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Minister touts progress on 'five pillars'
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 01/12/2025
» The government's "Five Pillars and One Foundation" economic policy under Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has already implemented many of its measures.
New retirement lottery scheme slammed by critics
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 03/10/2025
» Critics are arguing the new government's proposed online lottery for retirement savings is a weaker tool for building savings than the previous administration's "retirement lottery" programme.
Pork smugglers facing crackdown
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 17/10/2023
» Over the past three years, there has been a 20-fold increase in the number of arrests made for the smuggling of pig products.
Bid to hasten Covid payouts
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 13/02/2023
» The Finance Ministry plans to speed up the payment of lump sum claims from Covid-19 policyholders of four dissolved non-life insurance companies, says permanent finance secretary Krisada Chinavicharana.
GH Bank savings certificates looking oversubscribed
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 07/08/2019
» State-owned GH Bank's savings certificates, with a ticket price of 1 million baht each, are expected to be oversubscribed by up to 85%.
GH Bank certificates grabbed up by investors
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 23/07/2019
» State-owned GH Bank attracted strong investor interest for its first savings certificate, worth 27 billion baht, with investors' intending to scoop up 8.35 billion baht worth on the first day of subscription.
Depositors required to give up income data
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 19/04/2019
» All depositors earning interest income are required to provide consent to banks to submit their interest income data to the Revenue Department to avoid losing a 15% withholding tax exemption if they earn income of less than 20,000 baht a year.
Apisak touts VAT payback plan for welfare recipients
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 02/08/2018
» Recipients of the government's welfare scheme who buy goods at Thong Fah Pracha Rat shops from Oct 1 to Dec 31 will get a VAT refund, says Finance Minister Apisak Tantivorawong.