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Examining the crux of the credit crunch
Business, Kanana Katharangsiporn, Published on 18/10/2025
» Thailand's residential property sector is grappling with a severe credit crunch, as mortgage rejection rates have surged to an unprecedented 80% this year, up sharply from around 30% during the pandemic, according to developers.
Social Security Office paid 'over double for building'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 13/06/2025
» The Social Security Office (SSO) paid roughly double the market value for the SKYY9 Building, according to a special committee appointed by the Interior Ministry to audit the SSO's budget use.
Official results of SKYY9 investigation awaited
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/06/2025
» Any further action on the 6.9-billion-baht investment by the Social Security Office (SSO) in the SKYY9 office building will depend on the outcome of an investigation set up by Deputy Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, says Labour Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn.
Midpoint of Trump tariff hiatus to reveal increasingly unsettled world
Published on 19/05/2025
» Reports in the coming week may give the fullest reading to date of how major economies are faring with trade disruptions, halfway through US President Donald Trump’s 90-day hiatus on so-called reciprocal tariffs.
'No pressure' to probe SKYY9
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/03/2025
» Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Friday that he was not under any pressure to set up an inquiry panel to investigate allegations involving a controversial Social Security Office (SSO) building purchase.
SKYY's the limit
Postbag, Published on 15/03/2025
» Re: "Investment boost questioned", (BP, March 14) and "B7bn SKYY9 Centre deal was shady: MP", (BP, March 11).
SKYY9 office deal ‘second largest on record’
Kanana Katharangsiporn, Published on 14/03/2025
» SKYY9 Centre, the Bangkok office tower at the centre of a controversy about the investments of the Social Security Office (SSO), represents the second-largest office transaction on record in the capital, according to the property consultancy Colliers Thailand.
Investment boost questioned
News, Published on 14/03/2025
» The Social Security Fund (SSF) is looking to raise its off-market investments sharply from 10 billion baht to 130 billion baht, according to Rukchanok Srinork, a People's Party MP for Bangkok.
Ministry of Labour to assist Social Security Office inquiry
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 13/03/2025
» The Ministry of Labour has said it is ready to cooperate with an inquiry panel set up to investigate allegations the Social Security Office (SSO) spent an excessive 7 billion baht to purchase the SKYY9 Centre on Rama IX Road when its claimed appraisal price was 3 billion baht.
B7bn Social Security Office property deal probed
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 12/03/2025
» The government has set up an inquiry panel to investigate allegations by the opposition People's Party that the Social Security Office (SSO) spent an excessive 7 billion baht to purchase the SKYY9 Centre on Rama IX Road with a claimed appraisal price of just 3 billion baht.