]
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