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2 trillion urged for infrastructure
News, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 07/01/2012
» Thailand must invest 2.27 trillion baht in new infrastructure over the next 10 years, including new inter-city road links, high-speed train networks and urban mass transit systems, a government committee in charge of future development strategy says.
Development plan keys road, rail links
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 16/01/2012
» Thailand needs to accelerate developing transport connecting neighbouring countries to create trade and investment opportunities for Thai entrepreneurs in the Mekong sub-region.
Disaster training for SMEs
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 19/05/2014
» The National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) is set to ask the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to help provide training for small and-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to prepare continuity plans in light of increasing natural disasters and economic and political threats.
Thailand-Japan rail project gets cabinet green light
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 27/05/2015
» The rail development partnership between Thailand and Japan is moving ahead, with the draft of a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) given the go-ahead by the cabinet yesterday.
The man on mission to drive the EEC
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 06/03/2017
» The Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) has dominated current headlines, with the government pinning high hopes on the development. Generous tax breaks have been awarded to companies investing in skilled industries there.
Journey Land to vet Thai visitors to Korea
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 19/06/2017
» Journey Land, a Thai wholesale tour company, has teamed up with Seoul Tourism Organisation to help screen Thai visitors bound for Korea in an effort to prevent illegal immigration.
BoI to promote smart cities
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 02/10/2017
» The Board of Investment (BoI) has been instructed to accelerate studying tax and non-tax measures to lure investment in planned smart cities.
BoI backs raft of incentives to spur EEC
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 10/05/2018
» The Board of Investment (BoI) yesterday approved a raft of tax measures for investment projects that aim to upgrade the quality of life for both Thai and foreign workers, while also driving the country's technological development.
China-based Best Logistics commits B5bn for EEC
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 15/06/2018
» Best Logistics Technology, a Chinese comprehensive logistics supply chain service based in Zhejiang, is committed to investing 5 billion baht to develop logistics technology in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).
Giving wings to the elusive aerotropolis
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 29/08/2018
» John D Kasarda is the director of the Center of Air Commerce at the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School, president and chief executive of Aerotropolis Business Concepts LLC, president of the Aerotropolis Institute of China and editor-in-chief of Logistics, an international scholarly journal. He has also published more than 100 articles and 10 books on airport cities, aviation infrastructure, urban economic development and competitiveness.