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Education - Distribution of Tablets PCs to schools

03.02.2012

The first of three phases of the educational initiative "1 Tablet per child" will be launched in May. Under this program primary school students of internet-ready schools will be provided with Tablet PCs. Further schools are to be followed as soo... full text
Tourism: Development of a Tourism strategy between the Thai government and the public sector

31.01.2012

Even with raise of 20 % of visitors to a total number of 19.1 million tourists in the last year, prime minister Yingluck wants to build up a close cooperation between the public and private sector. The Tourism industry had in the last few years s... full text
Economics: Thailand as Gateway to Myanmar

30.01.2012

Many European companies see Thailand as a gateway to gain market access to Myanmar. Last month a group of European investors was visiting Myanmar and studying the positive developments in the country. Based on the good infrastructure in Thailand,... full text
Economics: Insurencefund for flooding doubled

27.01.2012

The Thai government plans to increase the amount of the maximum coverage of proposed insurance fund for flood and other natural catastrophes. This action would also help to regain the trust of some foreign investors. Meanwhile the whole insurance... full text
Economics: Energyministry is examing the prices

26.01.2012

The energyministry is examining how the prices for liquid petrolium gas (LPG), natural gas (NGV) and the crude oil price is going to develop in the future. At the moment it is discussed if the long fixed based price for vehicles should be increas... full text
Telecommunictaion: More Investments in Data analytics

25.01.2012

Companies are forced to invest in emerging technologies by the steadily increasing consumer expactations and the weak economic growth. These emerging technologies are „Big data“ analiytics, Cloud- based systems, data- loss prevention and enterpri... full text
Marketing: CO2 excise rate, wanted by BMW

24.01.2012

BMW is demanding to implement a CO2 emission- based excise tax rate in Thailand, which will be calculated based on the output of the gas. At the moment Thailand´s excise rate is calculated on horsepower and the size of the engine. This process of... full text
Economics: New investors wanted

23.01.2012

Thailands biggest construction company, ITD needs around 8 billion US $ within 3 years, in order to realize the Dawei infrastucture project. This project is supposed to build up a telephone network, streets, railways and a harbour at the South- W... full text
Economics: Severe weather could damage the farm sector

20.01.2012

The Agricultural Ministry of Thailand is estimating a growth in Thailands farm sector of 4.5 to 5.5 % this year. This Presumption can only be granted as long as severe weather and natural disasters wont hit Thailand. Furthermore it is estimated, ... full text
Retail: Wanted: Succesor for the Mall Group

19.01.2012

Thailands second hugest retailchain, The Mall Group, is looking for successors even from outside their family. The family company, owned by the Umpujh- Family, has to face the problem of some keyfunction managers, which are going to be retired so... full text
Technology: Further revolution of communication

18.01.2012

Consumer electronics industry expects a new generation of tablets, smartphones and several hi-tech gadgets to further impact communication. Especially trends of mobile internet devices combined with exciting functions like 3D features are expec... full text
Economics: The oilprice keeps rising

17.01.2012

The price for oil from Dubai and Singapor has risen to 6 US$ from former 5 US$ within one week. The expactations for the future of the oilprice is still expacted to rise, because during the winter months the demand for oil is normally higher.... full text
Current events: Bomb threat in Bangkok

16.01.2012

On Friday the U.S. Embassy published a terror warning addressed to U.S. Citizens in Bangkok. Endangered places were mainly highly frequented tourists areas in and around Bangkok. Despite being aware of the bomb threat since New Year’s Eve, Thai g... full text
Economics: Mitsubishi is spreading the risk

13.01.2012

In the future Mitsubishi is going to produce some of its electric appliances on his own in Japan. While in 2011 the Mitsubishi factories were not directly hitted by the flood, they still experienced a lack of materials from their suppliers. Accor... full text
Economics: Eco-friendly plastic bottle system

12.01.2012

Coca-Cola subcompany Thai Namthip Ltd. recently implemented new machinery at their Pathum Thani plant worth 700 million baht. Due to this investment they are therefore able to produce drinking water in eco-friendly plastic bottles, a move in the ... full text
Telecommunications: 3G in Thailand

11.01.2012

The „National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission“ (NBTC) is preparing the implementation of 3G in whole Thailand. Reasons for the initiation is the monthly increasing amount of mobile data users of 200 to 300 %. NBTC now demands, that... full text
Economics: The Gasprices are going to rise

10.01.2012

In the year 2006 there have been 23.496 vehicles with a gas engine in Thailand. In the end of 2011 the number of the vehicles with a gas enginge increased to 283.481. Reasons for that development has been the rise in the oil price over the last f... full text
Telecommunications: Good perspectives for data centers

09.01.2012

The year 2012 is going to have good perspectives for Data centers. Especially because of the increased demand for Backup- systems after the flood in 2011. Totally estimated growth of this business sector is estimated to be 50 %. Within the next t... full text
Economics: Improvement of Supply Chain

06.01.2012

The Flood in 2011 has lead the logistic distributers to find out new ways of decentralization in supplies. During the flood 2011 in Thailand, many of the huge logistic hubs were unable to operate for several weeks. Furthermore there has been shor... full text
Economies: Siam Cement Group expacts growth in US Economy

05.01.2012

The Siam Cement Group (SCG) is expacting a growth in the US economy in the near future. This expactation is based on the rise of housesales of 7% in the last few months.Even with the flooding of 12 factories, SCG still had an annual growth of... full text
Real Estate: Prevention of future floodings

04.01.2012

After the Flood in 2011 not only the government is starting to prepare for future floodings with its so called masterplan. Even the real estate sector is taking the possible threat serious. Normally the real estate sector has a high sales time in... full text
Economics: The Costs of Security

03.01.2012

With the beginning of 2012, the Thai Government has started to develop projects to prevent future flood katastrophes. The total loss of the damage in the last year is around 500 billion US $. With the inundation of several industry parks and some... full text