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News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 17/10/2013
» The government has clamoured for months about the necessity of its 2-trillion-baht borrowing programme to help modernise our road and rail infrastructure. While many question the approach and methodology of how the programme will be financed, vetted and structured, few doubt that more public investment is sorely needed to support the country's growth over the next several decades.
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 26/09/2013
» I wonder who is in greater need _ Thai small businesses or the state bank set up to help them?
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 04/07/2013
» It's easy to be cynical about politics and policy when decisions are seemingly made day-by-day, with hardly any rhyme or reason.
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 15/08/2013
» Since the first Thaksin Shinawatra government in 2001, and all the way to the current Yingluck Shinawatra government, one clear priority for Thailand's political leaders has been the importance of poverty alleviation policies.
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 26/07/2013
» It's hard to make sense of the headlines last week about the authorities breaking up a gang responsible for defrauding the government out of more than 4.6 billion baht in illicit value-added tax refunds.
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 02/05/2013
» Betrayal and outdated are both terms that have been used in the growing war of words and ideas over the government's ambitious 2-trillion-baht infrastructure programme.
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 23/05/2013
» It seems like the line drawn in the sand is fading with each day. Policymakers had previously insisted that the 500-billion-baht allocation to the rice pledging scheme was enough to ensure financial self-sufficiency for the programme.
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 13/06/2013
» The controversial rice-pledging scheme has caused a bad stink. While there is escalating pressure for the government to clarify the scale of the losses suffered by the programme, following warnings by Moody's Investors Service that they might threaten the country's credit rating, the ministers involved have remained tight-lipped.
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 21/03/2013
» In late 1996 and early 1997, in the face of a slowing economy, deficits in the budget, trade and current accounts, and weakness in the financial system, the Bank of Thailand insisted that it was ready to go to war.
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 11/04/2013
» Who doesn't wish for a better future, for ourselves and our heirs? That's part of the human condition. I believe most acknowledge and agree with the aims and purposes of the government's 2-trillion-baht infrastructure programme. And why not? Thailand is a developing country, and so we must continue to develop our roads and railways for a better future.