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New fund may finance electric rail lines
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 02/02/2026
» The State Enterprise Policy Office (Sepo) is studying guidelines for establishing a 200-billion-baht Thailand Future Fund to acquire all electric railway projects in Bangkok and surrounding areas, bringing them under state ownership.
Thailand's G-Token a borrowing innovation
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 24/05/2025
» The current monetary system has long served as a medium of exchange for goods, but encrypted digital information systems are challenging that legacy.
Ministries eye concessions for Bangkok train lines
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 16/09/2024
» The Finance Ministry and Transport Ministry have begun exploring the idea of acquiring the concessions for seven electric train lines, valued at roughly 500 billion baht, to bring them under state ownership.
Deposit ratio of GSB not expected to decrease
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 31/10/2020
» The deposit ratio outlook for the Government Savings Bank (GSB) is not expected to decline as the bank offers higher deposit interest rates than large commercial banks.
FPO upgrades 2020 GDP decline to 7.7%
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 30/10/2020
» GDP contraction is projected to be less severe than previously estimated based on a recovery among Thailand's Asian trading partners, without factoring in domestic political turbulence, says the Fiscal Policy Office (FPO).
Three projects look to get on PPP fast-track
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 22/05/2018
» At least three projects worth 447 billion baht under the fast-track public-private partnership scheme are expected to seek the PPP committee's approval this year.
5% cap proposed in windfall tax bill
Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 19/02/2018
» The new windfall tax will likely be capped at 5% of the increases in land valuations before and after a state project is built in an area, according to a tax official.