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Will gentrification respect city's people?
Oped, Kong Rithdee, Published on 28/06/2023
» We've lived for over a century in the shadow of grandeur: near the Customs House, known to Thais as rongpasi. "We" means my maternal family and the community of Haroon Mosque. Each day before sunrise, the muezzin's sing-song call rings through the neighbourhood, carried on the river wind towards the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, the French Embassy and Assumption Cathedral.
Government outperforms revenue goals
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 27/06/2023
» Government revenue for the first eight months of fiscal 2023 exceeded its target by 122 billion baht as a result of economic recovery and active imports, says Fiscal Policy Office director-general Pornchai Thiraveja.
DUP...Resort owner agrees to demolish illegal villa
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 27/06/2023
» SURAT THANI: The owner of a small villa built illegally on a beach on Koh Tao in Koh Phangan district has agreed to its demolition.
Illegal beach villa to be demolished
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 26/06/2023
» SURAT THANI: The owner of a small villa built illegally on a beach on Koh Tao in Koh Phangan district has agreed to its demolition.
Illegal island villa ordered closed
Gary Boyle, Published on 26/06/2023
» A villa in a Koh Tao resort built without permission has been ordered closed by local authorities.
Illegal villa puts resort under scrutiny
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 24/06/2023
» SURAT THANI: A villa in a Koh Tao resort built without permission has been ordered closed by local authorities, which are further investigating if the resort's other villas have been built with the necessary permits.
Headwinds in the third quarter
Business, Published on 24/06/2023
» In the third quarter, we believe the global economy will face three risk factors: economic slowdown, with inflation and interest rates remaining high; risks from tighter financial liquidity; and slower economic growth in China and emerging markets.
Highway 12 to economic heaven
News, Published on 11/06/2023
» The completion of Highway 12 -- a 793-km transport corridor linking Tak in the North with Mukdahan in the Northeast -- will provide immense business opportunities as the emerging economic driver in the region, according to local transport and tourism industry leaders.
Biden hails averting 'catastrophic' default in Oval Office speech
AFP, Published on 03/06/2023
» WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden told Americans on Friday in a rare Oval Office address that the debt ceiling bill passed by Congress after weeks of wrangling saved the country from "economic collapse."
Sudan fighting intensifies despite US sanctions
AFP, Published on 02/06/2023
» KHARTOUM: Shelling rocked greater Khartoum on Friday, as fighting between Sudan's warring generals intensified despite US sanctions imposed after the collapse of a US- and Saudi-brokered truce.