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Opposition berates govt over charter
News, Published on 13/09/2024
» The opposition People's Party demanded the government treat the 2017 constitution rewrite as an urgent policy.
TAT preps schemes for flooded areas
Business, Molpasorn Shoowong, Published on 13/09/2024
» The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is monitoring flooding in the North and its impact on tourism, while it plans to launch tourism campaigns and promotions to stimulate these provinces after the inundation eases.
Little interest
Oped, Postbag, Published on 13/09/2024
» Re: "Thai household debt at record high", (BP, Sept 10).
New government is new wine in old bottle
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 13/09/2024
» On the face of it, the new government under Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra appears to be a generational shift and gender breakthrough. Ms Paetongtarn is the youngest prime minister ever at 38 and only the second female government leader after her aunt Yingluck Shinawatra in 2011-14. The Paetongtarn cabinet features a record eight women among 36 with more ministers in their 30s-50s and fewer above 60. Yet on closer scrutiny, the new and younger faces are largely family legacies and proxies, surrounded by old-style politicians, while the new government's policy directions sound dated not well-suited for the times ahead.
PM announces policies as opposition criticises progress
Online Reporters, Published on 12/09/2024
» Newly appointed Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra announced her policy statement in parliament on Thursday morning, focusing on measures to improve citizens' financial status and increase state income.
Thailand's consumer confidence drops to 13-month low
Reuters, Published on 12/09/2024
» Thai consumer confidence dropped for a sixth consecutive month in August to a 13-month low, weighed by concerns about slow economic growth and higher living amid uncertainty over a new government's policies, a survey showed on Thursday.
PM to launch policy 'whirlwind'
Published on 12/09/2024
» Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra expressed confidence that the government's policy, which will be declared before Parliament on Thursday, especially the digital wallet handout programme, will serve as an economic whirlwind to help propel the economy.
Government 'has no policy to axe Bangkok Port'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 12/09/2024
» The Ministry of Transport insists there is no policy to remove Bangkok Port, but does plan to renovate its non-developed areas and turn them into so-called smart communities.
Draft seeks to better regulate fuel prices
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 12/09/2024
» A draft law to empower energy authorities to better regulate domestic oil and cooking gas prices is progressing towards parliament for approval, which could be a key energy policy under the nascent Paetongtarn Shinawatra regime.
EC, beware the chaff
News, Editorial, Published on 12/09/2024
» Opponents of the Pheu Thai-led government have wasted no time in lodging a plethora of petitions against the government in an attempt to bring it down through so-called lawfare tactics.