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IEAT placid about Ayutthaya flood threat
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 08/09/2018
» The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) has no worries about water levels in Ayutthaya province affecting industrial estates in the area, even as heavy rains persist.
Apisak keen on larger insurance market
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 08/09/2018
» Finance Minister Apisak Tantivorawong is urging local insurers to have a master plan to strengthen their financial positions and enlarge their business size, enabling them to insure the government's big-ticket infrastructure projects worth 3 trillion baht without reinsuring with overseas companies.
KTB predicts loan target shortfall
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 08/09/2018
» Krungthai Bank (KTB), the country's fourth-largest lender by assets, expects total loan growth this year to fall short of its 6-7% target after the bank tightened lending to cooperatives to improve asset quality.
aCommerce plans to go public in 2020
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 08/09/2018
» aCommerce, an e-commerce enabler in Southeast Asia, aims to place an IPO on either the Singapore Exchange or the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) in 2020 in order to strengthen the brand.
Prajin denies purge of DSI in top posts
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 08/09/2018
» Justice Minister Prajin Juntong has denied speculation that the ministry's latest move to transfer two deputy director-generals from the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) -- both policemen -- was a de facto purge to remove officers from its executive positions.
'Mules' fail to hoodwink eagle-eyed cops at border
News, Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 08/09/2018
» KANCHANABURI: An elderly Thai and a young Myanmar man were arrested in separate busts at a checkpoint in the Sangkhla Buri border district, and almost 32 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine and 50,000 speed pills worth 52 million baht seized.
Toxic policies just as bad as toxic chemicals
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 08/09/2018
» It seems Deputy Agriculture and Agriculture Cooperatives Minister Wiwat Salyakamthorn's days with the military regime are numbered. His likely exit has been widely speculated upon after his strong stance against "three dirty farm chemicals", namely, paraquat, chlorpyrifos and glyphosate.
2 deaths ruled murder-suicide
News, Pongpat Wongyala, Published on 08/09/2018
» Pathum Thani: The family of Kornkamol "Nong Am" Leenavarat, who was stabbed to death by her older roommate, who then killed herself in an apartment in the United States, said they accept a Seattle coroner's findings but cannot accept that she has died.
Multilingual schools improve performance
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 08/09/2018
» Thailand should adopt multilingual education policies in ethnic schools where students are allowed to speak their native dialects to reduce social and educational disparities, according to a new report prepared by Unicef and Mahidol University.
Boon Rawd forms logistics joint venture
Business, Published on 08/09/2018
» Boon Rawd Brewery Co, the maker of Singha beer, has formed a joint venture with Australia-based Linfox to set up a new logistics firm to tap into the segment's growth, both in Thailand and regionally.