Treasury to develop plots on high-speed train routes

Treasury to develop plots on high-speed train routes
May 24th, 2013 in Government

The Treasury Department plans to develop five government land plots along the planned high-speed …[More]

Cooking-gas hike delayed

Cooking-gas hike delayed
May 22nd, 2013 in Government

The government has agreed to postpone a planned hike of cooking gas prices for household use for one month. …[More]

Bidding for NGV public bus contracts likely this August

Bidding for NGV public bus contracts likely this August
May 21st, 2013 in Government

The Transport Ministry is expected to kick off the bidding for the NGV-driven public bus procurement …[More]

Knock-offs will go against genuine articles

Knock-offs will go against genuine articles
May 20th, 2013 in Government

The Commerce Ministry will help to organise sales of genuine products at prices on a par with those of …[More]

Estates get flood money

Estates get flood money
May 17th, 2013 in Government

The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) has injected 1.75 billion baht into four flood-prone industrial …[More]

Boost for checkpoints on Laos border

Boost for checkpoints on Laos border
May 15th, 2013 in Government

Thailand and Laos will soon forge closer cooperation in promoting trade by upgrading two border …[More]

Landowners urged to pay higher taxes

Landowners urged to pay higher taxes
May 15th, 2013 in Government

The government should impose higher tax on landowners who benefit from the government’s …[More]

B2-trillion spending to start next year

B2-trillion spending to start next year
May 14th, 2013 in Government

The Finance Ministry’s Public Debt Management Office (PDMO) estimates that the government will start …[More]

Egat wants coal plants in Cambodia, Myanmar, Krabi

Egat wants coal plants in Cambodia, Myanmar, Krabi
May 13th, 2013 in Government

Energy Minister Pongsak Ruktapongpisal has given the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand …[More]

Operators fight plan to ban LGV vehicles

Operators fight plan to ban LGV vehicles
May 9th, 2013 in Government

Businesses related to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) vehicles have called on the government to draw up …[More]

Food courts toe government price line

Food courts toe government price line
May 9th, 2013 in Government

Mall food-court operators have agreed to continue capping the prices of 10 a la carte items for another year …[More]

Row over anti-flood scheme may imperil June loan deadline

Row over anti-flood scheme may imperil June loan deadline
May 7th, 2013 in Government

The delay in formulating plans for water and flood management because of the turf war between the …[More]

Base your opinion of 2-tn scheme on its probable benefits

Base your opinion of 2-tn scheme on its probable benefits
May 3rd, 2013 in Government

During the first few weeks after the government announced the Bt2-trillion scheme to upgrade the country’s …[More]

Minister strives to ensure transparency

Minister strives to ensure transparency
April 29th, 2013 in Featured, Government

Transport Minister Chadchart Sittipunt will have his hands full for the next few months, scrambling to …[More]

Thailand and Cambodia to forge closer trade talks

Thailand and Cambodia to forge closer trade talks
April 29th, 2013 in Government

Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to drive bilateral trade up by 30 per cent a year, following an agreement …[More]

New agency to be set up to run high-speed rail project

New agency to be set up to run high-speed rail project
April 29th, 2013 in Government

A new organisation independent of the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) will be set up to oversee and manage …[More]

Mountain tunnels proposed for Phuket

Mountain tunnels proposed for Phuket
April 25th, 2013 in Featured, Government

The Expressway Authority of Thailand (EXAT) proposed on Wednesday to bore a pair of traffic tunnels …[More]

CP All deal raises fear of market dominance

CP All deal raises fear of market dominance
April 24th, 2013 in Featured, Government

The Commerce Ministry will closely monitor Makro and 7-Eleven after the announcement of a tie-up …[More]

Private involvement urged as a way to prevent graft in Bt2-trillion plan

Private involvement urged as a way to prevent graft in Bt2-trillion plan
April 22nd, 2013 in Featured, Government

Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong has been urged to strengthen collaboration with the private sector to …[More]

Experts query borrowing bill

Experts query borrowing bill
April 19th, 2013 in Government

Several experts have called on the government to enhance the credibility of feasibility studies and balance …[More]

State frets about pledging overages

State frets about pledging overages
April 19th, 2013 in Government

The government tightened rice-pledging measures for fear the amount pledged for the 2012/2013 season …[More]

Took jai in transition

Took jai in transition
April 17th, 2013 in Government

The subsidy for labour at the low-cost shops is on the chopping block, and the scheme’s new overseer vows …[More]

Dawei SPV to get green light in May

Dawei SPV to get green light in May
April 12th, 2013 in Government

The shareholding structure of a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to manage Myanmar’s massive deep-sea port …[More]

VC fund plan in the works to help SMEs

VC fund plan in the works to help SMEs
April 12th, 2013 in Government

The Finance Ministry will set up a venture capital fund as a way to alleviate the impact of baht appreciation …[More]

High-speed train bids set for 2014

High-speed train bids set for 2014
April 11th, 2013 in Featured, Government

The government aims to call for bidding early next year for the civil work on the four planned high-speed …[More]

Yingluck woos US investment

Yingluck woos US investment
April 11th, 2013 in Featured, Government

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is encouraging US investors to invest more in Thailand, convinced …[More]

Purple Line readies for 2016 debut pending cabinet’s OK

Purple Line readies for 2016 debut pending cabinet’s OK
April 11th, 2013 in Government

The long delayed Purple Line mass transit project is expected to be operational by 2016 as the operating …[More]

Private firms may take on risk from catastrophe

Private firms may take on risk from catastrophe
April 10th, 2013 in Government

The Finance Ministry has reaffirmed that the government will proceed with the rice pledging programme …[More]

With the Bt2-tn Infrastructure Act, prioritisation a virtue

With the Bt2-tn Infrastructure Act, prioritisation a virtue
April 10th, 2013 in Government

Despite the great concerns over the Bt2-trillion infrastructure borrowing bill, I must admit that I do agree …[More]

Govt water mega-project key factor for insurance income

Govt water mega-project key factor for insurance income
April 9th, 2013 in Government

Whether premiums for non-life insurance policies rise or fall depends on the implementation of Thailand’s …[More]

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