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Treasury favours extending lease terms
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 16/08/2012
» Lease terms for public lands could be extended to 50 years from a maximum 30 years now in a policy shift aimed at encouraging investment and commercial development.
SME Bank may fire president
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 07/08/2012
» The Small and Medium Enterprise Development Bank of Thailand (SME Bank) board may move to dismiss Soros Sakornvisava if an ongoing inquiry discovers the president's actions contributed to losses in the state bank's loan portfolio.
Rice policies misguided
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 06/08/2012
» The government's rice pledging programme not only runs the risk of throwing the country's public finances into havoc but also threatens Thailand's global position as a leading agricultural exporter, says Ennoo Suesuwan, a director of the Thai Rice Foundation.
Stop betting the farm on Thai rice
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 02/08/2012
» Last year's floods cost Thailand more than 1 trillion baht thanks to a perfect storm of years of insufficient infrastructure investment, poor crisis management, haphazard zoning and unusually heavy seasonal rains.
Big spending urged to stay free of trap
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 30/07/2012
» It may take Thailand as long as 25 years to escape the middle-income trap if the construction of infrastructure to support economic growth does not begin soon, says Somchai Sujjapong, director-general of the Fiscal Policy Office.
PPP slated for B400bn over 7 years
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 19/07/2012
» The Finance Ministry is expected to spend 400 billion baht or 20% of its infrastructure budget on public-private partnerships (PPP) over the next seven years.
Land tax bill concern may result in tweaks
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 06/07/2012
» The Finance Ministry is concerned the proposed land and building tax bill could be seen as a tool to help the rich and punish the poor, says the Fiscal Policy Office.
Pannee won't go quietly from GSB
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 07/06/2012
» Pannee Sathavarodom insists she will continue to serve as head of a search committee tasked with vetting candidates for the next president of the Government Savings Bank (GSB).
State banks try debt plan
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 06/06/2012
» State banks are trying to draft guidelines to prevent problems in recurring debt for retail borrowers participating in the government's debt moratorium programme.
Red Line eyes Japan funding
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 14/05/2012
» TOKYO : The government will scrap bids for the third contract of the Red Line mass transit project to ensure it receives 70 billion baht from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to finance the project.