The Energy Policy Administration Committee (Epac) has decided to cut retail oil prices by another one baht per litre for both gasoline and diesel segments from Monday, says Energy Minister Siri Jarapongphan. “Energy policymakers want to ease people’s transport burden over the New Year holiday,” he said. Epac decided on two discount measures. The first is […]
Read MoreThe Foreigners’ Working Management Emergency Decree Number 2, B.E. 2561 was issued in March 2018 and meant to clarify and simplify certain work permit practices and regulations. The intention was to make it easier and more attractive for foreigners to work in Thailand; unfortunately, the new Decree has created problems for the very foreigners supposed to gain […]
Read MoreChallenges await property developers next year with the Bank of Thailand (BOT) poised to implement a more restrictive regime on mortgage loans starting April 1, along with the recent with a rise in the policy rate, and an expected slowdown of the country’s economic growth, according to realty experts. “We believe developers will have a […]
Read MoreInvestors have had a tricky 2018, particularly in equities, as the Federal Reserve’s monetary tightening policy, which saw several central banks follow suit, led to a continued sell-off of Thai shares by foreign investors. The trade spat between the world’s top economies and a local interest-rate hike have not helped the Thai bourse. The benchmark SET […]
Read MoreDespite a decrease in the number of overall complaints in the first 10 months of this year, property and residential businesses remain unimproved, with the majority of complaints concerning condos, says the Office of the Consumer Protection Board (OCPB). Pikanes Tapuang, deputy secretary-general of the OCPB, said most condo complaints were in Greater Bangkok for […]
Read MoreTHAILAND’S ageing population will become a serious problem for the Kingdom if its people do not start making long-term investments to prepare for their retirement, warns Rapee Sucharitakul, secretary-general of the Securities and Exchange Commission |(SEC). The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) has a market cap of up to 115 per cent of the nation’s […]
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