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Exim offers small firms export boost
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 29/08/2022
» Export-Import (Exim) Bank of Thailand has launched a project to encourage small merchants or individuals to enter the export business, says president Rak Vorrakitpokatorn.
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Instability threatens economic growth
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 27/04/2019
» Without decisive winners from the March 24 poll, there are fears that political instability will affect the country's economy. Such concerns are understandable given that three parties, namely the pro-military Palang Pracharath Party, and Pheu Thai Party and Future Forward Party (which brand themselves as the anti-regime camp), are engaging in a post-election tug of war.
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Bill reins in populist 'mai pen rai' urges
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 27/04/2017
» While mai pen rai, a frequently used Thai expression for "never mind", "it's okay" or "don't worry", may represent the compromising nature of Thais, it also carries a negative connotation of our tendency to skip dealing with a problem or avoid fixing problems where it hurts.
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Apisak: There's no need to panic
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 09/01/2016
» China’s economic slowdown poses a serious threat to Thai exports, but government efforts to push public investment and domestic consumption will cushion the country against heightening global economic uncertainty, says Finance Minister Apisak Tantivorawong.
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Locations for low-cost housing set to be finalised
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 24/10/2015
» Locations for new low-cost housing projects will be announced next week, says the Treasury Department.
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Sorry, no rice money today
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 07/11/2013
» Rice farmers who pledged 1.2 million tonnes of rice under the government's scheme for the main crop starting from October face late payments as the government lacks funding, says the chief of a state-owned bank.
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Changing the system from the inside out
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 01/04/2013
» Are we in a new bubble? It certainly seems like it, considering the massive trading volume on the stock exchange, the long queues at the Bangkok International Motor Show and the ever-changing city skyline as new buildings seemingly appear each day.
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Kittiratt insistent hike is necessary
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 21/11/2012
» The government shrugged off "whines" from companies about its minimum wage hikes, saying they are a part of its plan to get labourers out of the cheap labour trap that has dragged down the country's economic development in the past, says Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong.
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Public spending needs doing right
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 12/07/2012
» The battle lines have already been drawn. On one side, we have Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong and the government's economic policy makers, while on the other are opposition politicians and private economists.
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