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B718m loan approved for Uttaradit-Laos link
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 07/05/2012
» The Thai government has approved a soft loan to Laos for a 33-kilometre road from the Phudu checkpoint in Uttaradit province to Paklai in the Lao province of Xayaburi.
Floodway projects envisioned as permanent solution
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 14/05/2012
» Floodway construction worth 120 billion baht and covering 375,000 rai is expected to be finished 21/2 years from now.
Industrial estates busy building dykes
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 17/05/2012
» All six industrial estates and parks have started building dykes with average progress of about 15%, and the last one will be finished by Dec 31, according to the Industry Ministry.
Industry groups say ministry distorts palm oil stock data
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 24/05/2012
» The Thai Oil and Palm Oil Association and farmer associations of Chumpon, Surat Thai, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Trang, Satun and Ranong accused the Commerce Ministry of distorting information on palm oil stockpiles.
Palm oil import plan scrapped
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 25/05/2012
» The government, bowing to pressure from the private sector, has agreed to scrap a plan to import crude palm olein (CPO) and institute an export surcharge, according to Deputy Prime Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong.
Kittiratt: SMEs sanguine about wages
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 23/05/2012
» Small and medium-sized enterprises have yet to be affected by the minimum wage hike to 300 baht a day, insists Kittiratt Na-Ranong, deputy prime minister and finance minister.
Number of unemployed jumps 76% in single year
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 29/06/2012
» The unemployment rate rose by 76% year-on-year, from 204,000 in May 2011 to 359,000 in May 2012.
ADB lends an academic hand to railway logistics study
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 28/06/2012
» The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is offering academic assistance for a study of Thai logistics.
90-day oil stockpile okayed
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 09/06/2012
» The government yesterday agreed in the principle to raise the country's strategic oil reserves to 90 days of consumption from 60 days now, a move that will require a 200-billion-baht investment.
NESDB: Put Dawei on front burner
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 11/06/2012
» The government is being urged to prioritise investment promotion at Dawei, establishing a border town and constructing infrastructure to link to its port, which is predicted to become an economic engine in Asia.