Editorial
Though Thailand’s success in containing COVID-19 has garnered praise around the world, the government’s handling of the pandemic has prompted intense criticism inside the country.
Thailand has recorded around 75,000 infections since the start of the pandemic with just over 300 deaths, or around 4.3 deaths per million people. Thailand saw less than 7,000 total cases during all of 2020, and by the second half of the year, the country had largely returned to “normal” life.
Since the new year however, Thailand has been hit by its second and third waves of infections. New cases peaked at over 800 per day in late January, slowed to fewer than 100 for much of March and then spiked again to over 2,000 per day in late April.
SCG s 1Q21 cement and building products revenue up 15% QoQ 05 May 2021
Thailand-based Siam Cement Group has seen revenue from its cement and building products business reach THB46,185m in the 1Q21, an increase of 15 per cent compared to the previous quarter. However, revenue was flat compared to a year earlier due to regional demand weakness and the planned maintenance of its Cambodia cement plant during the period.
Profit in the segment during the 1Q21 was THB2809m, an increase from the year-ago period due to effective cost management and seasonal factors.
SCG saw its consolidated revenue in the first quarter increase by 15 per cent to TBH122bn, up 26 per cent YoY, and its profit soared by 114 per cent to THB14.91bn, driven by its chemical business. The company also said it is studying the feasibility of restructuring its chemicals business to support opportunities such as expanding the unit’s production capacity in the ASEAN region and other investment
13 Suchitra Durai, India s Ambassador to Thailand, shows respect before a portrait of Their Majesties the King and Queen for donated medical equipment to help fight Covid-19 in her country. (Photo courtesy of the Royal Household Bureau)
The Thai embassy in New Delhi has recommended that Thai nationals in India leave the country due to its escalating Covid-19 crisis.
The embassy said on Tuesday that Thais who did not need to stay in the South Asian country should register to return home on repatriation flights set for Saturday from Chennai and May 15 from New Delhi.
It said the coronavirus had been spreading rapidly in India since mid-April and several medical facilities had already been overwhelmed.
Thailand sends medical supplies to India
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BANGKOK (NNT) - The Thai government has sent medical supplies by military aircraft to help fight the devastating surge of COVID-19 in India, before returning to Bangkok with infected embassy officials in need of treatment.
The Royal Thai Air Force Airbus A320 aircraft today departed Bangkok at 7 a.m. bound for New Delhi, India, on a mission to deliver medical supplies to India and retrieve embassy officials infected with COVID-19.
Onboard the flight were 30 small oxygen concentrators provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Royal Thai Embassy to India in New Delhi, which will be delivered to the Indian Red Cross Society to help support the country’s fight against COVID-19.
SCG set to finish IPO plan study
published : 30 Apr 2021 at 04:02 Mr Roongrote said the company s revenue jumped by 15% to 122 billion baht in the first quarter of the year.
SET-listed Siam Cement Group (SCG), Thailand s largest cement maker, expects to complete its feasibility study on an initial public offering plan for its SCG Chemicals unit and restructuring in 2022. The chemical business has good potential because of high demand in Thailand and Asean and a shift in trend towards green chemicals and the food packaging business caused by the pandemic, said SCG president and chief executive Roongrote Rangsiyopash.
The company saw its revenue in the first quarter increase by 15% to 122 billion baht and profit soar by 114% to 14.91 billion baht, driven by the chemical business.