A woman wears a face mask while shopping at Seacon Square shopping mall in Bangkok. (Photo: Somchai Poomlard)
Retailers have called for more stimulus packages to spur spending and continued cost-reduction programmes through subsidies on power and water bills, lending rates and expenses related to the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to Chatrchai Toungratanaphan, Thai Retailers Association’s vice-president, the government should introduce stimulus packages like the ‘Shop Dee Mee Khuen’ (shop and payback) scheme which offers a tax deduction of up to 30,000 baht when purchasing goods or services to spur spending.
The government should upgrade the readiness of the public health system such as an acceleration of vaccine and antigen test distribution, medical supplies and medicines as well as hospital beds for…
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