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Treasury project boosts lease agreements
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 21/11/2024
» The Treasury Department is accelerating efforts to provide affordable state land leases for residential and agricultural purposes under the "Thanarak Eua Rat" (Treasury for the People) project, with a goal of issuing more than 3,900 lease agreements by 2025.
Land auctions prove lucrative for Treasury
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 01/10/2024
» The Treasury Department has reported its highest revenue collection in nearly a century due to greater numbers of land lease auctions and renewals of major lease contracts.
Water worries
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 23/10/2023
» After flooding in many provinces last month, the Thai economy and its crucial export sector face another threat as the weather becomes more arid -- drought.
Sounding the alarm on zero-dollar tours
Business, Molpasorn Shoowong, Published on 19/04/2023
» As a popular tourism destination, Thailand expects to welcome at least 25 million foreigners this year, with roughly 5 million from China, representing 50% of the Chinese visitor total in 2019.
TAT prepares new phase of subsidies
Business, Narumon Kasemsuk, Published on 20/10/2022
» The new phase of the domestic tourism subsidy programme is being drafted with an additional 3-4 million hotel rooms, double the number in the fourth phase, which is scheduled to end this month, as the government aims to push GDP growth to 3.3% this year.
Project aims to ease farmers' fertiliser woes
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 21/06/2022
» The Institute for Agro-Based Industries, a unit under the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI), has joined hands with Kasetsart University to develop organic fertilisers, with the aim of helping farmers bearing the higher cost of imported chemical fertilisers.
Weighing the consequences
Business, Narumon Kasemsuk, Dusida Worrachaddejchai and Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 19/10/2020
» What is the real cost for tourists when planning an outbound trip to Thailand in the Covid-19 era?
Cleaning up the Energy Ministry
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 28/07/2020
» Since the resignation of Energy Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong, the vacant post has been highly sought after by ambitious power brokers not for its budget, one of the smallest in government, but for its control of lucrative energy contracts plagued by graft and corruption.
Baht concerns abound
Business, Oranan Paweewun, Somruedi Banchongduang & Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 02/12/2019
» More than two decades ago, the baht suffered heavy devaluation as a result of speculation, forcing Thailand's central bank to de-link the local currency from the US dollar and adopt a managed floating exchange rate.
Property market faces challenges
Business, Tris Rating, Published on 14/05/2019
» Tris Rating expects demand for housing in Thailand to drop by 10% this year, as negative factors outweigh positive ones. The major negative factors include the new loan-to-value (LTV) rules imposed by the Bank of Thailand, an expected decline in Chinese buyers, and political uncertainty.