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Cabinet mulls elderly policies
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 20/07/2016
» A package of measures to deal with the growing greying population, including reverse mortgages and mandatory provident funds, will go before the cabinet early next month.
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Mandatory provident fund considered by cabinet
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 08/08/2016
» A long-awaited mandatory provident fund scheme will be on the cabinet's agenda tomorrow as part of efforts to provide a retirement safety net as the country's demographic trend keeps edging older.
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Mum insists model son really is poor
News, Post Reporters, Published on 01/11/2017
» The adoptive mother of a male model who recently drew public criticism on social media after posting a photo of his state welfare card, which lies in stark contrast to his apparently well-to-do lifestyle, claims her son is genuinely poor.
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PM allays benefit, health-scheme fears
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 02/05/2017
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha marked International Labour Day Monday by pledging to safeguard all existing state benefits for workers and dismissing a lingering rumour that the 30-baht healthcare scheme will be scrapped.
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New NSF rules to allow more members
News, Patsara Jikkham, Published on 07/08/2015
» Rules under the National Savings Fund (NSF) have been loosened to attract more people to save for retirement, says government deputy spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd.
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Domestic labourers urge cover
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 16/06/2015
» Social security should be made mandatory for domestic workers, campaigners say.
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Bitcoin beckons Asian mom-and-pop investors
Published on 03/06/2017
» Long the preserve of geeky enthusiasts, bitcoin is going mainstream in Asia, attracting "Mrs Watanabe" -- the prototypical Japanese housewife investor -- along with Korean retirees and thousands of others trying to escape rock-bottom savings rates by investing in the cryptocurrency.
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Grey zone: Who will care for Thailand's elderly?
AFP, Published on 06/07/2016
» BANGKOK - As he wheels his 77-year-old aunt away from Bangkok's first day centre for the elderly, Nakhon reflects on the familial duties that oblige him to juggle night-shift work and care for his ageing relative.
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1997 meltdown 'unheeded lesson'
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 03/07/2017
» The 1997 financial meltdown, known as the Tom Yum Kung crisis, is an important lesson for policy-makers on the need to ensure better protections for the labour sector -- the hardest hit by the crisis -- so workers do not end up as "easy victims" of economic vulnerability, according to Narong Phetprasert, Chulalongkorn University labour economist.
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Ministry pushes new savings fund
News, Post Reporters, Published on 24/11/2022
» The Finance Ministry is pushing for a mandatory provident fund intended to be a savings reserve for employees nationwide after voluntary provident funds were found to be inadequate.
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