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Electronics workforce: Skill upgrade + English needed
Jon Fernquest, Published on 12/06/2012
» Electronics industry with exports of 1.6 trillion baht & 200,000 employees, could shrink 50% in 3 years without educational & skill improvements.
Thailand's rice sector doomed?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 23/04/2012
» Thai rice sector may be heading towards corruption-plagued government-to government trading, business given to companies that do business with the politicians in power, many exporters may be wiped out.
Spa & massage
Jon Fernquest, Published on 16/04/2012
» Spas & massage parlours contribute nearly 5 billion baht to the Thai economy with 80% of their customers foreigners. Soaps & beauty products are a rising export industry.
Thailand's competitiveness
Jon Fernquest, Published on 23/03/2012
» Disaster preparedness, workforce training, roadshows all essential for Thailand to hold its ground against Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, China & India.
Rice: Price competition with India
Jon Fernquest, Published on 13/02/2012
» India removal of limit on how much rice can be exported causes problems with Thai govt policy not to compete on price with other countries.
Thai rice exporter invests in Cambodia
Jon Fernquest, Published on 07/02/2012
» Thailand's top rice exporter in 2011 invests in Cambodia: ready-to-eat-meals & processing for export in Cambodia rather than Vietnam.
Foreign Direct Investment: Charting the future
Jon Fernquest, Published on 02/02/2012
» Years of political conflict and recent floods may be cause of reduced foreign investment in Thai economy. Electronics at 25% is important sector to watch.
Can govt push rice prices higher?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 30/01/2012
» The government will release stock for bidding in the low-price market and under the "no-bidding method" for the high-end market.
Burma: Hillary Clinton's historic visit
Jon Fernquest, Published on 02/12/2011
» Analysis of Hillary Clinton's historic visit to Burma by scholar Ernest Bower of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Singapore.
Thailand invests in Burma
Jon Fernquest, Published on 15/11/2011
» Thai companies invest in power plant at Dawei, Burma near Kanchanaburi, soon to be deep seaport for shipping to Europe & the Middle East.