WHTW Top 10: 08/03 – 12/03
- Anti-government protests resumed over the weekend in 4 locations in BKK, some 20-40 protesters were arrested. Police are working to identify those who hijacked police vehicles and helped two detained protesters escape during the protests.
- CCSA is set to consider easing quarantine rule for tourists from next month, where they will be allowed to leave hotel room after 3 days of mandatory 2-week quarantine, but will still be confined to the properties. A proposal to waive quarantine rule for vaccinated visitors will also be considered.
- Fuel tariff kept steady as oil prices increase: The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has resolved to maintain the fuel tariff (Ft) at an average of -0.1532 baht per kilowatt-hour (unit) to control monthly power bills this year as the global oil price is on an uptrend. Bangkok Post
- Consumer prices still declining: The consumer price index (CPI), a gauge of headline inflation, fell 1.17% year-on-year in February, marking the 12th straight monthly decline since March 2020. Bangkok Post
- Risky business: The SEC is concerned about the volatility of cryptocurrency for novice investors, but its new rules effectively bar middle-class Thais. A huge flock of fund inflows and new traders moving into the cryptocurrency market has drawn a watchful eye from the regulator, eager to inform young, wide-eyed investors about their risky behaviour amid skyrocketing returns, but also limiting those who can partake in the digital asset market. Bangkok Post
- Delay in 5G licence payment on cards: The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has been ordered to study a proposal to delay 5G spectrum licence payment in a move to help alleviate the financial hardship of the winning bidders which have been hard hit by the pandemic. Bangkok Post
- Cabinet won’t extend tour scheme: Tourism bodies to redesign campaigns. The cabinet has turned down a proposal from the Tourism and Sports Ministry to extend the fraud-plagued Rao Tiew Duay Kan (We Travel Together) scheme scheduled to end on April 30. Bangkok Post
- Restrictions to end ‘by October’: CCSA upbeat about reopening country. Thailand will be fully reopened by October and all Covid-19 restrictions lifted, if all sectors continue to cooperate with the government in its containment efforts, the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) hinted yesterday. Bangkok Post
- The National Electric Vehicle Policy Committee is considering setting a new electric vehicle (EV) production target, with EVs making up half of all car manufacturing by 2030.
- Second home’s LTV restriction at 80% will expire at end of March, before going up to 90% from April 1, may help boost demand and benefit SIRI, AP, SPALI, Tabloid.
peter satrapa-binder
@ 5. bitcoin play rules: And there won’t be any RICH wide-eyed and naive novice investors?:)
Pon
shhhhhhhhhh, let the illusion of knowledge continue.
peter satapa-binder
🙂