RECAP: Global markets remained fixated this week on inflation, interest rates and energy prices. There was added drama in Britain, where the passing of Queen Elizabeth II came just two days after Prime Minister Liz Truss took office and announced a bold plan to cap soaring energy prices for two years.
SET-listed Amata Corporation, an industrial estate developer and operator, has secured a concession from the government of Laos to develop a new "Amata Smart and Eco City" under a plan to expand industrial estates in Laos.
SET-listed Amata Corporation Plc, an industrial estate developer and operator, expects investments in Thailand to recover in the second half of this year, driving up land sales on its industrial estates towards a 1,000-rai target.
Amata Corporation Pcl. is aiming to sell up to 1,000 rai of lands in its industrial estates this year after an increasing number of foreign investors have approached the companies since Test & Go scheme resumed on February 1.
Some 150,000 skilled workers are on their way back to Thailand, while the government is setting up job centres in every province of Laos to assist returning migrant workers by providing them with information about new jobs.