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SET chair tipped to be next finance minister
News, Chairith Yonpian and Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 26/04/2024
» The chairman of the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), Pichai Chunhavajira, is likely to emerge as the next finance minister in the next cabinet reshuffle, in which Pheu Thai looks set to lose several cabinet posts to other coalition partners, a source said on Thursday.
Pot law won't blunt arrivals
Business, Molpasorn Shoowong, Published on 10/01/2024
» Tourism operators say the new cannabis and hemp draft law prohibiting recreational use could lead to dispensaries closing down, but it wouldn't affect the overall tourism industry as hemp is not a major draw for foreign tourists.
Phuket operators baulk at health centre
Business, Narumon Kasemsuk, Published on 31/10/2023
» Tourism operators in Phuket are strongly opposed to the government plan to build a traveller health centre on the plot previously planned for the international convention and exhibition centre.
Businesses 'need clarity over hemp, weed'
Post Reporters, Published on 11/10/2023
» The Thai Industrial Hemp Trade Association is pressing for clarity about whether hemp and cannabis plants will be re-listed as narcotics, because businesses need to plan ahead, Public Health Minister Cholnan Srikaew said on Wednesday.
Business calls for action stations
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 28/08/2023
» Led by newly appointed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin from the Pheu Thai Party, the government has set a record for the longest time taken to form a cabinet following an election, breaking the previous record of 108 days set by the Prayut Chan-o-cha administration in 2019, as the new government awaits official endorsement.
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.
Stocks to rebound on government optimism - analysts
Bloomberg News, Published on 04/07/2023
» Thailand’s stocks may rebound in the fourth quarter as the appointment of a new government will likely bolster optimism about the prospects of fiscal stimulus spurring sluggish economic growth, according to a survey of analysts.
Coalition talks spook markets amid split over LM
Bloomberg News, Published on 19/05/2023
» Thailand’s pro-democracy parties faced built-in obstacles to forming a government even before a historic win in Sunday’s general election. Now that resistance is starting to take shape, making investors wary of a protracted political uncertainty.
Emergency Covid loan approved by big margin
News, Post Reporters, Published on 11/06/2021
» MPs on Thursday voted 270-196 to allow the government to borrow 500 billion baht for various Covid-19 projects.
House approves B500bn Covid-loan decree
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 10/06/2021
» An executive decree allowing the government to borrow 500 billion baht for Covid-19 assistance, treatments and research was approved by the House of Representatives on Thursday.