Tag: Chadchart Sittipunt
Currency swap approved for loan repayment to JICA
BANGKOK, 8 May 2013 The cabinet has approved the cross currency swap for loan repayment financing the construction of Blue Line electric train. ...
Transport Ministry: “High-speed train construction plan will be implemented”
BANGKOK, 15 April 2013 – The Transport Ministry has come out to assure that the state-initiated high-speed train construction plan is now well...
39 road deaths on first day of Songkran’s ‘seven dangerous days
BANGKOK, April 12 -- A total of 39 deaths and 342 injuries in 326 Thailand road accidents nationwide was reported on Thursday, the...
Bt2 trillion bath projects will benefit all sides
BANGKOK, 5 April 2013 Transport Minister Chadchart Sittipunt has guaranteed that the government’s 2-trillion-baht infrastructure development projects will be transparent and beneficial to...
Free public bus & train services to continue for 6 more...
BANGKOK, 31 March 2013 The mobile Cabinet meeting has decided to extend the free transport service, intended for low-income public, for another six...
Thai Lower House passes loan bill with 284:152 votes
BANGKOK, March 30 – The Thai House of Representatives voted 284 against 152 late Friday night to sail through the highly-criticised bill intended...
Govt: “THB2.2 trillion loan will not drive public debt to exceed...
BANGKOK, 24 MARCH 2013 The government has repeatedly affirmed that the planned 2.2 trillion baht loan for infrastructure investment will not drive the...
Planned route of Pink-line underground train unchanged despite opposition
BANGKOK, 22 March 2013 Despite a call for an alteration to the pink-line train route, the Transport Minister has insisted that the construction...
Special Report: Govt pushes ahead with 2.2 trillion-baht loan plan
The government is pushing ahead with the 2.2-trillion-baht loan bill proposed by the Transport Ministry, despite opposition Democrat Party raising questions over the projects’...
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Ex-hotel worker nabbed after CCTV exposes Pattaya resort theft
PATTAYA, Thailand – Police in Najomtien have arrested a former hotel employee accused of stealing air-conditioning equipment from a well-known beach resort after investigators...