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Line shares stats on user behaviour
Line Thailand shared insights into user behaviour at an event in Bangkok called “Line Nexplosion” on Wednesday (February 19), aiming “to help build a new era of business”.Its figures from 2019 indicated that 59 per cent of users were women and 41 per cent were ...
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E-commerce, digital content rise as virus outbreak takes hold in China
The Trade Policy and Strategy Office (TPSO) says e-commerce and digital content are gaining ground in China amid the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak.Pimchanok Vonkorpon, TPSO’s director-general, said the trends of e-commerce and digital content were gathering momentum as Chinese people tended to stay home during the ...
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NESDC lowers 2020 economic growth estimate
Thailand’s economy grew by 2.4 per cent in 2019, lower than the previous estimate of 2.6 per cent, the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) said on Monday (February 17).The NESDC said gross domestic product in the fourth quarter of 2019 expanded by 1.6 ...
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Bt25 fare ceiling for Airport Link train service in off-peak hours
A State Railway of Thailand committee has approved a maximum fare ceiling of Bt25 per person per trip for off-peak hours on the Airport Rail Link Skytrain from Suvarnabhumi Airport to Phya Thai stations. The off-peak hours are from 5.30am to 7am, 10am to 5pm, ...
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Amid drought, EEC can’t be left parched
PTT Group executives met with Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak on Wednesday (February 12) to discuss the chronic drought’s likely effects on business, especially in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).PTT president and chief executive Chansin Treenuchagron said an aqueduct system is in place to supply ...
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Central bank worries virus impact could drag growth below 2 per cent
The Thai economy could be hit hard if the new coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak is prolonged, Don Nakornthab, senior director at the Bank of Thailand, said on Thursday (February 13).The economy is already weighed down by the impacts of the delay in implementing the annual budget ...
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Drop seen in demand for household loans this quarter
Demand for household loan is expected to decline in the first quarter of this year in line with the current economic situation that has affected consumers’ spending, according to a survey on loan tendency by the Bank of Thailand (BOT),The survey was conducted among executives ...
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Mass shooting a big lesson in security: Chulalongkorn security expert
The Korat mass shooting incident is a big lesson in security, while the government needs to come up with concrete measures to deal with such a situation, Chulalongkorn University security expert Surachart Bamrungsuk told Isara News Agency.“Even though it is not terrorism, as the motivation ...
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BOT widens QR code payment services in Asean
The Bank of Thailand (BOT) has said it would expand the QR cross-border payment to three Asean countries — Singapore, Myanmar and Cambodia — and the service was expected to begin in the middle of this year, BOT assistant governor for payment systems policy and ...
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Chulalongkorn research reveals 15 biggest risks on social media
Most people spend on average three and half hours to eight hours a day online, with the four main activities being entertainment, connection, reading news and work or school matters, Dr Phnom Kleechaya, an assistant professor at the Faculty of Communication Arts at Chulalongkorn University, ...
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