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Inflation inches up 0.35% in August
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 06/09/2024
» Inflation increased by 0.35% in August, driven by rising prices of fresh vegetables and fruit as a result of production areas damaged by floods.
Solutions sought for huge oil fund debt
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 05/09/2024
» Regulating oil and gas prices by offering subsidies from the Oil Fuel Fund for five years has left the Oil Fuel Fund Office (Offo) with huge losses and substantial debt.
OR upbeat on ministry's plan to better regulate oil trade
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 30/08/2024
» SET-listed PTT Oil and Retail Business (OR) is positive about the Energy Ministry's plan to better regulate oil trade and prices to deal with crude oil price fluctuations, despite growing concerns over the impact on its oil retail.
IRPC Expands ‘From Wastes to Walk’ Recycling Initiative
Published on 19/08/2024
» IRPC Public Co., Ltd. (IRPC), led by Arisara Suthasut, Executive Vice President and the Corporate Branding & Communication team, Office of Corporate Affairs, presented a 240-litre plastic bin to Rajavithi Hospital, represented by Dr. Sumittra Piyanatpul, Medical Vice President, as part of the From Wastes to Walk project. The bins are for collecting polypropylene waste from the manufacturing of prosthetic and orthotic products. IRPC is responsible for the recycling process, producing recycled polypropylene and delivering it to Eastern Polypack Co., Ltd. to manufacture recycled plastic sheets. The finished products are then returned to the Prosthetic and Orthotic Clinic department for patients and disabled individuals.
‘Megaquake’ fear spurs panic buying in Japan
Kyodo News and Reuters, Published on 10/08/2024
» TOKYO - Japanese authorities have urged the public to refrain from hoarding emergency supplies, after panic buying led to shortages of some essential goods following the release of a “megaquake” advisory.
Effort to reduce energy subsidies wins backing
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 10/08/2024
» Tax authorities and energy advocates support the Oil Fuel Fund Office's (Offo) initiative to better manage the loss-ridden Oil Fuel Fund, with its universal diesel and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) price subsidy programmes likely to end, according to a public hearing on the 2019 Offo Act.
IRPC Transforms Medical Waste into Hope for Disabled
Published on 08/08/2024
» IRPC Public Company Limited, or IRPC, led by Arisara Suthasut, Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Company Secretary, presented 2,401-litre plastic bins to Dr Ratcha Lormaneenoparat, M.D., Head of Prosthetic and Orthotic Clinic, Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health, Department of Medical Services, Ministry of Public Health under the project "From Waste to Walk".
Truckers eye diesel price cut or fee rise
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 08/08/2024
» Truckers in the Northeast are calling on the government to lower the price of diesel or raise cargo transport fees to keep up with rising energy costs so they can keep their trucks on the road.
Consumer price index up for 4th consecutive month in July
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 08/08/2024
» The consumer price index (CPI) rose for a fourth consecutive month in July, up 0.83% from a year earlier, driven by higher prices for food and oil.
The twin challenges of 'climate finance'
Oped, Sarinee Achavanuntakul, Published on 07/08/2024
» As I am writing this in early August, climate finance is becoming a trendier topic in Thailand's financial and business sector. I suspect this is partly due to two recent developments: the upcoming Climate Change Act (the draft of which is making the rounds via public hearing sessions), and the Excise Department's announcement in June 2024 that Thailand aims to become the second country in Asean, after Singapore, to collect carbon tax, which is slated to start at 200 baht per metric ton of CO₂ equivalent (tCO₂e).