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Budget jitters
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 24/07/2023
» A delay in the state budget planning for fiscal 2024 will be hard to avoid if Thailand still fails to secure a new prime minister in the next parliamentary vote scheduled for July 27.
Timeline unnerves some sectors
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 05/06/2023
» The Move Forward Party (MFP) and seven coalition political parties are expected to ascend to power in early August.
Extension granted to migrant workforce
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 02/06/2023
» Concern over a domestic labour shortage has eased after the cabinet on Tuesday approved an extension to employment contracts that allow more than 200,000 migrant workers to keep their jobs.
Minister advises caution on Oil Fuel Fund loan
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 18/08/2022
» Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith suggested the Oil Fuel Fund should focus on its own revenue and expense management first to increase liquidity before turning to borrowing as a last resort.
Cabinet okays oil fund guarantee
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 17/08/2022
» The cabinet on Tuesday approved a draft executive decree to allow the Finance Ministry to guarantee the loan repayment and borrowings worth up to 150 billion baht of the Oil Fuel Fund Office.
Call for faster restructuring, incentive tweaks at BoI
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 28/01/2022
» The Board of Investment (BoI) and related agencies are being ordered to speed up a restructuring of the BoI and a rejig of investment privileges in order to lure investment.
Akara Resources able to restart gold mining
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 27/01/2022
» Akara Resources Plc, a gold mining company operating in the lower northern region, will be allowed to resume its mining operations if it can manage its operations in compliance with stricter requirements under the amended Minerals Act 2017, according to Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam.
Making it out of the maze
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Lamonphet Apisitniran and Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 29/03/2021
» When starting a business in Thailand, many people find themselves in a maze of regulatory procedures and licences, not to mention conflicting legal interpretations by different state agencies.
Environmental reviews for Chana estate
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 04/03/2021
» The government vows to move ahead with the much-criticised Chana Industrial Estate in Songkhla, though it is requiring responsible agencies to conduct an environmental impact assessment (EIA), environmental health impact assessment (EHIA) as well as public hearings.
Meeting set to examine moot project
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 25/02/2021
» The government is scheduled to hold a joint meeting with related agencies on Monday to discuss the future of the much-criticised Chana Industrial Estate in Songkhla after it decided to put the entire project on hold earlier this week.