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Port caught in a storm
News, Thodsapol Hongtong, Published on 17/11/2019
» Life is far from plain sailing for the Port Authority of Thailand (PAT) as it tries to turn its land along the Chao Phraya River into one of the city's most ambitious mixed-use projects.
Hopewell agrees to talk after legal threat
News, Thodsapol Hongtong, Published on 19/10/2019
» The Transport Ministry on Friday decided not to ask the Administrative Court to investigate shareholdings in the Hong Kong-based Hopewell after the company made a last-minute offer to negotiate hefty financial compensation owed by the Thai government.
SRT sets up blockades to push out illegal occupants
News, Thodsapol Hongtong, Published on 21/09/2019
» The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) yesterday blockaded its 35-rai plot in Bangkok's Chatuchak district in its latest attempt to remove illegal occupants from the site, which is part of the Red Line electric rail development plan.
Taxi drivers demand B8.5bn compensation over Grab
Thodsapol Hongtong, Published on 17/09/2019
» Representatives of taxi drivers rallied at the Transport Ministry on Tuesday, demanding 8.5 billion baht in compensation from the government if the GrabTaxi service is legalised -- and threatening to sue the prime minister and the transport minister if they didn't get it.
THAI execs' pay deals 'voluntary'
News, Thodsapol Hongtong, Published on 20/08/2019
» Thai Airways International Plc's (THAI) president has insisted that salaries and meeting allowances of directors and top executives have been agreed to voluntarily in order to help the airline survive its financial crisis.
Thai Airways calls for official review of 'open skies'
News, Thodsapol Hongtong, Published on 14/08/2019
» Thai Airways International Plc (THAI) has called on the government to review the international "open skies" policy, which it claims favours certain countries.
Charter van operators want 110kph limit, not 90
Thodsapol Hongtong, Published on 06/08/2019
» Charter van operators have asked the Transport Ministry to raise the speed limit for their vehicles from 90 to 110 kilometres per hour, to avoid traffic fines costing them 300 million baht a year.
Thai Airways attendant allegedly smuggled e-cigarettes
Thodsapol Hongtong, Published on 25/07/2019
» The management of Thai Airways International (THAI) is investigating a flight attendant suspected of smuggling in e-cigarettes and e-cigarette cartridges aboard a flight from Japan.
Single-ticket Bangkok public transport pushed back to 2020
News, Thodsapol Hongtong, Published on 16/06/2019
» The common ticketing system designed to link all modes of public transport in Bangkok will not fully launch this year as planned but commuters will be able to access the MRT Blue Line, the MRT Purple Line and the Airport Rail Link with a single card from September.
Lofty projects grind to a halt
News, Thodsapol Hongtong, Published on 15/04/2019
» Launching a raft of megaprojects was to be the legacy of the military government. But the challenge is not about proposing projects but how to make them materialise.