PEA organizing overhead cables, electrical devices

THAILAND, 2nd December 2017 (NNT) – Offices of the Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) are reorganizing electrical cords and wires in their areas to ensure public safety. Authorities from Chiang Rai PEA Office are removing old electric wiring and unused telecommunication links along Thanalai Road in the capital district. Full story: NNT Reporter: Thammarat Thadaphrom, Rewriter: […]

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Bangkok street cables to be relocated to turn it into Smart Metro

BANGKOK, 11 August 2017 (NNT) – Authorities have begun to relocate electricity and utility cables along Pahon Yothin road in effort to turn Bangkok into Smart Metro. Interior Minister Anupong Paojinda presided over the launching ceremony for the campaign to relocate electricity and utility cables by the Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) and related agencies. Full […]

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True Visions to be blacked out late Sunday night

True Visions subscription TVs will be blacked out from late Sunday night to Monday morning when the largest subscription TV operator will make a major upgrade to its clients’ receivers, it has announced. True Visions announced in a press release that its customers of both satellite-based and fibre optics cable-based systems will not be able […]

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Baiyoke Tower II parted platform caused by excess weight: Police

BANGKOK, May 8 – The failure of the steel cable or wire rope supporting the platform carrying workers installing advertising banner on the exterior of Thailand’s tallest building, Baiyoke Tower II, killing three men, was caused by being overloaded, according to the initial investigation. Pol Maj-Gen Anuchai Lekbamrung, deputy metropolitan police chief, released the information […]

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Three killed falling from Bangkok’s Baiyoke Tower during billboard installation

BANGKOK, May 7 – Three men were killed as they fell from the 68th floor of Thailand’s tallest building, Baiyoke Tower II, as a cable supporting the platform carrying the workers installing the billboards parted. The accident occurred when five billboard installation workers were on their platform alongside the exterior of the building. Three men […]

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