The National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC), a government think tank, sees three areas of key concern for 2021: rising unemployment; tight liquidity among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); and higher household debt.
Pattaya City together with Toyota and Osaka Gas lays the foundation for decarbonized sustainable city
published : 23 Dec 2020 at 11:07
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Mr. Sontaya Kunplome, Mayor of Pattaya City, Mr. Michinobu Sugata, President of Toyota Motor Thailand Co., Ltd., and Mr. Shunsaku Nakai, Managing Director of Osaka Gas (THAILAND) Co., Ltd. joined an MOU signing ceremony toward establishing a decarbonized society.
The aim of the project is to study and lay the foundation for a decarbonized and sustainable society through environmentally-friendly automotive innovations coupled with clean energy for various usages. The ceremony was held on Monday, 21 December 2020 at Eastin Thana City Golf Resort Bangkok, with the attendance of H.E. Mr. Kazuya Nashida, Ambassador of Japan to Thailand, and Dr. Luxmon Attapich, Deputy Secretary General, Eastern Economic Corridor Office.
Thailand tourism changed forever
Thailand tourism changed forever
BANGKOK: Last week the Thai government Minister’s speech shows me that tourism will never be allowed to recover to previous levels. The writing is definitely on the wall, windows and front door, that there has been a major policy shift in government thinking by PM Prayut Chan-o-cha’s Cabinet.
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In a deeply worrying development for Thailand’s massive Travel & Tourism industry, which last year generated a huge B2.2 trillion of income (US$55.2 billion), and accounted for 20% of GNP and 10% of all jobs in Thailand, the Deputy PM Supattanapong Punmeechaow said that the country relied too much on tourism and that this was “unacceptable”.
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Thai Deputy PM Supattanapong Punmeechaow.
BANGKOK (The Nation/ANN): The Covid-19 outbreak that hit Thailand since April has exposed the fragility of the economy and shed light on the fact that we rely too much on export and tourism, Deputy PM Supattanapong Punmeechaow said.
The deputy PM, who also holds the Energy portfolio, was speaking at the “Restart Thailand 2021” dinner talk held on Thursday (Dec 17) by Thansettakij and Krungthep Turakij newspapers at Siam Paragon shopping complex in Bangkok.
“The outbreak has had an especially heavy impact on small and medium businesses, prompting the government to spend over Bt800 billion on SME aid measures including postponing debt repayment worth over Bt6.8 trillion for 12 million SMEs, ” he said.