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Ministries eye concessions for Bangkok train lines
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 16/09/2024
» The Finance Ministry and Transport Ministry have begun exploring the idea of acquiring the concessions for seven electric train lines, valued at roughly 500 billion baht, to bring them under state ownership.
MRTA plans rail systems in 4 provinces
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 23/08/2024
» The Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) plans to develop a light rail system in Phuket, Chiang Mai, Nakhon Ratchasima and Phitsanulok, with a combined budget of 77 billion baht.
Act rejig urged to aid lottery initiative
Published on 01/08/2024
» Deputy Finance Minister Paopoom Rojanasakul has ordered the National Savings Fund (NSF) to expedite the amendment of the NSF Act to facilitate the implementation of a savings innovation for low-income individuals, known as the retirement lottery, which offers attractive prizes.
SRT to merge Light Red Line extensions
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 30/07/2024
» The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) plans to merge two extended sections of the Light Red Line mass transit project to address the problem of overlapping areas and reduce project costs.
Thailand promotes sustainable city exploration on foot
Business, Molpasorn Shoowong, Published on 29/07/2024
» Tourism is a service sector driven by people's proclivity to travel and their consumption habits while travelling. Strolling through a town or city to explore the local attractions and features has become a popular activity among tourists seeking to gain in-depth knowledge about local neighbourhoods.
A miraculous escape
Life, Published on 24/06/2024
» More than 200 Thai students were studying in the Philippines when the Pacific War broke out on Dec 8, 1941. But when Thailand signed a military alliance with Japan, several of those students were arrested by the Philippine Constabulary as members of a Fifth Column.
Lop Buri before the monkeying around
Roger Crutchley, Published on 02/06/2024
» One of the first towns I visited in Thailand in the early 1970s was Lop Buri, about 150 km north of Bangkok. Its main appeal was its convenient three-hour train journey from Hua Lamphong. It offered a chance to escape Bangkok for a couple of days and experience a taste of life in a small town.
Struggling to recover
Kanana Katharangsiporn, Published on 06/05/2024
» With an unfavourable economy and expiration of discounts for the land and building tax this year, property developers are thinking twice about acquiring new land plots, shifting instead to draining inventory.
From Fleet Street to the Big Chilli
Roger Crutchley, Published on 05/05/2024
» It came as a shock to learn that long-time friend and colleague Colin Hastings died on Monday in Bang Saray when he suffered heart failure and the car he was driving collided with a wall. He was 73. Here are a few personal memories of Colin, best known as publisher of Big Chilli magazine.
MEA Advances Rama IV Road with Underground Cables
Published on 25/04/2024
» The Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA), in collaboration with the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), the Office of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), the Telecommunications Association of Thailand under Royal Patronage, the Royal Thai Police, telecommunications entrepreneurs, and network operators, is supporting the removal of communication cables along Rama IV Road from the Bangkok Station (Hua Lamphong) area to the Sam Yan Intersection, spanning 1.5 kilometres. This initiative is part of a larger project to install an underground communication cable system, with plans to continue the removal of overhead cables in the area until May 2024.