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Schedule approved for big EEC projects
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 23/11/2017
» The government is committed to starting big-ticket infrastructure projects worth over 740 billion baht next year in the much-touted Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).
GDP surges 4.3% in Q3
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 21/11/2017
» Thai GDP in the third quarter grew at its fastest pace since the first quarter of 2013, driven by exports, personal spending and private investment.
Needy school fund set up
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 22/11/2017
» The cabinet yesterday approved setting up an education fund with an initial budget of 1 billion baht to help finance the schooling of low-income earners' children.
BoI extends corridor privileges
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 24/11/2017
» The Board of Investment yesterday approved a two-year extension of investment privileges in the special promotion zones of the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).
Cabinet agrees to South development projects worth B500bn
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 29/11/2017
» The cabinet has acknowledged a proposal to develop infrastructure projects during 2019-23 in 14 southern provinces worth a combined 500 billion baht, assigning the National Economic and Social Development Board and the Transport Ministry to prioritise them.
B861m to fund EEC training
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 27/11/2017
» The government has set aside 861 million baht in the fiscal 2018 budget to finance human resource development in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).
Reservoir repairs community
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 04/12/2017
» The Sakor is mostly recognised as a small, decaying reservoir in the Deep South, but efforts to fix it have united the rural poor in Narathiwat province.
State affiliate bonus criteria revamped
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 05/12/2017
» The cabinet yesterday approved new criteria for bonus payments for affiliates of state-owned enterprises that are not listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), a move intended to standardise the government's bonus payment rate.
Prasarn: Near-term focus on hospitality
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 07/11/2017
» Although the government is eager to promote high technology and innovation, the national economic reform committee says the hospitality industry is a strength and where Thailand should focus in the short term to boost the country's income.
Going their own way, growing organically
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 07/11/2017
» While others ask for financial support and special treatment from the government, Ban Toei village of tambon Krabueang Yai in Nakhon Ratchasima's Phimai district does the opposite.