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Condo demand goes soft
Business, Kanana Katharangsiporn, Published on 02/07/2018
» Soft demand in the condominium market, a high rejection rate for mortgage applications among middle- to lower-end buyers and a decrease in high-priced housing supply have driven developers to shift to luxury single detached houses.
Asco looks into joint exchange
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 02/07/2018
» The Association of Securities Companies (Asco) is studying the possibility of establishing a joint cryptocurrency exchange between securities companies and plans to apply for an operating licence with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Lengthy delay for new property tax
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 02/07/2018
» The land and buildings tax set for Jan 1, 2019 is likely to be enforced behind schedule because of the time-consuming approval process, says an informed source at the Finance Ministry.
Reimagining technology
Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 02/07/2018
» New technologies have made our lives more convenient, productive and efficient, but they are also having a growing impact on the way we interact and live. The ultimate disruption -- to use the most overused word of our digital age -- could well be a change in what it means to be human.
Services the missing link in new HK-Asean trade pact
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 02/07/2018
» Businesses in the region are looking forward to the new Asean-Hong Kong free trade agreement (FTA), but they say restrictions in the service sector will have to be lifted for all parties to fully realise mutual benefits from the pact.
A crack in the Great Firewall?
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 02/07/2018
» Whenever China announces policies to open up its economy or facilitate investment from abroad, the news is usually welcomed at home and abroad, but such policies or measures need to be fair. Not welcome are those that create discrimination or lead to greater disparity.