Thailand Public hearings on water-management scheme necessary: judge – A judge at the Supreme Administrative Court recommended yesterday that the court should order complete public hearings for all of the project modules under the Bt350bn water-management master plan, but added that it should refrain from scrapping the scheme, or ordering a public referendum to decide […]

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CPF CPF buys Belgian food processor – SET-listed Charoen Pokphand Foods Plc plans to acquire a food operation in Belgium as part of its attempt to expand food investment abroad. Through its 99.99% owned holding firm CPF Europe SA, the company will next month pay Bt408mn for 80% of Tops Foods NV. The Belgian maker […]

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BKD Gets job in Saudi Arabia — BKD will partner with a Saudi Arabian partner for an interior decorating job in a hotel worth Bt1bn. It targets revenue growth in 2014 of 15% YoY after missing target of Bt1bn in 2013 due to a delay in construction work. It plans to bid for new projects […]

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The military has come out multiple times stating that a coup isn’t on the cards…yet…or may never be. Our viewpoint is that we don’t see it happening unless there is a huge amount of violence. “People are scared of something that hasn’t taken place yet,” Army Chief Prayuth Chan-Ocha told reporters in Bangkok yesterday. “Don’t […]

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