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Survey: Thai firms concerned about graft
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 16/01/2026
» Most Thai businesses are deeply worried about corruption, with a new survey revealing 97% of companies believe graft has become a critical threat to the country's economy and requires urgent solutions, according to the Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking (JSCCIB).
Handout could trigger fiscal crisis
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran and Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 14/08/2024
» The government is being advised to revise the way it hands out money to people to avoid incurring a substantial public debt, which can affect the government's budget, potentially triggering a fiscal crisis.
Who's pulling the economic strings?
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 26/02/2024
» The political soap opera in Thailand is expected to revive after former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was released on parole, returning to his Ban Chan Song La residence in Bangkok, his de facto command base for years during his tenure as premier.
Making the masses understand science
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 18/06/2022
» The president of the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) is committed to urging all stakeholders to pay attention to locally developed technologies, which he stressed could potentially enhance people's quality of life and drive economic growth.
Petition lodged with NACC over merger
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 13/05/2022
» A petition has been lodged with the National Anti‑Corruption Commission (NACC), urging it to scrutinise a move by the former board of the telecom regulator to devise a regulation in 2018 to change its power from approving telecom merger deals to only prescribing measures to govern them.
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.
Integrity pacts save B68bn over 4 years
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 21/11/2018
» Graft-tackling integrity pacts adopted as part of procurement bids helped the government pay nearly 70 billion baht below reference prices over the past four years, says the chief of the Comptroller-General's Department.
Laxer factory licence renewals coming
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran & Piyachart Maikaew, Published on 26/10/2018
» The Industry Ministry is set to scrap the factory licence renewal requirement, a key factor in chronic kickback problems experienced by factories and investors, with 60,000 factories expected to benefit from the change.
Ministry looks to mandatory CoST scheme
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 19/09/2018
» The Finance Ministry has set its sights on adopting mandatory construction sector transparency (CoST) for state projects in an effort to cut corruption.
Making transparent concessions
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Walailak Keeratipipatpong & Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 03/09/2018
» September marks a series of seismic auctions that will determine whether Thailand's business realm will continue to be dominated by the same old oligarchs or if newcomers with big bucks could shake up the monopolistic arena.