The Thai Bankers’ Association (TBA) is considering extending debt restructuring measures as the domestic economic recovery should take a couple of years. The banking industry has been focusing on helping customers ease their burden via several methods of debt restructuring. Under the Bank of Thailand’s debt restructuring scheme, this allows debtors to suspend principal and […]
Read MoreThe Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking (JSCCIB) is encouraging the government to allow foreign investors to enter Thailand as part of efforts to cope with the sluggish economy. It is preparing to propose measures to screen business travellers to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, who chairs the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), […]
Read MoreTOKYO: Japan plans to ease its coronavirus travel restrictions by letting in up to around 250 foreign travelers per day from Australia, New Zealand, Thailand and Vietnam, government sources said. The quota, which Japan aims to introduce this summer, will initially apply to businesspeople such as executives and engineers, the sources said, adding that the […]
Read MoreRestaurants, hotels and eateries are likely to be allowed to serve alcoholic beverages on their premises in the fourth phase of easing the Covid-19 lockdown under a proposal to go to the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Friday. Also, the night curfew could be lifted for 15 days, as a trial, but the […]
Read MoreThe Thai Travel Agents Association (TTAA) aims to attract 1 million outbound tourists who booked tour packages over Songkran but failed to use them because of the pandemic to travel domestically instead, in hopes of raising 20 billion baht in tourism revenue. TTAA president Thanapol Cheewarattanaporn said that if the government lets people travel domestically […]
Read MoreThailand should seek to participate in Asia-Pacific trade agreement negotiations in August before deciding on membership in the pact, a group of leading business associations said on Wednesday. Opposition parties and some civil society groups oppose membership in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), saying it may harm the farm and healthcare […]
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