News about Thai

THAILAND (March 7): A durian trader who offered his daughter’s hand in marriage to a suitable man who was qualified to take over his durian empire has cancelled the contest he had initially announced earlier this week.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 6): Are you male, single, aged 26 to 40 and “be willing to learn all he can about the durian trade”?.

Ooh and ahh at the KLCC fireworks from an aerial view, an angle that most would never be able to experience, from youtube user aereaz l STUDIO.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 6): About half of plastic waste coming out of the US for recycling recorded for the first six months of this year was taken to Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam, said Unearthed, Greenpeace’s investigative arm, reported British newspaper The Guardian yesterday.

PETALING JAYA (July 28): A durian orchard owner in Muang district, Thailand, turned himself in to police after he allegedly shot dead a man suspected of stealing his fruit, reported The Nation.

PETALING JAYA (March 12): Mario Gross has been appointed the new president and CEO of Lafarge Malaysia Bhd effective April 1, it announced in a press statement today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 29): A Malaysian company has proposed to build railway tracks linking the sea ports of Penang and Songkhla, said Thailand Ambassador to Malaysia HE Damrong Kraikruan.

PETALING JAYA (Sept 27): Hong Kong investors are setting their sights on Southeast Asian property, and Malaysia is also in their cross hairs, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported today.

BANGKOK (Sept 14) : Investors are on the march to cash in on Thailand’s ageing demographic, with two new retirement home projects worth a combined 10 billion baht (RM1.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 23): The world’s largest furniture retailer IKEA will invest RM908 million to set up a regional distribution and supply chain centre in Malaysia to serve the Asean market.