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New climate policy fails to sway critics
Pratch Rujivanarom, Published on 15/08/2022
» The government is setting out major bureaucratic reforms with the introduction of the Climate Change Act and the founding of the Department of Climate Change, which will be the new legal tool and central agency to oversee the country’s climate actions.
BMA leaves a green footprint
News, Published on 28/12/2020
» Year 2020 was a quiet year, without exciting news from City Hall.
Analyst favours widening taxable income bands
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 03/10/2019
» Widening taxable income bands for middle-income earners could be an appropriate means to alleviate the tax burden for this group, stemming criticism that the government's personal income tax reform will favour high-income earners, says a tax analyst.
Wake up and sell the coffee
Business, Published on 20/02/2019
» Three decades ago, coffee drinkers in Thailand largely had two choices, Kafae Boran or instant coffee. But over the past 20 years, the country's tea-drinking tradition has given way to a full-blown coffee culture.
Costliest slices of the Big Mango
Business, Kanana Katharangsiporn, Published on 26/02/2018
» For your average Joe, 100,000 baht per square wah is no trifling sum for a piece of land. But for inner Bangkok, it's small change, as the area has set a record high of 3.17 million baht per sq wah for a 880-sq-wah plot on Lang Suan Road. (One wah equals two metres.)
Banking on the future
Published on 11/02/2018
» After working at a commercial bank for nearly 15 years, Soraya Nooprasert, 37, felt insecure for the first time in her job only recently. She was hired at the bank directly after graduating with a Bachelor’s degree.
Bitcoin fever exposes crypto-market frailties
Reuters, Published on 14/12/2017
» LONDON/NEW YORK: As bitcoin raced to another record high on Tuesday, one of the biggest providers of digital currency wallets, Coinbase, went down under the weight of traffic, leaving many of its more than 10 million customers unable to access their funds.
Against the flow
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 15/01/2017
» From the urban office worker to the village boatman, many people's lives are changing -- for better or for worse -- with the growing influence of China in the Mekong region. This situation has produced a mixed set of reactions.
Getting the green light on electric cars
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 30/10/2016
» As of Sept 30, Thailand had 52 electric sedans on the road. There are roughly 1.3 million electric cars on the roads worldwide, but with fears batteries will flatten in traffic or flooding will lead to lasting damage, Thai drivers have been slow on the uptake.
What about Industry 3.0?
Business, Published on 10/10/2016
» Thailand has been aggressively promoting investment privileges through its Board of Investment (BoI) to attract high-technology industries and drive the economy towards the "Thailand 4.0" era.