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JBIC pledges airport link loans
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 04/05/2018
» The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) pledges to extend soft loans to finance Thailand's 224.54-billion-baht high-speed railway linking three major airports and other infrastructure projects in the government's highly touted Eastern Economic Corridor.
Cabinet approves measures to sweeten bank mergers
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 18/04/2018
» The cabinet on Tuesday approved tax deductions and exemptions to encourage mergers among Thai banks in a bid to support domestic financial institutions and improve their ability to compete regionally.
Capital market upgraded
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 28/02/2018
» The cabinet on Tuesday approved the amended draft bill of the Securities and Exchange Act 1992 to upgrade the Thai capital market to conform to global standards by starting a Capital Market Development Fund (CMDF), together with developing an electronic trading platform to serve digital trading demand.
Village Fund disbursement reaches 84%
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 31/10/2017
» The government has disbursed 84% or 12.6 billion baht of the budget earmarked for 61,116 villages to fund economic support projects, says the National Village and Urban Community Fund Committee.
Village Fund transfer could fall short
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 01/08/2017
» The government appears confident of disbursing at least 90% of the budget assigned to support Village Fund projects this year.
Cabinet offers perks to get SMEs to pay tax
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 10/08/2016
» The cabinet yesterday approved tax incentives for owner-operated small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that register as juristic persons and pay the right amount of tax.
B35bn rural loan disbursement 'on track'
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 15/02/2016
» The government is confident that an additional 35 billion baht to be injected into rural areas will be disbursed within six months as planned.
BAAC will write off debts
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 26/02/2015
» The government has agreed in principle to a guideline to help alleviate farmers' debt burden to the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC).
SRT may swap land for debt
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 27/01/2015
» The State Enterprises Policy Commission or superboard has endorsed the state agency reform framework including a proposal to swap certain land ownership rights of the loss-ridden State Railway of Thailand (SRT).
Kittiratt offers apology, says rice farmer payments coming soon
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 18/12/2013
» Caretaker Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong says rice farmers will be paid for their pledged paddy within seven days, blaming the late payments on the ongoing anti-government protests.