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  • THAILAND

    Hotspots set for glut of arrivals

    News, Published on 25/09/2023

    » Major tourism cities expect to see a rise in the number of Chinese tourists when the visa-free scheme for this segment of international arrivals kicks off on Monday.

  • THAILAND

    RPCA boosts digital literacy

    News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 11/04/2022

    » Pol Lt Gen Thatchai Pitaneelaboot, commissioner of the Royal Police Cadet Academy (RPCA) in Nakhon Pathom's Sam Phran district, has vowed to modernise police education to prepare students for the world's rapidly-changing digital landscape.

  • BUSINESS

    Thailand set to be 'key logistics hub'

    News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 26/03/2021

    » Thailand has the potential to become a key logistics hub in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) through its Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), a forum was told.

  • BUSINESS

    Cabinet exodus shakes faith in EEC

    Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 29/07/2020

    » The recent resignations of economic tsar Somkid Jatusripitak, the former deputy prime minister, and four economic ministers including former Finance Minister Uttama Savanayana, have ignited concerns about planned big-ticket infrastructure development projects such as the government's flagship Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).

  • OPINION

    Thai-US alliance comes with new twists

    News, Published on 14/07/2020

    » Before General James C McConville, the Chief of Staff of the US army, was able to sign the Joint Vision Statement 2020 for the Thai-US Defence Alliance last Friday, he had to go through the stringent Covid-19 measures required under Thai law for foreign visitors.

  • OPINION

    Thank you, 'Mali San'

    News, Postbag, Published on 24/08/2019

    » We Thais owe many, many thanks to "Mali-San" or Ms Megumi Morimoto, 46, a freshman at Kasetsart University's Sakolnakorn campus. As shown by the clip on Facebook by Udomsak Nak-chang-in and on television, she's been blocking motorcyclists from illegally riding their bikes on the sidewalk at Rumsalee intersection, thus protecting pedestrians from being run over. She's done this over 100 times. Although local bikers have beaten her up four times, Thai onlookers have rescued her.

  • BUSINESS

    Time to concentrate on defensive sectors

    Business, Published on 05/10/2019

    » Positive factors in October: Expect the cabinet to announce more stimulus spending packages this month in an attempt to spur more economic activity before the year-end. The cabinet has already accelerated work on 44 large-scale projects worth a combined 1.94 trillion baht and introduced the "Chim Shop Chai" programme to boost spending power and lend support to the tourism sector.

  • THAILAND

    Govt debt ratio hike 'won't hurt monetary, fiscal discipline'

    Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 31/05/2019

    » The government's move to raise its off-budget debt commitment as a proportion of the national budget from 5% to 8% will not have any effect on monetary or fiscal discipline, according to an adviser to the Public Debt Management Office.

  • THAILAND

    SRT set for a 'bright future' after hitting speed

    News, Om Jotikasthira, Published on 09/07/2018

    » The State Railway of Thailand (SRT), the country's main railway authority, may still be operating half-century-old trains countrywide, but acting governor Voravuth Mala believes the debt-ridden organisation is headed for "a bright future".

  • THAILAND

    Govt tackles big sector items, but the poor still waiting

    Spectrum, Published on 20/05/2018

    » After almost four years in power, the military government may have been successful in some macroeconomic areas and structural changes. In terms of the household economy, however, it still faces the uphill task of easing the plight of the grassroots.

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