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U-tapao airport renovation project to get completed by schedule: PMO minister
The renovation project of U-tapao airport will be proceeded and completed according to plan to accommodate the growth of visitors to Thailand, said Prime Minister’s Office Minister Kobsak Pootrakool. He made comments on the U-tapao renovation project in Chonburi during a seminar organized for investors ...
Tanakorn Sangiam
Industry minister points out people's benefits from EEC project
The Ministry of Industry opened a seminar on benefits which the people will have from the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) project. Industry Minister Uttama Saowanayon opened the seminar in Rayong on “What Thais will benefit from EEC,” which was attended by government officials, delegates from ...
Tanakorn Sangiam
Initial impact of Thailand 4.0 analysed
A new report from the global research and consultancy firm Oxford Business Group (OBG) shines a spotlight on the Thailand 4.0 initiative and the development of the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), which together have helped foreign investment levels to recover. Keep reading ...
Electronic banking services crash
Electronic services of many banks – ATMs, mobile and internet banking – crashed on Friday morning (August 31). Messages on some screens said there were too many users. One big bank was later disconnected from the central switching system and other banks’ services were restored. ...
HSC eases its farming chemical ban
The government’s Hazardous Substance Committee (HSC) Thursday (August 30) revised its decision to ban three major chemicals in vegetable and herb farming. The chemicals, paraquat, chlorpyrifos and glyphosate, are now only partially restricted. They can still be used in six kinds of economic plants including ...
Apinya Wipatayotin
Budget will entrench power of military: student activists
IT took lawmakers just three hours to approve the Bt3-trillion budget for next year – and with all 206 legislators voting in favour of the bill, analysts believe the military government is sticking to its old school of thought.Clearly the regime does not believe in ...
Wichit Chaitrong
Amata: Chinese EV firms sniff around EEC
SET-listed Amata Corporation Plc, the industrial estate operator, is in talks with Chinese automotive companies that are interested in joining the government’s electric vehicle (EV) scheme in the flagship Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC). Keep reading ...
Lamonphet Apisitniran
Thailand again delays launch of infrastructure fund, until October
A multi-billion dollar infrastructure fund planned by the Thai government, first announced in 2015, will be launched in October, delayed again from September, a senior finance ministry official said on Wednesday. (August 29)The government aims to use the “Thailand Future Fund”, intended to eventually reach ...
Thailand’s election could get delayed, again
Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha seems to have dropped another hint that the country’s long-awaited election will be delayed yet again. Despite previously promising that one will be held in February 2019, Prayut recently said that a further delay is possible.Keep reading ...
Dept plans marine parks e-ticketing to curb visitors
The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) says it is to introduce an e-ticketing system at marine locations to regulate visitors and prevent corruption. Keep reading ...
Apinya Wipatayotin