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Trillion-baht stimulus to boost domestic debt
Reuters, Published on 22/04/2020
» Thailand plans to borrow 600 billion baht in the current fiscal year to September and 400 billion baht in the next fiscal year to finance measures to mitigate the coronavirus impact, a finance ministry official said on Wednesday.
Thai rich to give government their ideas
Gary Boyle, Published on 22/04/2020
» Thailand's top business leaders are ready to help the government ease the crunch of the coronavirus crisis, and plan to offer their ideas to lift the country out of the economic quagmire.
Returnee shares travel nightmare in virus limbo
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 22/04/2020
» A travel blogger recently repatriated after being stuck in limbo for a month in Montenegro has expressed gratitude to Thai embassy officials for helping him return home.
No negative oil prices in Thailand
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 22/04/2020
» Oil prices in Thailand are unlikely to fall below zero in line with what happened in the US on Monday for the first time in history, as other index prices around the world remain intact.
Mall operators beef up hygiene, safety
Business, Pitsinee Jitpleecheep, Published on 22/04/2020
» Two shopping centre operators, Central Pattana and Rangsit Plaza, are revving up preparations of hygiene and safety measures at complexes to reassure shoppers' confidence once the malls are allowed to fully reopen.
Over 1m appeal cash handout rejection
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 22/04/2020
» More than 1 million applicants rejected for the 5,000-baht monthly cash handout submitted appeals online in the two days since the government opened the appeal process, says the Finance Ministry.
TOT told to map conduits
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 22/04/2020
» State telecom enterprise TOT has been ordered to map out existing underground cable conduits spanning more than 2,000 kilometres in Bangkok by early May so that a new project does not overlap, says Digital Economy and Society (DES) Minister Buddhipongse Punnakanta.
Moguls ready to help Thailand
News, Srisamorn Phoosuphanusorn & Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 22/04/2020
» Thailand's top business leaders are ready to help the government ease the crunch of the coronavirus crisis, and plan to offer their ideas to lift the country out of the economic quagmire.
Cabinet shifts budgets into central fund
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 22/04/2020
» The cabinet on Tuesday approved siphoning 10% of the fiscal 2020 budgets of each ministry to be allocated to a central fund to fight the pandemic and rehabilitate the economy.
Easing Covid rules has to be a balancing act
Oped, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 22/04/2020
» With the government's partial lockdown having taken a heavy toll on the economy, with large numbers of people experiencing hardship, there are growing calls for the government to ease measures imposed to combat the coronavirus.