Tag: Kittiratt NaRanong
Kittirat: 2.2 trillion baht loan will boost GDP growth
BANGKOK, 12 March 2014 The Finance Minister believes the 2.2 trillion baht mega infrastructure project will trigger the country’s GDP growth. ...
Govt to issue bonds to raise funds for rice program
BANGKOK, 22 February 2014 The government is preparing to issue bonds in a bid to raise funds for the debt plagued rice support program. ...
Farmers boo finance minister as talks on rice payments fail
BANGKOK, Feb 18 – A negotiation between caretaker Deputy Prime Minister/Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong and farmers over payments from the rice pledging scheme failed,...
EC rejects govt request for loans to pay farmers
BANGKOK, Jan 22 – The Election Commission (EC) has turned down the government’s request to seek additional loans to subsidise the controversial rice pledging...
Finance Minister to testify in EC hearing on loan for rice...
BANGKOK, 14 January 2014 Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong will meet with the Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday in a hearing to clarify guidelines for...
Constitution Court holds 1st hearing on 2-trillion baht loan bill
BANGKOK, 9 January 2013 The Constitution Court on Wednesday held its first hearing on whether the passing of the 2-trillion baht loan bill was...
Kittiratt: Fed’s QE taper won’t affect Thailand
BANGKOK, 19 December 2013 Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong has expressed no concern about the trimming of quantitative easing (QE) by the U.S., saying Thailand’s...
100,000 visitors expected at “SET in the City”
BANGKOK, 23 Nov 2013 More than 100,000 visitors are expected at the “SET in the City” which is taking place from now through November...
Kittiratt stands ready for the mega infrastructure development project
BANGKOK, 8 November 2013 Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minster Kittiratt Na-Ranong has revealed some important updates on the government’s progress in the 2.2...
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British woman reunited with son after Pattaya Tourist Police help
PATTAYA, Thailand – A British woman who was too intoxicated to return to her accommodation on her own was safely escorted back by Pattaya...
Police check on Russian tourist sleeping drunk in Pattaya hotel for safety
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya Tourist Police were called to a hotel on August 13 after staff found a heavily intoxicated foreign tourist sleeping on...
Rescue volunteers suspended after taxi driver assaulted near Bangkok MRT Station
BANGKOK, Thailand – A group of rescue volunteers has been suspended from duty after a video showing several volunteers allegedly assaulting a taxi driver...
Kating Lai Park off North Pattaya faces erosion threat, safety barriers installed
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya City officials have inspected damage at Kating Lai Beach Park after waves eroded more than 20 metres of the shoreline,...
Pattaya motorcycle taxi driver arrives at police station with bat seeking help
PATTAYA, Thailand – Police officers and members of the public at Pattaya City Police Station were left puzzled when a motorcycle taxi driver arrived...