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• General Motors makes decision to pull out of Australia, New Zealand and Thailand 18 Feb 2020 08:43 Alpena News Online DETROIT (AP) — General Motors decision to pull out of Australia, New Zealand and Thailand as part of a strategy to exit markets that don’t produce adequate returns on investments raised dismay Monday from officials concerned over job losses. The company …
• Thai government ponders nine day Songkran holiday 18 Feb 2020 08:03 Phuket Gazette With Songkran and its infamous “7 dangerous days” rapidly approaching, the Interior Ministry has asked local authorities and administrations for effective measures to prevent road incidents. Last year, 386 people were killed on Thai roads during the deadly …
• Thai exports expected to contract in 2020 18 Feb 2020 07:44 Nationmultimedia.com The Covid-19 virus outbreak has hit Thai exports with many experts predicting a 1 to 2 per cent contraction this year. The Thai Chamber of Commerce (TCC) in January expected Thai exports this year at $241.894 billion, dropping by 1.7 per cent year on year. …
• Thai govt measures, budget bill to help economy weather coronavirus - c.bank chief 18 Feb 2020 07:17 Reuters * 3.2 trillion baht budget bill passed last week * Govt plans more steps to help virus-hit businesses * Growth may be less than 2% this year - c.bank (Adds detail, context) By Kitiphong Thaichareon BANGKOK, Feb 18 (Reuters) - The Thai government’s support …
• Building a digital water management system for Thailand 18 Feb 2020 06:52 Eco-Business Effective water management is crucial for both Thailand’s large agricultural sector and for its fast developing high-tech manufacturing sector. Cloudasset’s Digital Solution for Water Management integrated over 40 databases and data from satellites and …
• Iran to Export Cancer Drugs to Thailand, Armenia 18 Feb 2020 06:49 Kayhan
• Thai government measures, budget bill to help economy amid coronavirus - central bank chief 18 Feb 2020 06:24 Today
• Thailand: Emergency decree for deep South extended 18 Feb 2020 06:20 Relief Web SECURITY: The emergency decree in force in the three southernmost border provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat will be extended for another three months, from March 20 to June 19, National Security Council secretary-general Gen Somsak Rungsita said …
• Thai government measures, budget bill to help economy amid coronavirus: central bank chief 18 Feb 2020 06:18 Investing.com BANGKOK (Reuters) - Measures by the Thai government and the passage of a delayed budget bill will help ease the impact a new coronavirus on the economy, the country's central bank governor said on Tuesday. It will take some time to assess the impact of …
• Losing Chinese tourists to virus outbreak to have cascading effect on Thai economy 18 Feb 2020 06:16 Nationmultimedia.com Thailand could lose 1.6 million to 3.5 million Chinese tourists and gross domestic product (GDP) in 2020 would drop by 0.4 to 1 per cent due to the virus outbreak, Government Savings Bank (GSB) president Chatchai Payuhanaveechai said. GSB’s research centre …
• Thai govt measures, budget bill to help economy amid coronavirus - c.bank chief 18 Feb 2020 05:47 Reuters FILE PHOTO: Thailand's Central Bank Governor Veerathai Santiprabhob poses during an interview with Reuters at the Bank of Thailand headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, April 1, 2019. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo BANGKOK (Reuters) - …
• Cool to cold weather in upper Thailand, isolated rains in Bangkok 18 Feb 2020 03:24 Nationmultimedia.com The Thailand Meteorological Department forecast on Tuesday (February 18) that the strong high-pressure system from China covers the Northeast of Thailand and the South China Sea, while the easterly winds prevailing across the Gulf will be stronger. …
• Chinese automaker to take over Thai, Indian plants from GM 18 Feb 2020 02:28 Can India News Chicago, Feb 18 (IANS) Chinese carmaker Great Wall Motors (GWM) will take over General Motor’s (GM) manufacturing facilities in Thailand by the end of 2020, as the US automaker prepares to withdraw from some non-profitable operations in Asian Pacific …
• GM plans exit from Australia, New Zealand and Thailand 18 Feb 2020 02:03 Boston Herald DETROIT — General Motors’ decision to largely pull out of Australia, New Zealand and Thailand as part of a strategy to exit markets that don’t produce adequate returns on investments caused dismay Monday from officials concerned over job losses. “This is a …
• CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: The matchmaker who hooked 900 Thai brides for Danish fishermen 18 Feb 2020 01:13 Mail on Sunday Fishing For Love: How To Catch A Thai Bride Rating: Confronting Holocaust Denial With David Baddiel Rating: Nurse! I’m confused. Either I haven’t had my tablets today or the telly has become quite bewildering. I’m still trying to puzzle out that ending to …
• Seniors triumph in Phuket Open Pairs Championship 18 Feb 2020 01:06 Phuket News BOWLS: Phuket’s competitive bowls season returned on Tuesday (Feb 11) as 20 players contested the Phuket Open Pairs Championship at Kamala Lawn Bowls Club.Glen Collins (left) and Robbie Lord (middle) being presented with their trophy. Photo: Robert Knight …
• Thailand records new case of coronavirus 18 Feb 2020 00:45 Bangkok Post Lab technicians test patient samples for the novel coronavirus at the Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases of Thailand at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok on Feb 5, 2020. (AFP file photo) Thailand has recorded one new case of coronavirus, bringing …
• Coronavirus- El Al suspends China and Hong Kong flights, cuts Bangkok service Business Traveller 18 Feb 2020 00:24 Shanghai News El Al Israel Airlines has adjusted its flights to and from the Asia-Pacific region amid the recent coronavirus outbreak that began in the Chinese city of Wuhan. Israel’s flag carrier has now extended the suspension of its Beijing flights until April 24 …
• Phuket businesses seek B50bn in help 17 Feb 2020 23:53 Bangkok Post Phuket: Businessmen are making an urgent call on the government to allocate 50 billion baht in soft loans as part of financial assistance to shore up tourism in Phuket, currently left reeling by a sharp drop in Chinese tourists as a result of the widening …
• 'Racist' London attack on Thai 17 Feb 2020 23:52 Bangkok Post A Thai working in the United Kingdom was physically assaulted in what he claimed was a racist attack linked to the current global coronavirus outbreak. Pawat Silawattakun, a 24-year-old tax consultant, posted on his Facebook page on Feb 9 that two …