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Minister to assess situation at checkpoints
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 26/04/2024
» Commerce Minister Phumtham Wechayachai is scheduled to lead an executive team from the ministry to assess the readiness of the Boten and Mohan checkpoints to support the export of Thai fruit to China.
SET chair tipped to be next finance minister
News, Published on 26/04/2024
» The chairman of the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), Pichai Chunhavajira, is likely to emerge as the next finance minister in the next cabinet reshuffle, in which Pheu Thai looks set to lose several cabinet posts to other coalition partners, a source said on Thursday.
Banks agree to reduce loan rates
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 26/04/2024
» Thai banks are set to cut the minimum retail rate (MRR) by 25 basis points for a period of six months, aiming to alleviate the debt burden for vulnerable customers in response to the prime minister asking lenders to lower interest rates for vulnerable groups and small businesses.
The threat posed by Cambodia's new strongman
Oped, Published on 26/04/2024
» Although 2024 is being heralded as a banner year for elections, with dozens of countries -- representing more than half the global population -- holding polls, for some, it marks the nadir of democracy. Cambodia is one such case.
No wage hike on Labour Day
News, Onnucha Hutasingh, Published on 26/04/2024
» The government will not raise the minimum daily wage to 400 baht on Labour Day as previously announced. Instead, it will wait for the results of a tripartite committee on May 14.
Thailand inks fintech pact with Australia
Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 26/04/2024
» Thailand and Australia have signed a pact on financial technology cooperation to promote the local financial technology (fintech) industry.
Handout blowback
Oped, Postbag, Published on 26/04/2024
» Re: "Phumtham plays down BoT warning on handouts", (BP, April 25) & "The thorny issue of digital wallet funding", (Business, April 25).
Thai police graft highlights bigger issues
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 26/04/2024
» There is no bigger news on the current Thai political scene than corruption among the top echelons of the police force. At issue is the tussle between Thailand's two senior-most cops, Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn and Pol Gen Torsak Sukvimol, both accusing each other of being on the take. Their high-stakes feud would normally be a run-of-the-mill story for the infamously shady Thai police but this case has become a mirror and microcosm of structural graft that is corroding the highest corridors of politics, economy, and society.
Saving the Senate
Oped, Editorial, Published on 26/04/2024
» The 250-member Senate's five-year term will end on May 10. Hand-picked by the junta, when it was known as the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), and appointed by HM the King in accordance with Section 113 of the Constitution, it is little surprise the Senate will be remembered as the legacy of the former military government led by Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha.
Srettha orders inspection of chemical warehouses
News, Onnucha Hutasingh, Published on 26/04/2024
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has ordered an inspection of all chemical warehouses in the country in light of the series of fires reported over the past couple of weeks, according to government spokesman Chai Wacharonke yesterday.