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Fulfilling the smart city vision
Business, Published on 02/08/2018
» In January this year, a massive downpour hit Bangkok, flooding the capital and surrounding provinces. Traffic came to a standstill. Thousands of people heading to work during the morning rush hour never got to work that day.
Reshuffle to place Ekniti at KTB, THAI
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 25/05/2018
» Ekniti Nitithanprapas, director-general of the Revenue Department, is tipped to become chairman of Krungthai Bank (KTB) and Thai Airways International Plc after former finance permanent secretary Somchai Sujjapongse resigned from both posts.
Audit panel asks SEC for intervention in IFEC vote
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 14/03/2018
» An audit committee of SET-listed Inter Far Energy Corporation Plc (IFEC) has called for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to intervene in the election of the executive board, saying too many board members have resigned and the remaining members cannot sign off on the company's internal audit.
Asia in 2017
Asia focus, Published on 25/12/2017
» Nuclear threats, a humanitarian crisis, digital transformation and economic recovery among the themes that shaped the Asian agenda this year.
Seized IFEC shares up for bid again
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 09/08/2017
» Three securities brokers will put the 57.5 million Inter Far East Engineering Plc (IFEC) shares seized from the company's chairman Wichai Thavornwattanayong under the hammer again tomorrow after the court dismissed his petition for injunction to suspend the share sales.
Fund financing role irks SET
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 13/06/2017
» The Stock Exchange of Thailand and securities firms are opposing a Finance Ministry order that the SET provide 8 billion baht as initial funding and contribute at least 90% of its annual net profit to the Capital Market Development Fund (CMDF).
Public intellectual
Asia focus, Published on 08/05/2017
» It was July 1997, when the normally clear blue sky above Singapore was shrouded in haze sweeping up from neighbouring Indonesia. The haze came from fires set by slash-and-burn farmers clearing land to plant oil palm trees. Simon Tay recalls being very angry. And like many angry people, he pointed a finger at Indonesia.
Banker, author, nature lover
Published on 15/04/2017
» These days, the head of Thailand’s Kasikornbank Plc (KBank) spends much of his time saving trees in the remote province of Nan, and promoting his romance novel, rather than running the country’s second-largest lender in Bangkok.
Catching a wave
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 13/03/2017
» The states along the rim of the Indian Ocean aim to make the vast body of water a focus for future economic growth by pursuing a "blue economy" that emphasises inclusive and sustainable development of the ocean's natural resources and maritime cooperation.
PwC: Country faces SDG challenges
Business, Published on 18/02/2017
» Businesses and state authorities must revolutionise their approach to meet the UN-led Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), says PwC Thailand.