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Govt presses ahead with SEC scheme
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 30/09/2020
» The government will move ahead with its industrial plans for the Southern Economic Corridor (SEC) in four upper southern provinces, despite strong local resistance to them.
Mastering the 'now normal'
Asia focus, Published on 07/09/2020
» The career path that Jonathan Heit took to the public relations industry is unlike that of most people. With an undergraduate degree in sciences and a pre-medical background at Cornell University, Mr Heit, now 48, says he was "on the path to becoming a doctor".
Bang Sue station's second round Zone A bidding to reel investors
News, Post Reporters, Published on 04/09/2020
» Plans for the construction of Bang Sue Grand Station's Zone A will be scrapped if the Transport Ministry fails to find a suitable company it can partner with for the project.
Korat route gathers pace
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 01/09/2020
» The Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) is expected to ask the cabinet to approve the construction of an electric train line in Nakhon Ratchasima by the middle of next year.
BMA committed to conduit scheme
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 16/06/2020
» City Hall is committed to pressing ahead with the construction of its conduit project stretching 2,450 kilometres in Bangkok regardless of TOT's indication that it already has a combined 2,500km in length of conduits in the capital.
Michael Bloomberg Pays $44.79 Million for Henry Kravis's Colorado Ranch
Business, Published on 12/05/2020
» In the wake of his presidential campaign, billionaire businessman Michael Bloomberg has paid $44.79 million for a Colorado ranch, according to people with knowledge of the transaction.
Malls, gyms tipped to open next
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 09/05/2020
» Shopping malls, gyms and amusement parks, considered high-density venues, are expected to reopen next if the number of new Covid-19 infections continues to drop for another week.
Employing caution
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 30/03/2020
» Businesses, from multinational corporations to small-scale startups, are grappling with being in a lockdown as the country fights tooth and nail to contain coronavirus infections on a daily basis.
Ramayana weaves a trail across South and Southeast Asia
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 10/02/2020
» When Bala Venketeswara Rao Sankuratri, a researcher from Sri Lanka, proposed that about a dozen countries join together to issue a "Ramayana visa" for travellers, he found instant support in a hall packed with devotees of the Sanskrit epic and its regional variants.
HK airport says long-term investment plans on course
Published on 17/01/2020
» Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA), buffeted by months of civil unrest in the city, has no plans to cut back on long-term investment despite air traffic slumping at one of Asia's busiest gateways.