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Business nominees in Phuket face jail terms, fines
Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 21/10/2024
» The Criminal Court laid down two-year jail terms and imposed 200,000-baht fines on 23 Thais and the companies for which they were acting as business nominees for foreigners in Phuket.
Palm oil exports put at 800,000 tonnes
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 08/07/2024
» Thailand expects to export 800,000 tonnes of crude palm oil this year, aiming to stabilise the prices of local fresh palm nuts.
Ministry addresses rash of fake gold
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 23/03/2024
» The Commerce Ministry is advising people to buy gold bars and gold ornaments from certified stores with visible locations following an outbreak of counterfeit metal as prices spike.
'Grey' businesses facing crackdown
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 14/02/2023
» The Commerce Ministry is investigating 200 companies suspected of acting as nominees for foreign businesses in a move to curb the so-called "grey" market, with a particular focus on restaurants and tourism-related business in four notorious areas of Bangkok.
Commerce Ministry probes 200 suspected 'grey' business fronts for foreigners
Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 13/02/2023
» The Commerce Ministry has been investigating 200 companies suspected of acting as nominees for foreign businesses in a move to curb the so-called "grey business" sector, focusing on restaurants and tourism-related enterprises in four notorious areas of Bangkok.
Cabinet greenlights workers' wage hike
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 01/02/2023
» The cabinet yesterday approved a wage increase for skilled workers in 17 professions.
Tough penalties for foreign nominees
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 16/01/2023
» The Department of Business Development is warning Thai citizens who are acting as nominees for Chinese-owned businesses along Yaowarat Road that they face up to three years in prison and/or fines of up to one million baht.
Child safety seat price-fixing probed
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 13/05/2022
» The Commerce Ministry has ordered an investigation into complaints that some vendors have marked up prices of child booster seats for cars following an announcement of a new regulation that will make them mandatory.
New panel to oversee antigen test kit price
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 23/08/2021
» The Commerce Ministry is looking at further measures to control the price of Antigen Test Kits (ATK), a source within Commerce Ministry said on Sunday.
Price gougers swallow a bitter pill
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 14/08/2021
» The Commerce Ministry has taken legal action against 11 vendors and two leading e-commerce sites found to have been price-gouging in the sale of antigen test kits (ATKs) and fah talai jone, also known as green chiretta.