Briefs

Expected to be completed in 2010, the 10,000-square-metre park is at the Science and Technology Ministry.

Scientists from Kasetsart, Mahidol and Chulalongkorn universities will head the centre. - The Nation.

Road houses

Property company Quality Houses is taking a roadshow to Hong Kong next week, director and vice president Suvanna Bhuthaprasart said.

It will drum up interest in the company's Bt2.5-billion bond issue on sale in September.

Suvanna said the company organised as many as seven shows a year. It has already been to Hong Kong and Singapore several times in the past eight months. - The Nation

Small-board listing

Qualitech is on schedule to list on the Market for Alternative Investment next month, following an initial public offering of 28.5 million shares.

Managing director, Sanpatch Ratakham said it recorded revenue of Bt109.66 million in the first half, up from Bt107.3 million in the same period last year. Net profit increased to Bt21.51 million in the first half of this year. - The Nation

SAS winter programme welcomed

Scandinavian Airlines System International said travellers are interested in its new winter flights to Delhi, and popular seasonal routes of Stockholm to Bangkok and Copenhagen to Dubai.

It said during the summer its Asian routes performed better than last year, with cabin factors well above 80 per cent on most routes.

"It has not been a good year for airlines," said SAS director and Southeast Asian general manager Hakan Olsson. "But demand on the Asian routes has helped buoy SAS. Our winter schedule and special fares will help sustain demand, especially between Bangkok, Stockholm and Copenhagen."

On the Bangkok-to-Stockholm route, SAS offers a promotional fare of Bt22,000 for the first eight flights between October 28 and November 14. From then until December 6 the fare is Bt28,000. -The Nation