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Thailand’s new government should build on progress over migrant’s rights

Migrant workers in Thailand are pivotal to the country’s economic development. According to the United Nations, approximately 4.9 million migrant workers are in Thailand, making up more than 10% of the country’s workforce.An estimated 4.3% to 6.6% of Thailand’s gross domestic product (GDP) can be ...

Zachary Frye

TDRI advises Govt to accelerate development of longevity society

The Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) has advised the government to accelerate the development of longevity society to accommodate the aging society by focusing on using technology to help develop labor that is expected to be reduced in the future.Keep reading ...

Supawadee Wangsri

Airport rail project 'good for country'

Suphachai Chearavanont, CEO of Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group, has reaffirmed the company’s commitment to investing in the 225-billion-baht high-speed railway linking three major airports, despite it being considered a high-risk investment. The company will keep pushing for the project to materialise for the benefit of ...

Bangkok Post Reporter

Cabinet gives green light to many economic measures

The cabinet on Tuesday passed resolutions on several issues, ranging from the transfers of high-ranking government officials and measures for oil palm growers to measures for business operators.The cabinet approved extension to the registration period for a reduction in corporate income tax for Special Economic ...

Tewit Kemtong

Dept in big push for SMEs to embrace e-commerce platforms

With a budget of Bt1.28 billion, the Ministry of Industry’s Department of Industrial Promotion (DIP) aims to generate a business value of Bt13 billion in 2019 through bringing traditional small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) onto e-commerce platforms and boosting the country’s startup ecosystem through Thailand ...

Phuwit Limviphuwat

Govt rushes to ink EEC deals

The government is pushing to get at least two contracts relating to the much-touted Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) project to be signed by next month, before the new government is sworn in. Keep reading ...

Thodsapol Hongtong

Ways to gear up for an ageing society

Economic growth is expected to take a heavy hit due to the rising number of the elderly and the country urgently needs to tackle it by cutting in half the number of military personnel, increasing the number of foreign labourers and employing increased automation in ...

Wichit Chaitrong

Public investment disbursement exceeds goal

The public investment budget for the seven months through April was 5.86 percentage points higher than targeted, says a senior official at the Comptroller-General’s Department. State agencies took out 370 billion baht of their investment budget during October 2018 to April 2019, representing 66.7% of the ...

Wichit Chantanusornsiri

A clear path to cleaner air?

Upgrading European emission standards is high on the agenda for policymakers amid hazardous dust pollution and PM2.5 particles in the northern, northeastern and central regions. Thailand adopted the standards in 1996 to tackle pollution, aiming to implement them a year later. At that time, Thailand ...

Piyachart Maikaew & Yuthana Praiwan

Thailand Economy: Looking To Japan And China To Boost Prosperity

Thailand in late March held its first elections since 2014. Whatever its shortcomings, the vote ensured that elected representatives in parliament have some measure of accountability and provided a legitimate outlet for dissent. Keep reading ...

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