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Gold rush crawls to a standstill
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 06/12/2015
» It was a billion-baht aerial survey of potential mineral deposits that sparked an enthusiastic start to gold mining in Thailand 32 years ago. Foreign investors were wooed and local communities were excited about the idea of new roads leading into their villages.
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Bumrungrad wins deal to build clinic in Yangon
News, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 01/11/2015
» Bumrungrad is poised to become one of the first foreign medical providers in Myanmar after striking a deal to open a clinic in Yangon next year.
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More bang for bucks, but how low can the baht go?
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 13/09/2015
» Late last month, when the baht was 35.95 against the United States dollar, Jeremy (not his real name) withdrew half a million baht from his bank account and sold them for US dollars at a foreign exchange dealer on Asok Road.
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The big business of saving lives
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 10/05/2015
» Patcharin Arabiya scurried to find 5,000 baht to secure a room at Thonburi Hospital’s coronary care unit while doctors performed CPR on her mother, Samruay Sopajaree. The 78 year old suffered a heart attack on March 24, 2013, an hour after arriving home from a visit to Khao Yai National Park.
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Teflon Thailand starts to flake
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 12/04/2015
» It’s almost noon and the Toyota saleswoman still hasn’t seen her first customer. Thaiyont, a Toyota dealership in Chon Buri’s Muang district, used to serve at least eight customers a day. But these days, they are lucky to have two.
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Japan envoy warns of investor exodus
Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 09/11/2014
» At least half of all Japanese companies operating in Thailand would be forced to surrender operational control or relocate if proposed changes to the Foreign Business Act go ahead, a senior diplomat has warned.
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Foreign firms fear tighter restrictions
News, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 02/11/2014
» Foreign business chambers and embassies have expressed concern about a government proposal to restrict foreign control over joint-venture companies in Thailand.
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Rise of the rural middle class
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 10/08/2014
» Outside the Central department store in Ubon Ratchathani, a black Mercedes-Benz S-Class with yellow Lao licence plates drove from the car park. It was a Wednesday, but at weekends, a security guard told me, some 20% of the vehicles parked here are from Laos, many of which are European cars travelling to the northeastern province through Pakse or Mukdahan.
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Thais face lowest Asean GDP growth
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 05/03/2014
» Thailand’s economy is likely to post the lowest growth among Asean countries this year if the months-long political unrest lingers until the second quarter, says the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC).
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FTI predicts ominous year for SMEs
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 28/01/2014
» Some 70% of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) expect their revenue to drop this year compared to 2013 due to the political unrest, reports a survey by the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI).
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