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Broken vows test patience to the limit
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 28/01/2018
» The military government has managed to break yet another promise as its proteges who go by the name of the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) last week passed a bill that could delay the long-promised general election by another 90 days.
Poll delays do nobody any favours
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 21/01/2018
» Once again, hopes of an election in November this year seem to be slipping with each passing day -- the latest blow coming courtesy of the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) vote on Friday to change Section 2 of the organic law on the election of members of parliament.
Beware of the bull
Spectrum, Umesh Pandey, Published on 21/01/2018
» 'Sell your house and buy stocks," a banker told Spectrum over dinner a few months ago.
Government reshuffle offers hope
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 26/11/2017
» The much-awaited fifth reshuffle of the Prayut Chan-o-cha government was announced late on Friday and although many had anticipated a deeper reduction in the number of men in uniform, the fact that a quarter of these men in green were let go was in itself an achievement.
Longevity in power is no cure-all
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 19/11/2017
» A common theme of two elder statesmen who were in Bangkok on Thursday to attend the Bangkok Post's first international forum was that leaders need to be in power longer than just one term of 4-5 years so that the policies they implement are longer-term in nature and can help countries move forward.
Thailand must pass English test
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 12/11/2017
» It would not come as a surprise to anybody that the latest English proficiency index showed that Thailand's standing remained close to where it was a year ago. Thailand was ranked 53rd out of 80 non-native English-speaking countries and territories in the EF English Proficiency Index 2017. This was a slight improvement from its 56th position out of 72 countries in 2016 and 62nd place out of 70 countries in 2015.
Thai trip stokes interest of investors, says Japan minister
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 13/09/2017
» Thailand will remain a key player for Japanese investors with more investment likely to flow into the country in the near future, Hiroshige Seko, Japan's Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry says.
Consumers still lack confidence
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 03/09/2017
» For those readers who have not read the business stories over the past week, let me recap some of the interesting issues that were written about by our intrepid business writers. Stories such as the Revenue Department coming out to openly state that their tax collection for the first 10 months of the fiscal year (October 2016 to July 2017) was 4% below the target came as a shock to many. The reason given for the shortfall was the lower collection of value added tax (VAT) that you and I pay for consuming.
Small firms' debts point to problems
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 23/07/2017
» Over the past week data coming out of the government and the private sector are showing signs that could be worrisome in the medium to longer term for the country. Rising household debt, increasing non-performing loans among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and strengthening of the baht are all compounding the problems.
Liu's case has lesson for Thailand
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 16/07/2017
» Late on Thursday, China and its actions caught the attention of the world community when it was announced that 2010 Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo had passed away at 61 after losing his fight with liver cancer.