Bangkok Post
SME fund bill bound for cabinet
The Finance Ministry will seek cabinet approval to require financial institutions to contribute 0.001% of their deposit base to a fund tasked with promoting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).A legal amendment is needed for the contribution requirement, and the fund is expected to receive 100 ...
Wichit Chantanusornsiri
Khon Kaen takes lead in Thailand's race to smarten up
Khon Kaen has been chosen to be the government’s model smart city for other provinces to learn from. Last Saturday (Oct 13), Khon Kaen hosted the Smart City Expo 2018, an event designed to showcase a variety of projects aimed at achieving the goal. Known as ...
Illegal job-seekers intercepted
Authorities have stopped 243 Thai citizens departing for South Korea in the past month where they were planning to work illegally, said Labour Minister Adul Sangsingkeo. The 243 were part of a group of 279 people stopped under suspicion of travelling abroad to work unlawfully. ...
Penchan Charoensuthipan
IMF warns trade friction to hurt Asian growth
Sustained trade tensions could slash Asia’s economic growth by up to 0.9 percentage points in coming years, the International Monetary Fund said, urging policymakers in the region to liberalise markets to offset the fall in export sales.Keep reading ...
THEOS-2 sat procurement 'above board'
The Ministry of Science and Technology’s procurement of the 7.8-billion-baht THEOS-2, an earth-observing satellite, is all above board, according to a special committee responsible for probing an allegation of conflict of interest surrounding the project. Keep reading ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Air safety plan won't be ready until 2022
Air transport officials of the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) said Tuesday they will have an official air safety master plan, but not before 2022.The 2022 deadline for the air safety plan was revealed Tuesday (Oct 9). The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has ...
Health policy panel looks like one too many
The cabinet will be asked on Wednesday (Oct 9) to approve a bill on the establishment of a national health policy commission, despite doubts about its usefulness and possible negative impact. Keep reading ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Sontaya lays out priorities for Pattaya
New Pattaya mayor, Sontaya Kunplome, stressed the need for the city to quickly address water, environmental and traffic problems while fully supporting the government’s flagship Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) project. Speaking Tuesday (Oct 9) at a gathering attended by local administrative officials, he said one ...
Chaiyot Pupattanapong
Workers pan sub-contracting
About 1,000 workers gathered at Government House on Sunday (Oct 8), calling on the government to end unfair contracts and unsafe working conditions in both the private and public sectors. The workers, led by labour rights advocates Sawit Kaewwan and Chalee Loysoong, marched from the ...
Penchan Charoensuthipan
EEC mustn't steamroll locals' rights
An hour after a public forum on land disputes in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) zone started on Thursday (Oct 4) in tambon Yothaka in Chachoengsao’s Bang Nam Prieo district, military personnel and security officers from the Internal Security Operation Command arrived at the scene ...
Paritta Wangkiat
