{"id":472808,"date":"2025-03-13T17:40:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T10:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pr-bangkok.com\/?p=472808"},"modified":"2025-03-13T17:40:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T10:40:14","slug":"bangkok-welcomes-hong-kong-business-delegation-for-infrastructure-and-sustainability-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pr-bangkok.com\/?p=472808","title":{"rendered":"Bangkok Welcomes Hong Kong Business Delegation for Infrastructure and Sustainability Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-472819 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/pr-bangkok.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC_0547_0-1-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pr-bangkok.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC_0547_0-1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pr-bangkok.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC_0547_0-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pr-bangkok.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC_0547_0-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(March 12, 2025)\u2014Governor Chadchart Sittipunt of Bangkok, alongside Deputy Governor Wisanu Subsompon, hosted a delegation of Hong Kong business leaders to discuss infrastructure, transportation, and sustainable urban development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The delegation, led by Ir. Dr. Hon Lo Wai-kwok, a member of the Legislative Council (LegCo) (Engineering Sector) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, included representatives from the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) and a mission focused on infrastructure development and real estate-related services (IRES). The meeting took place at Bangkok City Hall (Sao Chingcha) on March 12, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Governor Chadchart extended a warm welcome to the delegation, providing an overview of Bangkok\u2019s current and future development policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Discussions between BMA executives and the Hong Kong delegation centred on infrastructure and transportation, with the Hong Kong representatives expressing keen interest in future collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They also explored the potential for supporting Bangkok\u2019s ambition to become a leading city in sustainable public transport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Hong Kong delegation praised Bangkok as a vibrant tourist destination, highlighting its friendly atmosphere, safety, and unique charm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They noted the city\u2019s strengths in areas such as marriage equality, affordable living costs, excellent medical services, and its distinctive culinary scene. Many Hong Kong tourists, they observed, travel to Bangkok specifically to enjoy the high-quality, delicious, and more affordable food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The delegation also expressed their readiness to support Bangkok in areas of their expertise, including electric rail systems and international business development. The meeting concluded with an exchange of souvenirs between the two parties.<br><br>BangkokHongKong #UrbanDevelopment #HongKong #SustainableCities #InfrastructureTalks #PublicTransport<br><br>CityCollaboration #BusinessDelegation #EconomicPartnership #SmartCities #Bangkok<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(March 12, 2025)\u2014Governor Chadchart Sittipunt of Bangko &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pr-bangkok.com\/?p=472808\" class=\"more-link\">\u0e2d\u0e48\u0e32\u0e19\u0e40\u0e1e\u0e34\u0e48\u0e21\u0e40\u0e15\u0e34\u0e21<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bangkok Welcomes Hong Kong Business Delegation for Infrastructure and Sustainability Talks&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":472809,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[267],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-472808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eng0"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pr-bangkok.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pr-bangkok.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pr-bangkok.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pr-bangkok.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pr-bangkok.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=472808"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pr-bangkok.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":472821,"href":"https:\/\/pr-bangkok.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472808\/revisions\/472821"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pr-bangkok.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/472809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pr-bangkok.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=472808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pr-bangkok.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=472808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pr-bangkok.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=472808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}