BANGKOK, 2 January 2012 (NNT) – A Suan Dusit poll shows Thai people are concerned over corruption the most when it comes to politics; however, they believe this year’s economy will be better than last year. The poll was conducted by Suan Dusit Rajabhat University from 20-31 December 2011 with 2,114 Thai people nationwide on […]
The finance minister is set to propose the first-time home buyers loan scheme at the Cabinet meeting tomorrow and is expected to suggest that the ceiling price for homes be raised from three million to five million baht. Finance Minister Thirachai Phuvanatnaranubala said he will propose the interest-free loan policy for first-time home buyers at […]
Thailand’s government will continue to promote the use of alternative energy and will consider ways to lower prices of ethanol-blended gasohol, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said. Gasohol should be cheaper than gasoline by at least 2 baht per liter, Yingluck told reporters today. Read more: Bloomberg.com
Thailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has defended the sharp cut in petrol and diesel prices amid worries over the effect on gasohol sales and production. The measure, which has slashed the diesel price by three baht a litre and 91 and 95 octane petrol by between seven and eight baht, is an initial step to […]
Prices at the pump in Thailand will tumble by as much as eight baht a litre today after the government gave the green light for a measure slashing contributions by refineries to the State Oil Fund. Energy Minister Pichai Naripthaphan said contributions and value-added tax have been cut by three baht a litre for diesel, […]
BANGKOK, Aug 22- Thailand’s Gold Traders Association announced a Bt300 adjustment of gold prices at local market for the second time on Monday. A buying price of Bt26,014.56 per baht-weight (15.16 grammes) is for gold ornaments, and selling price of Bt26,900, according to the association’s president Jitti Tangsithpakdi. The buying price of gold bar was […]
Stringent security measures were put in place at and around gold shops in Bangkok’s Yaowarat area on Tuesday after gold prices surged to a record high. Chief of Pubplachai police station Pol Col Rungrote Sayanprasert said the large number of gold shops in the Chinatown area could become targets of criminals. He had police to […]
BANGKOK, 9 August 2011 (NNT) – People are flocking to buy gold for speculation after domestic gold price yesterday hit a new record high with a tendency to go up non-stop. Throngs of gold buyers visited gold shops everywhere after the gold price yesterday increased by 650 baht per one-baht weight. Most of them came […]
