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GrabTukTuk opens in Chiang Mai
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 13/06/2019
» Grab has partnered with Nakorn Lanna Cooperative to launch GrabTukTuk Electric service in Chiang Mai.
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Somkid says 2018 marks turning point
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 16/11/2017
» Next year will be Thailand's turning point, says Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak, as much-touted infrastructure projects, international broadband development and investment in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) are scheduled to get started.
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Finance Ministry to hold 99% of IBank
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 31/05/2018
» The government is set to inject 2 billion baht into state-owned Islamic Bank of Thailand (IBank) as soon as there is an announcement of the amended Islamic Bank of Thailand Act in the Royal Gazette, allowing the Finance Ministry to hold more than 49% of the bank.
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BAC mixes in food processing, culinary services
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 25/11/2016
» Bangkok Air Catering Co (BAC) is boosting its portfolio with diversified ventures that will bring its cumulative capital outlay to date to some 2.8 billion baht.
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BAC unveils Phuket catering facility
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 29/08/2017
» The landscape of the airline catering business at Phuket airport is undergoing a transformation with Bangkok Air Catering Co (BAC) breaking up a long-standing monopoly.
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How did it start?
Life, Published on 09/02/2017
» It's hard to say who was the first tourist in Siam, because tourism as we know it didn't exist until a few centuries ago. Indian merchants sailed here in the 5th century, the Chinese came to trade and later to settle, and one of the earliest European travellers were the Portuguese, arriving in Ayutthaya in 1511. In 1680, Ibn Muhammad Ibrahim, a Persian, visited the land and recorded his impressions -- "All around us were trees that never feel the withering touch of autumn" -- while the first guidebook to the Kingdom was written by local resident J. Antonio in 1904. (Its most highly recommended activity is the shooting of birds and mammals.)
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Plan launched to upgrade U-Tapao
Published on 30/04/2015
» The Transport Ministry and the Royal Thai Navy will sign a cooperative agreement next month to expand the capacity of U-tapao airport, Transport Minister Prajin Juntong said on Thursday.
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New terminal in Phuket set for test run
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 04/02/2016
» Phuket airport's long-delayed expansion will reach a milestone on Feb 14 when the new passenger terminal has its trial run.
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China and Japan data, fed worries depress stocks
Business, Published on 14/09/2015
» Recap: Global stock markets sagged last week on concerns about the economies of China and Japan after their disappointing economic data. Investors also unloaded equities ahead of the US Federal Reserve's much-awaited meeting this week, even though expectations of an interest-rate rate increase appear to have receded for now.
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China worries keep lid on global equity gains
Business, Published on 25/08/2014
» Recap: Asian stock markets marched up early last week amid eased concerns over a Russia-Ukraine confrontation and upbeat US economic readings, but a sell-off kicked in on renewed concerns over China's economy after tepid manufacturing figures were released. The Thai stock market stayed firmly above the resistance of 1,550 points on hopes that the economy will recover now that NCPO leader Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha has been chosen as the new prime minister.
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