Tag: Issara Wongkusolkit
Political unrest causes Bt50 billion monthly damage to Thai economy
BANGKOK, March 19 – Thailand’s tourism sector has been hardest hit of all sectors by the political turmoil since November during which a monthly...
Businessmen prepared for ‘Bangkok shutdown’
BANGKOK, Jan 7 – Thailand's private sector is urging other sectors in Thai society to work together to resolve the escalating political unrest in...
Thai private sector invites all parties for country’s reform
BANGKOK, Dec 9 - Thailand's private sector invited all parties for the country's reform following the ongoing political tutmoil. Chairman...
Thai Chamber of Commerce backs Govt’s 2-trillion-baht project
BANGKOK, 16 August 2013 Chairman of the Thai Chamber of Commerce Issara Wongkusolkit expressed his agreement with the government’s 2-trillion-baht infrastructure investment, particularly the...
Chamber of commerce calls on Govt to drop rice mortgage program
BANGKOK, 17 July 2013 The Thai Chamber of Commerce has suggested the government to cancel the rice pledging scheme and let the market mechanism...
Traders keep watchful eye on state rice subsidy
BANGKOK, June 19 – The Thai Chamber of Commerce (TCC) today set up a special body to closely monitor the government’s controversial rice pledging...
Private sector pleased with weakened baht
BANGKOK, June 3 – Thai exporters hailed the depreciating baht but remained cautious as the Thai currency is still 2-5 per cent stronger than...
Private sector proposes baht as border trade currency
BANGKOK, May 17 – The Thai private sector is satisfied with the baht movement at Bt29-30 against the US dollar – a rate...
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TAT and partners to host Songkran festivities across Thailand
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and its partners will host a series of events in cities across Thailand to celebrate this year’s Songkran...
Thailand may impose stricter measures to control forest fires and burning of farm waste
In response to the increasing air pollution in the northern and northeastern provinces, the government has declared that stricter measures may be necessary to...
Blacktip reef sharks return to Maya Bay in Andaman Sea off Thailand’s west coast
On any given day in Thailand's Maya Bay, up to 40 blacktip reef sharks cruise in the shallows while about 4,000 tourists visit its...
Bangkok introduces monthly pass for bus and Taling Chan-Rangsit Red Line rides
The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has collaborated with the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) and Krung Thai Bank to introduce a monthly pass...
Thai police raid 17 locations, seize one billion baht assets in online gambling crackdown
Police from Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau raided 17 locations linked to an online gambling network and seized more than one billion baht worth of...