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Luxury condo market hot
Business, Piyachart Maikaew, Published on 23/05/2015
» The number of new condominiums in Bangkok’s central business district (CBD) is expected to surge 64% to 12,000 units this year, 70% of them driven by the high-end and luxury segments, says property consultancy CB Richard Ellis (Thailand).
Myanmar key to exodus
News, Published on 23/05/2015
» After nearly a month of the Rohingya boat people crisis, there is finally some good news. Malaysia and Indonesia announced on Wednesday that they would stop pushing boat people back out to sea. Both countries deserve high praise for taking the right step to save lives.
Rohingya will thrive
News, Published on 23/05/2015
» I was rather startled to read Sunutchai Labanukrom’s May 22 letter, “Keep them out”.
Nerves ajangle in the corridors
News, Published on 23/05/2015
» Last month’s big shake-up at the Education Ministry has sent collective shivers through the ranks of senior civil servants, including at the Labour Ministry where the minister, Gen Surasak Karnjanarat, is said to be losing patience with permanent secretary Nakorn Silpa-archa.
F1 faces confusing future under Monaco spotlight
AFP, Published on 23/05/2015
» MONACO - Formula One’s travelling circus of sportsmen, wheeler-dealers and brilliant engineers rose to a sunlit Mediterranean morning on Friday and an equally typical list of dramatic and wildly contrasting headlines.
US egg prices soar as avian flu batters poultry industry
AFP, Published on 23/05/2015
» WASHINGTON - US farmers have been forced to kill almost 40 million chickens and other birds, causing egg prices to soar as a deadly version of the avian flu attacks the poultry industry.
Unlucky 13 for Contador as Aru takes Giro lead
AFP, Published on 22/05/2015
» JESOLO (ITALY) - Italian Astana rider Fabio Aru took over as leader of the Giro d'Italia from Alberto Contador on Friday after the rain-hit 13th stage was won by Sacha Modolo.
Boogaloo, didgeridoo: Eurovision turkeys and triumphs
AFP, Published on 22/05/2015
» VIENNA - Love it, hate it or both, Europe's unashamedly over-the-top and enduringly popular annual Eurovision Song Contest, which is set to shake up staid Vienna on Saturday night, is nothing if not entertaining.
Property Perfect cuts 2015 forecast
Business, Piyachart Maikaew, Published on 22/05/2015
» SET-listed developer Property Perfect Plc (PF) has cut this year's presales forecast to 15.5 billion baht from 18 billion, blaming the country's unfavourable industry and economic prospects.
Thailand caught in indefinite transition trap
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 22/05/2015
» Milestones and anniversaries are for marking. But few should overdo the focus on Thailand one year after its 12th successful coup in 83 years under constitutional rule. The past year is merely a large blip on a long political continuum that dates back a decade or even a century in which Thai society has been grappling with the form and content of a political order that is being contested between the forces of tradition and modernity.