Tag: Deputy Prime Minister
Finance Minister affirms the 2012 export growth target at 15%
BANGKOK, 21 September 2012 – The Finance Ministry has affirmed that this year’s export growth target will remain unchanged from its initial estimate. ...
Water retention areas to be finalised this month: Deputy PM Kittirat
TOKYO, May 13 – Designation of water retention areas under the government’s flood prevention plan will be finalised by May, said Deputy Prime...
Finance Minister: Govt to closely monitor fuel price
BANGKOK, 27 March 2012 - Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Kittiratt Na Ranong has stated that the current increase in the global fuel...
Drug suspects arrested in three cases as government crackdown continues
CHIANG RAI, Sept 25 - Police arrested a suspected member of a major drug network in the North, two suspected drug traffickers in...
PM asks public to give her cabinet opportunities
BANGKOK, 10 August 2011 – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has asked the public for an opportunity for her cabinet to work for the...
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Integrity Legal’s Benjamin Hart certainly struck a chord with his address to the Pattaya City Expat Club on February 12. His aim was...
Foreign applicants for Thai bank accounts facing new crackdown
Foreigners wishing to open a Thai account face additional hurdles from Monday February 17. Even those who require a savings or current account to...
High Season Prejudice – Foreign tourists facing unfair ride fees by baht buses in...
PATTAYA, Thailand – Foreign tourists in Pattaya are increasingly raising concerns about being charged unfairly high ride fees by baht buses (songthaew), a common...
Armed man in military-style uniform threatens rescue workers after hit-and-run incident in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand – A dramatic scene unfolded at an intersection in Pattaya when a man dressed in military-style clothing, driving a black Toyota Vios...
Heated argument over delivery queue leads to shooting at island ferry terminal in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand – A heated argument over a delivery queue at the ferry terminal to Koh Larn in Pattaya escalated into gun violence, leaving...