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Anti-poverty projects set for FY2021
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 19/10/2020
» The government is set to launch a number of projects in fiscal 2021, starting this month, to narrow income disparity in all provinces based on the Thai People Map and Analytics Platform (TPMAP), a data analytics tool.
Controversial Thai Canal back in spotlight
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 14/10/2020
» The 120-kilometre Thai Canal project running from Krabi on the Andaman Sea to Trang, stretching to Nakhon Si Thammarat and Songkhla on the Gulf of Thailand, recently returned to the limelight after decades of proposals.
NESDC's new head discusses path
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 14/10/2020
» Danucha Pichayanan, 50, became the new secretary-general of the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) on Oct 1. His predecessor, Thosaporn Sirisamphand, retired on the first day of fiscal 2021.
PM dusts off South Land Bridge plan
News, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 09/09/2020
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Tuesday ordered a new feasibility study into a proposal to build a land bridge between the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea, seen as a potential key part of a new major economic development plan in the South.
SRT eyes next stage of EEC train project
News, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 26/08/2020
» The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) hopes to submit plans by next year for the second phase of the high-speed train route in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) that would see it extended to Trat province.
Daunting double portfolio
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 24/08/2020
» Supattanapong Punmeechaow is doubling up as deputy prime minister and energy minister in the cabinet reshuffle published in the Royal Gazette on Aug 6.
Cabinet gives nod to trio of price guarantees
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 19/08/2020
» The cabinet on Tuesday approved price guarantee programmes for corn, tapioca and rubber with total spending of 14.1 billion baht.
Thai Airways to nominate board members to execute rehab
News, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 11/08/2020
» Six members of Thai Airways International Plc's (THAI) board of directors will be nominated to execute the airline's debt rehabilitation plan and their names will be submitted to the Central Bankruptcy Court on Aug 17, according to THAI's acting president, Chansin Treenuchagron.
Village Funds score upgrade
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 20/07/2020
» The government looks set to upgrade all Village Funds, including those categorised as Grade C, under its economic rehabilitation plan.
Palm oil prices on the agenda
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 15/07/2020
» The cabinet on Tuesday ordered working panels be set up to tackle oil palm prices in five southern provinces while instructing the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) and the Energy Ministry to accelerate purchasing additional crude palm oil to help boost domestic palm oil prices.