News from Thailand – September 13, 2012
Nonthaburi and Pathum Thani provinces, hit hard by last year's floods, are again at risk of getting wet feet (and more) this year if there are torrential downpours, Prime Minister Yingluck says.
News from Thailand – Valentine's Day February 14
Thailand may be hit by 27 typhoons and 4 tropical storms this year. The country can expect 20 billion cubic meters of water, the same as last year, but Bangkok will not be flooded this time. The sea level will be 15 cm higher than last year.
Little confidence foreign investors in Thailand
The confidence of foreign investors in Thailand, especially Japanese, has taken a serious blow due to the floods.
Minister: Factories will restart soon
70 to 80 percent of the factories in the flooded industrial areas in Ayutthaya and Pathum Thani can resume production next month, Minister Wannarat Channukul (Industry) expects.
HDD manufacturers are considering (temporary) relocation
Hard disk drive (HDD) manufacturers are considering temporarily moving their production abroad. They fear that the interruption of production due to the floods will lead to a shortage of HDDs in the global market. The world's four top manufacturers are based in Thailand, accounting for 60 percent of world trade. Western Digital has suspended production at its two factories at Bang Pa-in (Ayutthaya) and Navanakorn (Pathum Thani); Seagate Technology (Samut Prakan…
Eyewitness: Flooding in Pathum Thani
Ramon Frissen has been living in Bangkok for nine years and has an IT company there. Fortunately, he himself was not affected by the floods.
Today he decided to travel to Pathum Thani to pick up clothes for his wife's aunt from her flooded home. Ramon also took his camera with him.
Pathum Thani hit by flood
The commercial heart of Pathum Thani is under 1 meter and in Muang district the water reached a height of 60 to 80 cm after the Chao Praya River burst its banks. Hardly hit are the residence of the provincial governor, the district office and the police station. Staff try to protect the buildings with sandbags. News in brief: At the Charoenpol market, the water is higher than 1 meter. Many bridges in the…