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Korn questions FIDF resolution
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 11/01/2012
» The government insists we need to borrow and spend more today to finance investment for the future.
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Proposed land, building tax axed
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 16/03/2012
» The government has shelved plans to introduce a new land and building tax designed as a tool to help reduce income disparity within the economy.
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Kittiratt: I tell 'white lies'
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 24/08/2012
» The finance minister may lie to the public if necessary to establish confidence, says Kittiratt Na-Ranong, the finance minister and deputy prime minister.
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Pridiyadhorn: Rice scheme is buffet corruption
Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 06/09/2012
» The government's rice pledging programme has provided "buffet corruption" across the country, according to MR Pridiyadhorn Devakul, a former deputy prime minister and finance minister.
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Treading the fine line
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 24/09/2012
» Political leaders have long considered it their prerogative to put their own people into positions of power, whether it be in the civil service, security forces or state enterprise boards.
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Tax relief for millions unlikely
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 15/11/2012
» There are few policy decisions more sensitive for any elected politician than changes in the tax code. To be more accurate, few decisions are more politically touchy than raising taxes. After all, job security for any politician is directly tied to their popularity among voters. It takes a brave leader indeed to risk the ire of the populace by taking money from their pockets.
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Govt seeks easy way out with spending plan
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 11/04/2013
» Who doesn't wish for a better future, for ourselves and our heirs? That's part of the human condition. I believe most acknowledge and agree with the aims and purposes of the government's 2-trillion-baht infrastructure programme. And why not? Thailand is a developing country, and so we must continue to develop our roads and railways for a better future.
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Kittiratt mulled firing BoT chief
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 20/04/2013
» Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong has admitted to entertaining the idea of dismissing the Bank of Thailand (BoT) governor because of his refusal to cut the key policy rate.
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Finance maestros face off over infrastructure
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 02/05/2013
» Betrayal and outdated are both terms that have been used in the growing war of words and ideas over the government's ambitious 2-trillion-baht infrastructure programme.
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Counting the cost of Pheu Thai's recklessness
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 07/11/2013
» The passing of the contentious amnesty bill by the House in a rush last Friday was the final step in the Pheu Thai Party's plan to bring back home their leader Thaksin Shinawatra.
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