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Govt urged to develop more sectors
News, Published on 02/12/2020
» The Thai Chamber of Commerce and business operators from six southern coastal provinces are urging the government to invest in a number of sectors, in addition to providing soft loans to the tourism industry, to help the region recover after the Covid-19 pandemic.
ThaiCham urges non-violent resolution
News, Published on 26/09/2020
» Members of the private sector yesterday expressed concerns that anti-government protests would intensify after parliament deferred the charter rewrite vote by one month.
Farmers reject chemical ban
News, Published on 21/05/2020
» A group of farmers on Wednesday vowed to renew a bid to obtain a court injunction to suspend a ban on paraquat and chlorpyrifos, due to take effect on June 1, claiming the ban will hurt productivity and adversely affect crop farming.
Lockdown to ease Sunday
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 01/05/2020
» The first stage of the easing of Covid-19 curbs will take effect nationwide on Sunday and it will take 14 days to assess whether or not the next stages, including the reopening of department stores, can proceed.
Recruiting moguls on track despite criticism
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/04/2020
» The government says it will not press moguls into contributing money to help alleviate the Covid-19 economic impact after Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha was criticised for his "Team Thailand" initiative.
'Economic forest' bid to cut PM2.5
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 30/01/2020
» The Thai Chamber of Commerce recommends the government reduce income and land taxes for private sector enterprises which turn their empty land into green areas to help relieve the impact of toxic PM2.5 dust.
Unity the 'key' to fix economy
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 02/12/2019
» The government and the opposition should talk to each other more to help the country's economy weather the global economic problems, Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak said on Sunday.
Thailand seeks clarity on scrapping of US trade preferences
Published on 26/10/2019
» Thai government and business leaders are seeking clarification from the United States about the planned suspension of $1.3 billion (39.2 billion baht) in trade preferences, ostensibly because of failure to curb labour abuses in the fishery industry.
Release policies, parties told
News, Post Reporters, Published on 03/12/2018
» The business community is urging political parties to spell out their economic policies ahead of the general election, asking for the chance to plan for challenges post-poll.
Ovec to help plug EEC gap
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 02/11/2018
» The Office of the Vocational Education Commission (Ovec) will this month sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the London-based education company Pearson, to implement BTEC programmes -- a vocational curriculum used in the UK -- for Thai students to feed demand for high-skilled workers in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).