Author: Peter Carlisle

Wait ends for Thailand’s airports-link bidders 14 December 2018 COMPANIES bidding for work on the country’s high-speed railway project will learn today who are the winners and losers in the hunt for potentially lucrative revenue streams. It was also revealed yesterday that the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) expects to complete negotiations with the winning […]

Chartered Square Holding invests over one billion THB in Pattaya’s Chee Chan Golf Resort 12 December 2018 On Wednesday, December 12th, 2018, Narit Chia-Apar (middle), chairman of the Charter Square Holding Company, founder and owner of Chee Chan Golf Resort presided over the grand opening ceremony of the Chee Chan Golf Resort and received an […]

560m long Bangkok’s Krungthep Kreetha Road underpass opens 13 December 2018 A 560-metre-long underpass along Bangkok’s Krungthep Kreetha Road was officially opened to traffic on Thursday 13 December 2018. The underpass aims to alleviate congestion in eastern Bangkok, said Bangkok Metropolitan Administration governor Pol General Aswin Kwangmuang, who presided over the opening ceremony. The four-lane […]

Egat faces competition in bids to operate large power plants 11 December 2018 Thailand’s power-generating capacity will be deregulated in the near future, meaning the state-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) must compete with private firms at auctions for new large power plants, according to the tentative national power development plan (PDP). The latest […]

Tracking down Bangkok’s missing ‘tree surgeons’ 9 December 2018 With strong winds, heavy rains and wobbling root tap systems, trees along streets are often deemed as the cause of accidents. The latest fatal case took place in May last year when a large tree situated in front of the Alma Link Building near the Central […]

Property Boom continues along Bangkok’s Red Line Route 10 December 2018 PROPERTY DEVELOPERS are expanding their commercial and residential investments by more than Bt200 billion around the Red Line route under construction from Bang Sue to Rangsit, with expectations that the new route will start operating in 2021, according to a recent survey by The […]

Thailand’s Power plan ‘a setback for sustainable energy’ 10 December 2018 Greenpeace finds little to commend about fossil fuel dependent approach to future. ENVIRONMENTAL watchdog Greenpeace has called Thailand’s Power Development Plan 2018 (PDP) “sugar-coated” despite its embrace of more renewable energy, saying it still hinders efforts to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. The Energy Policy and […]

New dual track rail line in Khon Kaen being trialed 7 December 2018 (NNT) State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has begun testing its dual track rail line between Chira Road and Khon Kaen, which is slated to complete construction next year. Khon Kaen Governor Somsak Jungtrakul joined SRT authorities this week in boarding the 417 […]