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    City Hall on defence over 'ghost voters'

    News, Post Reporters, Published on 01/03/2013

    » City Hall officials have denied any wrongdoing after the discovery of "ghost voters" being included on the list of eligible voters sent to a household in Laksi district.

  • BUSINESS

    Eastern Water honcho comes clean on Sathit

    Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 01/03/2013

    » The head of Thailand's largest water supplier has finally come out to deny allegations the company gave 10 billion baht to a key Democrat Party executive for personal use.

  • BUSINESS

    Move over exports, Here comes consumption to lift the economy

    Business, Published on 01/03/2013

    » When the official figure for gross domestic product (GDP) was announced on Feb 18, many people probably shared our reaction: awestruck. The Thai economy in the fourth quarter of 2012 expanded dramatically by 18.9% year-on-year compared with a 3.1% increase in the previous quarter.

  • BUSINESS

    Charter airlines seek Don Mueang parity

    Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 01/03/2013

    » Thai charter flight operators have called on Airports of Thailand Plc (AoT) to provide equitable treatment involving incentives already rendered to scheduled carriers using Don Mueang airport.

  • BUSINESS

    Wedded to change

    Business, Published on 04/03/2013

    » The time for filing your annual income tax return is approaching. Some changes to the rules for married couples will apply to personal income tax returns for 2012, and some rules have been extended from last year. For the 2013 tax year that began on Jan 1, we are still waiting for some good news about new personal income tax rates, which may apply when the time comes for you to file your 2013 returns a year from now.

  • BUSINESS

    KBank comes up with relief for SMEs

    Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 30/01/2013

    » Kasikornbank (KBank) will offer new loan packages to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) hit by the higher daily minimum wage, says executive vice-president Patchara Samalapa.

  • OPINION

    A greener Bangkok will take a real commitment

    News, Published on 03/03/2013

    » Today people across the city go to the polls to endorse one of the more than 20 Bangkok governor candidates, making their choices based on a wide variety of criteria. But one thing almost all voters would probably agree on is that they don't really expect many of the promises made in the long election campaign to become reality. At the top of the list of perennial promises is to make Bangkok "green". A lack of continuity is partly to blame, whether within the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration or the national government. Whenever a new team enters it takes time to take concrete steps to implement green schemes. Ambitious projects are usually either forgotten or never get much past the blueprints. Meanwhile, projects started under the old administration usually either languish or are dismantled altogether.

  • OPINION

    Vote to make a difference

    News, Published on 02/03/2013

    » When a reporter approached a vendor this week and asked for her views on the Bangkok governor election, she responded by saying she wasn't expecting anything to change and was fed up with the topic. While such feelings are understandable given the lack of charisma and exaggerated policy platforms of most of the candidates, eligible voters must turn out in force at the polls tomorrow if there is to be a meaningful result. Yes, it can be a tough choice for those not voting along party lines but democracy has always been about challenge and the issues in municipal elections rarely change.

  • BUSINESS

    China 'ready for currency war'

    Published on 02/03/2013

    » BEIJING - A top Chinese central banker says his country is "fully prepared for a looming currency war", state media reported on Saturday.

  • WORLD

    Australian climate on 'steroids' after hottest summer

    AFP, Published on 04/03/2013

    » Australia's weather went "on steroids" over a summer that saw an unprecedented heatwave, bushfires and floods, the climate chief said Monday, warning that global warming would only make things worse.

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