B. Grimm vies for four more SPP licences

10-year budget lifted to B75 billion B. Grimm, one of Thailand’s oldest trading conglomerates, expects to be awarded four additional small power producer (SPP) licences on top of five already granted as it expands its 10-year investment budget to 75 billion baht. Preeyanart Soontornwata, president of Amata B. Grimm Power Ltd, said the company was […]

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Cambodia builds bridge to link ASEAN highway

The construction of Neak Loeung Bridge, a part of ASEAN’s highway, will play a vital role in boosting the development of Cambodian and regional economy, said Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Saturday during a ground breaking ceremony for the bridge construction. The Neak Loeung Bridge across the Mekong River along the National Road No. […]

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PCD refuses to accept verdict on Klong Dan

The Nation Won’t pay Bt9 bn in compensation; says contract was illegal to start with Pollution Control Disease (PCD) yesterday insisted that it will notpay BT 9 billion as compensation to joint venture construction companyNVPSKG, the project’s contractor of the Klong Dan wastewater treatment after the Thai Arbitration Institute (TAI) had issued a verdict on […]

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Bt11bn compensation over Klong Dan project

The Nation Thai Arbitration Institute (TAI) yesterday issued a verdict on the Klong Dan wastewater treatment project, demanding Pollution Control Department (PCD)to pay compensation for the jointventure construction company NVPSKG. Panel of arbitrators chaired by Witoon Tangtrongjit and other arbitrators including Satient Wongwachian and Kian Permboon had read the verdict on the case and asked […]

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Is the new TCN E-newsletter (web linked) losing its appeal compared to the original TCN E-newsletter (PDF layout)?

We recently received an email with the comments below from a TCN reader and ex-work colleague: I thought I give you my personal comment of the new TCN E-newsletter format. Perhaps it can be of some input. Personally I think the new TCN E-newsletter (web linked) is losing its appeal compared to the original TCN E-newsletter (PDF […]

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Move Your Money: The Ins and Outs of Transferring Funds in Thailand

Chad Creveling, CFA & Peggy Creveling, CFA One of the first financial questions foreigners planning to move to Thailand often have is how to transfer money in and out of the country. Luckily, the days of going down to Bangkok’s Chinatown with a suitcase of cash hoping to make a transaction are long over. Today, […]

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Mai-BS (Thailand) signs up with Pratunam Hotel at Khon Khaen

Mai-BS (Thailand) signed an agreement with the owners of Pratunam Hotel at Khon Khaen, north-eastern Thailand to provide professional hotel consultation and full operational and sales and marketing support to re-brand, re-organize and re-structure the hotel. Pratunam Hotel is a one year old hotel development, only minutes from the city centre and part of a […]

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STAS Joint Venture bags new contract

SINO-THAI ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION (STEC) reported that STAS Joint Venture, consisting of STEC and AS Associate Engineering 1964, signed a new contract with Krungthep Thanakom to proceed with the infrastructure and E&M system for BTS Extension – Silom Line (Taksin-Petkasem) – worth Bt3.34 billion. LV TECHNOLOGY has been awarded two projects in Burma worth a […]

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Raimon Land’s Zire Wongamat in Pattaya selling well

Raimon Land’s latest condominium in Pattaya, Zire Wongamat, has made a promising debut, with 20 per cent of the 480 units being sold within two weeks after its official launch in January. According to an initial sales data, the project has attracted Thai buyers aged 40 and under from Bangkok. These buyers tend to use […]

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