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Ministry preps spend plan
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 08/09/2025
» The Ministry of Finance has confirmed its readiness to relaunch "Khon la Khrueng" to boost the economy.
Restaurants call for stimulus
Business, Kuakul Mornkum, Published on 08/09/2025
» Restaurant operators are calling on the new government to introduce supportive measures for the industry, citing numerous challenges including the sluggish economy, rising raw material costs, and difficulties in accessing loans.
Invest, not spend
Oped, Postbag, Published on 08/09/2025
» Re: "BJT to revive co-payment scheme for daily buys", (BP, Sept 7). Prime Minister Anutin Chanvirakul should subsidise investment, not consumption. A key reason for Paetongtarn's downfall was her blind insistence on her B10K/person handout to subsidise consumption, forecasting a fiscal multiplier of 3 to 4.
New Thai PM Anutin unveils key cabinet picks
Published on 07/09/2025
» Prime Minister-elect Anutin Charnvirakul on Saturday gave the public its first glimpse of three non-MPs who will take up top ministry positions in his cabinet.
Co-payment stimulus ‘likely to be revived’
Published on 06/09/2025
» The Bhumjaithai Party has confirmed that it is considering reviving the government’s “Khon La Khrueng” (Let’s Go Halves) co-payment scheme as part of efforts to stimulate Thailand’s slowing economy.
Anutin taps prominent outsiders for 3 key ministries
Published on 06/09/2025
» Thai Prime Minister-elect Anutin Charnvirakul has tapped three prominent figures from public service and business to head key ministries in his new cabinet.
Coffee and cash: how Hamas pays its civil servants in secret
AFP, Published on 04/09/2025
» GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) — One of thousands of public servants in Gaza's Hamas-run government, Karim, a public works ministry employee, received what seemed like an ordinary message on his phone: an invitation "for a coffee".
Rice farmers to get financial aid in days
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 03/09/2025
» Millions of rice farmers nationwide are set to receive government funding this week as part of the 1,000-baht-per-rai agricultural support programme.
Reform lending laws
Oped, Postbag, Published on 03/09/2025
» Re: "Buy now, bankrupt later", (Business, Sept 1). Little is ever said about the so-called many (often SET-listed) prolific finance companies here, which charge very high interest rates, levy late fees very quickly, and impose other strict rules that are often, may we say, not very consumer-finance friendly.
Call to rev up talks on framework pact
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 02/09/2025
» Thailand is urging Asean to accelerate negotiations to finalise its Digital Economy Framework Agreement (Defa), which is expected to be signed next year.