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Follow the money
News, Postbag, Published on 01/05/2017
» Finance Minister Apisak Tantivorawong, in lamenting a decline in foreign direct investment despite new Board of Investment incentives, asked, "maybe our incentives aren't generous enough compared with other countries or we might have a weak marketing strategy".
Too long for a lease
News, Postbag, Published on 18/04/2017
» Re: "P-move opposes 99-year leases for foreign investors", (BP, April 17).
Not-so-easy decisions
News, Postbag, Published on 13/07/2016
» Like a hungry dog at a fresh food market, it requires little imagination to grasp the difficulty government types have in distinguishing right from wrong.
Liberalise lease laws
News, Postbag, Published on 29/01/2016
» An argument often heard in Thailand is that to extend leases or grant ownership rights to foreigners would betray sensitivity to the history of colonisation in Southeast Asia. But Thailand has not been subject to colonisation and is seldom seen to be overly sensitive to its neighbours' problems or transgressions, unless they directly impact the kingdom.