This is fairly short interview regarding the railway track plans in Thailand and China’s role. Short but interesting nonetheless Al Jazeera: Explain why trains and tracks in China are currently not compatible with those of Southeast Asia. Dr. Ruth Banomyong: There is no standard width for railways around the world. For China, it’s 1.44 metres, […]
Read More →APCO APCO will expand marketing channel via APCO Digital Marketing, starting in April. The firm also expects Bt1.6bn in revenue with profit growing six-fold in 2015. The firm expects to move to the main board in 2016. (Kao Hoon, 25/03/15) IEC PPA needs to be completed before IEC will invest in a bio power plant […]
Read More →ADVANC ADVANC ready to bid for any license and on any spectrum available. The firm says the increase in small cells means its network capacity can serve up to 50mn subscribers. Currently, ADVANC has about 44.3mn subs. The firm has launched a new service so called “Beat Banking†to drive data growth this year. (Kao […]
Read More →The market seems to be following the usual euphoria pattern whenever there is a new government in place, it’s the typical 1) New government, wooooooooooooooo things are going to be great, infrastructure and policies are going to be put through immediately 2) Ohh things are taking a bit longer than we expected, but the dream is […]
Read More →Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 156 mn CPF – The first real director purchase in CPF that I’ve noticed in a long long time. Sell(s) THB 1.2 bn TUF – To see the founder sell off such a huge portion is worrisome. Yes they can argue all they want that its for liquidity blah blah blah. […]
Read More →ANAN ANAN says 1Q15 will be good, backed by large backlog. It will spend Bt4bn for land acquisition and double new launches to Bt31.5bn. It plans to grow backlog to grow revenue over the next five years. It believes the property and building tax will raise developers’ cost. (Thun Hoon, 23 Mar 15) Comment: And […]
Read More →This has been the busiest start to a year (or lets say 6 months) that I’ve ever experienced despite the fact that I’m supposed to be on a sabbatical, and I haven’t had a moment to sit down and write my usual monthly rant on the markets, economy and politics on Thailand yet this year. […]
Read More →Thailand BoI applications plunge – New applications for investment privileges from the Board of Investment (BoI) in the first two months of this year totalled 107 projects worth a combined 17 billion baht. This represents a sharp fall of 72.6% from the 62 billion baht recorded in the same period last year, acting secretary-general Hirunya […]
Read More →There was a FTSE index re-balancing that occurred on Friday, here’s the breakdown: Large cap inclusion: TRUE (from mid cap); exclusion: BAY. Mid cap inclusion: none; exclusion: TRUE (from large cap). Small cap inclusion: CK, BMCL, SUPER, GUNKUL, GFPT, TICON, CHG, CKP, KCE; exclusion: CPNRF, SUC. All-world inclusion: none; exclusion: BAY. All-Cap (LMS) inclusion: CK, BMCL, […]
Read More →AAV China gives 85% load factor in 1Q15 – AAV reports that higher traffic from China remained the key driver to bring load factor to 85% in 1Q15. Management expects tourist sentiment towards traveling to Thailand to continue to improve over the remainder of the year despite the ongoing martial law. The Tourism Authority of […]
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