New regulations for new and renewal of non-immigrant “B” Business visas issued in Thailand by the Immigration Bureau of the Royal Thai Police make it much more difficult for foreigners to do business legally in Thailand; especially if the books of the company and the income of the foreigner are not properly documented and all […]
THE ITALIAN man shot dead on Phuket last night has been named today as prominent businessman Luciano Butti, 60, by Italian website tgcom.it. From 1997 Mr Butti ran Ciao Bella, a popular restaurant on Phi Phi, and was the author of a book on the 2004 tsunami that devastated the region. Phuket police were carefully […]
BANGKOK, 11 March 2011 (NNT) – Thailand is found to provide the highest opportunities for women to hold executive positions in private organizations compared with others in the world, according to the 2011 annual business report of Grant Thornton. 45% of the Thai executives are found to be women, which is the highest in the […]
The Human Trafficking Suppression Police in Pattaya have been very active in Pattaya during the past 18 months with many arrests targeting many illegal brothels that are using legitimate bussinesses as a front. The crackdown has now expanded across the whole country with the most recent case involving a brothel in the central Suphanburi province,which […]
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has urged the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and the private sector to focus on “quality tourists”, though operators are calling on the government to improve the country’s stability to raise tourist confidence. Abhisit urged all parties in the tourism business to focus on the quality of tourists, rather than […]
Although the government is confident that its move to grant bail to seven red-shirt leaders will alleviate the political tension, merchants fear that it will bring about additional unrest. Merchants around the Ratchaprasong and the Victory Monument areas in Bangkok expressed their opposition to the court’s decision to grant bail to the seven leaders of […]
CAT Telecom is estimated to gain at least Bt14 billion in revenue from leasing the planned wholesale 3G service capacity to True Corp’s Real Move throughout the 14-year contract term, a CAT source said. The source added that the figure is based on CAT’s estimation of the net present value of the planned 3G-High Speed […]
Condom vending machines have been removed from Bangkok-based schools supervised by the city administration following complaints from parents who cited necessary provocation of sexual interests to students as the reason, deputy city clerk Pheeraphong Saichua said yesterday. Vending machines at two public parks Suan Rommaneenart and Suan Saranrom where male and female streetwalkers regularly do […]
