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Wage-hike disaster looms for many companies, FTI warns
Raising the daily minimum wage to 400 baht would have a detrimental impact on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) says.The 400-baht wage was a Palang Pracharath Party election campaign promise.Keep reading ...
Penchan Charoensuthipan
Mekong water level lowest in 10 years
The water level in the Mekong river is the lowest level in 10 years, according to local media reports.The water level, 2.60m, is about 10 metres below the spill-over point on the Mekong river bank, which is 13m high. In the same period last year, ...
Pattanapong Sripiachai
Uttama eyes tax adjustments
Finance Minister Uttama Savanayana on Saturday pledged to consider adjusting income tax and corporate tax to bring the two rates closer.The maximum bracket for income tax is 35% while that of the corporate tax is 20%, he said.The impact of any adjustments to these taxes, ...
Wichit Chantanusornsiri
Thailand 'violated customs law'
A World Trade Organisation (WTO) Panel has upheld the Philippines’ claims that Thailand has been violating international customs law. The dispute initiated by the Philippines in 2008 affects that nation’s exports of cigarettes to Thailand, according to a statement released on Friday at www.dti.gov.ph.Keep reading ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
EEC megaproject draws flak from residents
The Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) is a well-known flagship megaproject of the military government. The project aims to turn most of the land in the three provinces of Chachoengsao, Chon Buri and Rayong into industrial zones.Keep reading ...
Sonthanaporn Inchan
Samut Prakan monk makes ‘nano-robes’ from recycled plastic bottles
After three years of trials, Pra Maha Pranom, who is the assistant abbot of Wat Chak Daeng temple in Thailand’s Samut Prakan province, has successfully produced what he calls a “nano-robe”, made from a mixture of recycled plastic, cotton and zinc oxide nanoparticles.The robe is ...
Egat begins public hearings for Mae Moh coal plant units
The state-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) will start public hearings with stakeholders and local communities on Saturday in a bid to repower two existing units of the Mae Moh coal-fired power plant in Lampang. Egat is budgeting 37 billion baht for development cost ...
Yuthana Praiwan
BoT starts siege on hot-money flows
The Bank of Thailand’s moves to counter hot-money inflows that have pushed the baht to a six-year high and the central bank’s vow to impose more measures if such speculative flows linger rattled the local currency and the stock market on Friday.Keep reading ...
Somruedi Banchongduang
‘Nearly 1,100 Lao families to be displaced’ by Thai-Vietnam dam project
A Thailand-Vietnam joint venture is going ahead with the construction of what will be Laos’ fifth hydropower dam on the mainstream Mekong River in Luang Phrabang province, with hundreds of families likely to be affected.Keep reading ...
The Nation Reporter
Timeless river culture
Residents living along the Mekong River bank in Chiang Khan district of Loei realise the vital importance of saving their environment.Keep watching ...
