Treasury to develop plots on high-speed train routes
The Treasury Department plans to develop five government land plots along the planned high-speed …[More]
Cooking-gas hike delayed
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
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
The Commerce Ministry will help to organise sales of genuine products at prices on a par with those of …[More]
Estates get flood money
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
Thailand and Laos will soon forge closer cooperation in promoting trade by upgrading two border …[More]
Landowners urged to pay higher taxes
The government should impose higher tax on landowners who benefit from the government’s …[More]
B2-trillion spending to start next year
The Finance Ministry’s Public Debt Management Office (PDMO) estimates that the government will start …[More]
Egat wants coal plants in Cambodia, Myanmar, Krabi
Energy Minister Pongsak Ruktapongpisal has given the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand …[More]
Operators fight plan to ban LGV vehicles
Businesses related to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) vehicles have called on the government to draw up …[More]
Food courts toe government price line
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
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
During the first few weeks after the government announced the Bt2-trillion scheme to upgrade the country’s …[More]
Minister strives to ensure transparency
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 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
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
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
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
Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong has been urged to strengthen collaboration with the private sector to …[More]
Experts query borrowing bill
Several experts have called on the government to enhance the credibility of feasibility studies and balance …[More]
State frets about pledging overages
The government tightened rice-pledging measures for fear the amount pledged for the 2012/2013 season …[More]
Took jai in transition
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Whether premiums for non-life insurance policies rise or fall depends on the implementation of Thailand’s …[More]
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