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Flood, landslide alerts go out to 21 provinces
Online Reporters, Published on 21/08/2019
» The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation on Wednesday warned of flash floods and landslides in 21 provinces in the North, the Northeast, Central Plains and eastern regions until Thursday.
Govt announces B21bn rice price insurance scheme
Reuters, Published on 21/08/2019
» The National Rice Policy Committee, chaired by Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha, on Wednesday announced 21 billion baht in subsidies to help stabilise prices for rice farmers hurt by drought and a strong baht.
B316bn plan to jump-start economy
Business, Chatrudee Theparat and Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 21/08/2019
» The cabinet on Tuesday gave the green light to a 316-billion-baht stimulus package deemed vital to boosting the country's economic growth by 0.5-0.6 percentage points this year.
Old formula, same results?
News, Editorial, Published on 21/08/2019
» After a continuous slowdown over the past five years, Thai economic growth is expected to reach a new low this year. Given the grim outlook, economists and observers are wondering why the government insists on clinging to the same old "stimulus" formula, which has done little to improve the economy in the long term or lift it out of the doldrums. Some have even called it a formula for failure.