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Infrastructure budget near
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 22/07/2014
» The Budget Bureau plans to earmark tens of billions of baht in the fiscal 2015 budget for infrastructure project investment.
Trat port full speed ahead
Business, Published on 22/07/2014
» The construction of a new deep-sea port in Trat's Khlong Yai district is expected to be completed on schedule by next July in time to cash in on economic expansion from the opening of Asean Economic Community in late 2015.
Fourpattana lures buyers with quake-proof homes
Business, Kanana Katharangsiporn, Published on 22/07/2014
» Bangkok homebuilder Fourpattana Group has introduced a new type of house resistant to earthquakes measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale to stimulate self-built home demand that has been depressed despite the end of the political stalemate.
SGI predicts 10% bump in gypsum sales
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 22/07/2014
» Siam Gypsum Industry (SGI), a subsidiary of industrial conglomerate Siam Cement Group Plc, expects sales of gypsum products to rise by 10% this fiscal year starting July 1 to nearly 5.8 billion baht due partly to the rebounding property market.
Koh Samui hotels set for rebound
Business, Chadamas Chinmaneevong, Published on 22/07/2014
» Hotels on Koh Samui expect a good July-September high season thanks to improving tourism sentiment.
Ministry wants 35,000 eco-friendly factories
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 22/07/2014
» The Industry Ministry is seeking help from related agencies led by the Board of Investment (BoI) and the Small and Medium Enterprise Development Bank of Thailand (SME Bank) in providing incentives and support for 35,000 factories to reach Green Industry levels within five years.
Tisi allots B730m to boost local industrial standards
Business, Published on 22/07/2014
» The Thai Industrial Standards Institute (Tisi) under the Industry Ministry has granted 730 million baht to help strengthen industrial standards in preparation for the Asean Economic Community (AEC) and global markets.
SCCC shows how to make village green
Business, Published on 22/07/2014
» Thirty-five-year-old village headman Sakchai Pasi has lived in Saraburi's Baan Kaoman community since birth. Most of the villagers earn their living growing crops, and water scarcity used to be a problem during the dry season.
Bidding nears for new bus terminal land site
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 22/07/2014
» Private firms will be invited to place bids, expected next month, for a new plot of land to house the inter-provincial bus terminal that will replace Mor Chit 2 station, Transport Co president Wuthichart Kalyanamitra said Monday.
SET up 0.38%
Online Reporters, Published on 22/07/2014
» The Stock Exchange of Thailand main index rose 5.89 points or 0.38%, to close at 1,544.44 points at the end of trading session on Tuesday morning. The trade value was 4.16 billion baht, with 4.27 billion shares traded.