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People's Party presses premier about alleged tax-dodging notes
Business, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 02/05/2025
» The People's Party (PP) is pressing ahead with an inquiry conducted in the House of Representatives into Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra's controversial use of promissory notes (PNs) in a 4.43-billion-baht share acquisition, which the main opposition party suspects to be a tax-dodging ploy.
Flights of fancy at Cathay Pacific
Business, Vijay Verghese, Published on 30/07/2024
» As Hong Kong struggles back onto the tourism charts, several misdirected official pronouncements have placed immense pressure on the national carrier Cathay Pacific to launch new routes to China and the Middle East. None of this has anything to do with profitability -- the airline announced an attributable profit of HK$9.7 million for 2023, a pittance in the scheme of things.
Nok Air delays put airlines under scrutiny
Business, Narumon Kasemsuk, Published on 23/11/2023
» The on-time performance (OTP) of airlines has become a hot topic after Nok Air delayed a number of flights that affected passengers this week.
India outperforms as visitor forecasts receive upgrades
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 26/05/2022
» The forecast for Asia-Pacific tourism has been upgraded thanks to further easing of travel restrictions after an improvement in the viral situation and vaccine coverage across destinations, according to the Pacific Asia Travel Association (Pata).
Hong Kong-Singapore travel bubble delay dims rebound hopes
Business, Bloomberg, Published on 24/11/2020
» The shelving of the keenly-anticipated Hong Kong-Singapore travel bubble shows just how delicate the process of reopening borders is -- even for places that have largely contained the coronavirus.
Squabbling over telecom survival
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 05/11/2018
» The proposed merger of TOT and CAT Telecom is seen as the latest government effort to help the two troubled state telecom enterprises survive after the previous plan of splitting them into two new companies failed.
TOT and CAT spectrum rights unchanged by merger
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 01/11/2018
» The two state telecom firms -- TOT Plc and CAT Telecom -- would still have the right to use the existing spectrum ranges until the expiry of terms after they merge, according to a resolution by the board of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC).
Government construction contracts and the EEC
Business, Published on 11/04/2018
» Of the 1 trillion baht in investment expected to pour into the government's flagship Eastern Economic Corridor in Chachoengsao, Chon Buri and Rayong, about 500 billion baht is expected to take the form of public procurement -- government construction contracts and purchase agreements -- with 300 billion to be financed by borrowing spread over the next five years.
DTAC resignation throwing many wrenches
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana and Darana Chudasri, Published on 15/03/2018
» The upcoming resignation of Lars Norling, chief executive of Total Access Communication Plc (DTAC), may further drag down the company's already tarnished reputation, as the country's third-largest mobile operator has downsized its organisational management structure in an effort to keep its operational costs as low as possible.
Car scheme breach probed
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 03/02/2018
» The Excise Department has found that a mere 52 owners who bought cars under the first-time car buyer scheme breached the conditions, says the Office of the Auditor-General (OAG).