What happened now? Yesterday the House President called for an early bill debate today with 2nd and 3rd readings and votes by the end of this week and early next week and who sold off the market? Local institutions and prop desks (something we’ve been watching closely)… So whats the timeline of events now? If […]
Read More →AOT Transport Minister: Look at costs before allowing PSC rise — Chatchart Sithipun, transport minister, said he wants to take a look in detail at AOT’s cost rises before make the decision about raising passenger service charge, because there are more opponents than supporters. (Khao Hoon, 29/10/13) Comment: i’ve been reading that there will be […]
Read More →This an incredibly good article on Bloomberg evidencing the growth of Thailand’s provinces ex Bangkok. Its something that we’ve thought internally for the longest time that Bangkok doesn’t have much more business growth which as been evidenced by its growth numbers, whereas the provinces are growing @ 2-3x the rate of the country’s GDP. Of […]
Read More →AMATA Investing Bt50-60mn in flood prevention — AMATA says it has set aside Bt50-60mn for investment in flood prevention and is currently in the process of gathering necessary information for its long-term planning and mitigation plans which is expected to take 2-3 weeks. It plans to expand reservoirs and improve floodways with help from the […]
Read More →Markets been fairly quiet for the past week, mid-week break resulted in a lot of people taking time off and that was obvious in the volumes as well. Major news? Well exports for Sept were poor @ -7.1% and the BoT lowered GDP growth for 2013 n 2014 to 3.7% and 4.8% from 4.2% and […]
Read More →Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 374 mn BGH – K. Praset continues his buying of BGH this time to the tune of THB 303 mn SIRI – A director buying a block from the President @ thb 69mn Sell(s) THB 77 mn SIRI – See above
Read More →CKP Turnaround in 3Q13 — CKP will post a turnaround in 3Q13 net profit to Bt170mn, driven by revenues from Nam Ngum 2 hydropower plant. The company expects net profit for the year to exceed Bt370mn. (Khao Hoon, 28/10/13) Comment: Still an expensive entity. CPF Plans to go abroad to produce Asian food — CPF […]
Read More →Well now Pheu Thai has brought to the table a law that gives a blanket amnesty to law offenders, which includes everyone, yellow shirts, red shirts and good ol’ Mr T. So what’s happened thus far: 1. The first reading was passed just under 2 months ago but aimed only at the non-leaders of the […]
Read More →The QE tapering that never happened from a few months back sits in the back of our minds still as we sit here and wonder when will it happen, for now as the way things look, 2014 looks likely to be another year of continued easing and low rates world wide and Richard Koo here […]
Read More →Thailand 2013 revenue increases 9.2% from last year — State revenue in fiscal 2013 ending Sept 30 totaled Bt2.16trn, up 9.2% from last fiscal year and 2.7% higher than target, said Somchai Sujjapongse, spokesman of the Finance Ministry. Tax collections by the revenue, excise and customs departments were 0.4% above target, while revenue from other […]
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