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Airfares expected to decrease in 2024
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 28/12/2023
» Airfares are expected to fall gradually next year due to an increase in licensed airlines and a higher number of aircraft in the air transport sector, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT).
SEC charges 3 former Stark executives
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 28/12/2023
» The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed insider trading charges against three former directors or executives of fraud-plagued Stark Corporation with the Department of Special Investigation (DSI).
Jatuporn predicts the return of Yingluck in 2024
Post Reporters, Published on 28/12/2023
» Fugitive former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra could return to Thailand next year following in the footsteps of her brother, jailed ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra, according to political activist Jatuporn Prompan.
Surgeon to pay B4.1m for patient's death
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 28/12/2023
» The Nonthaburi provincial court yesterday ordered a plastic surgeon to pay compensation totalling 4.1 million baht to the family of a woman who died on the operating table at a surgeon's clinic during a breast augmentation operation on Oct 17, 2020.
INNOPOWER Drives Thailand's Clean Energy Revolution
Published on 28/12/2023
» Humanity faces a "code red" scenario as the escalating threat of climate change poses substantial risks to vital ecosystems. Urgent action against global warming is now of unprecedented importance, with reports highlighting a troubling temperature surge. This has resulted in pervasive global consequences, including increased heat, insect outbreaks, declining water supplies, reduced agricultural yields, and heat-related health impacts in cities.
Will foreign investors still be wooed?
Oped, Chartchai Parasuk, Published on 28/12/2023
» This is my last article for 2023. Appropriately, I should write about the 2024 economic outlook but I have decided to postpone that to be the first article of 2024 as the analysis might be too unpleasant to digest right now. However, I will leave a "teaser" for readers to ponder over during the long holidays. As such, I am left with two choices: an article about informal debt -- I estimate outstanding debt to be over 400 billion baht and that it could have strong ties with grey money -- or an article about Thailand's ability to attract foreign investors, as our Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin travels all over the world to attract them. In the end, I opted for the latter.
Ministries vie for cash allocation
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 28/12/2023
» The Interior, Education and Finance ministries are the top three agencies seeking a lion's share of the national budget in the current fiscal year, according to parliament.
Office says Thailand's fiscal position can withstand shocks
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 28/12/2023
» The government can still depend on a sound fiscal position to cushion economic shocks, says Pornchai Thiraveja, director-general of the Fiscal Policy Office.
Lower energy prices top executive poll
Business, Published on 28/12/2023
» The government's policy to reduce energy prices was the most appealing to entrepreneurs polled on their favourite state measures and what should be New Year gifts for the manufacturing sector, according to the latest survey conducted by the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI).
Captains of the ship
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 28/12/2023
» Leaders of private industry have steered their respective sectors through a year of significant challenges, and now focus on what 2024 holds in store for them.