People sit down to eat at food stalls along Yaowarat Road, one of Bangkok’s main street food attractions, last month. (Photo by Nutthawat Wicheanbut)
The renowned Yaowarat Road in Bangkok’s Chinatown will get a new look early next year, deputy Bangkok governor Sakoltee Phattiyakul announced on Monday.
“After January, people will see a noticeable change along Yaowarat Road,” Mr Sakoltee told food vendors and local officials who attended a meeting on the famed strip’s planned revitalisation.
“The food carts will be more ordered, their appearance will be harmonised and the operations will be more environmentally friendly.”
The meeting, held in Samphanthawong district, was intended to inform business operators and local residents of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s plan to give the tourist…
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Protesters face water cannons as they deliver thousands of letters to HM the King
Police turned the water cannons on thousands of protesters again as they tried to march to the Grand Palace to symbolically deliver hand-written letters to the Thai King. Thai media reports the crowd numbers were up to 10,000 – 12,000. Police say the crowd was around 7,000.
Police used high power water cannons for only the second time after months of mostly peaceful protests to demand greater democracy. This time the cannons appeared to use just water after lacing the water with blue dye when last used at the Pathumwan Intersection in central Bangkok on October 16.
After police had earlier blockaded access to the Royal Plaza and…
Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha said today that a “reconciliation committee” comprised of lawmakers, senators and protest movement figures would study ways to amend the constitution.
Following a two-day emergency parliamentary session, Prayuth said he would support revising the charter to solve the problems raised by the pro-democracy movement through compromise and “peaceful” methods.
“Everyone is Thai, and I don’t hate anyone, even whoever accuses me of anything,” he said. “I can listen, and I have to be patient as a prime minister. No issue can’t be solved, so I ask you to trust that we will choose the best solution for our country and not just me.”
He told the parliament yesterday that the process of reviewing changes to the charter would be completed by December.
That’s far from what the protest movement’s been demanding. In recent…
The Wall Street Bull (The Charging Bull) is seen during Covid-19 pandemic in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States on May 26, 2020.
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Stocks skyrocketed and bond yields surged as investors bet Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine will help the broader economy recover and revive cyclicals and other industries that were beaten down by the pandemic.
The Dow was up nearly 3%, while Nasdaq fell 1.5 as laggard sectors like energy and financials outperformed tech. Stay-at-home plays, like Netflix and Zoom were sharply lower, but airlines rallied 16%. The S&P energy sector, still down 45% this year, was up more than 14%, and financials were up 8%.
Pfizer announced earlier Monday that its vaccine is more than 90% effective, and while it will not be broadly distributed for months, investors bet that the economy will reopen and people will travel, return to…
India is the world’s fifth-largest economy, and one of the fastest-growing in the world. The size of the Indian market, and its increasingly critical role in global supply chains, mean India and its trading partners have much to gain.
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As one of the world’s largest economies by gross domestic product (GDP) and with a sizeable youth demographic and a growing middle class, India is an attractive market for exporters. Its next challenge is to take its place as one of the globe’s most important trading nations.
However, there are some significant barriers to trade. Although import tariffs on goods were lowered substantially in the 1990s and 2000s, they have been raised again since 2017, and are now comparatively high.
FILE PHOTO: A man has his temperature taken as a preventive measure against the spread of the Covid-19 novel coronavirus at the Ministry of Transport at the border crossing over the second Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge in Mae Sot in Tak province, Oct 29, 2020. (AFP)
The government recorded three new imported cases of the novel coronavirus on Monday, bringing the accumulated total in Thailand to 3,840. No new deaths were reported.
The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said all three cases were foreigners who recently entered the country, two Ethiopians and one Omani national.
The man and woman from Ethiopia arrived in Thailand on Oct 23 and tested positive two weeks later.
The Omani man flew into the kingdom via the United Arab Emirates on Friday and tested positive for Covid-19 on…
Nearly 10 months since coronavirus lockdowns first started, many companies have been pushed close to the abyss by the sharp curtailment of business activity and greatly reduced revenues.
Asia, home to some of the world’s fastest-growing economies, has already seen declining growth and rising poverty. Many executives have had to make painful decisions to suspend or lay off staff at the peak of the protracted pandemic.
The tourism industry, on which many regional economies including Thailand rely so heavily, has been devastated. Millions of people have lost income and jobs, from food vendors to staff of giant household names like Traveloka and AirAsia.
According to a World Bank forecast, the pandemic will cause the deepest recession since World War II, with global growth contracting by 5.2% and the largest proportion of economies…
The 10-wheel truck, pulled over after it hit a motorcycle carrying three people on Sunday night in Chok Chai district of Nakhon Ratchasima. The motorcycle driver and a 15-month-old child were killed and an 11-year-old boy injured. (Photo: Prasit Tangprasert)
NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A man and a 15-month-old boy were killed and an 11-year-old injured when their motorcycle was sideswiped by a 10-wheel trailer truck in Chok Chai district on Sunday night.
The accident occurred about 8.30pm at kilometre marker 28 on Nakhon Ratchasima-Chok Chai road, said Pol Cap Somsak Chanchaemsri, a Chok Chai investigator.
The truck driver, Thongpoon Buakkhunthod, 55, told police he was heading tor Non Sung district when a car suddenly pulled out onto the road in front of him. He swerved to avoid hitting the car, and instead hit…
A Thai woman in Koh Samui allegedly ripped off at least 8 foreigners by offering visa extension services and taking off with the money. A group of foreigners reported the scam to officers at the Bo Phut police station, saying they placed deposits ranging from 10,000 baht to even 100,000 baht, but the services were never fulfilled.
A man posted a video on Facebook warning people about the alleged scam and saying he believes the woman stole around 10 million baht. A Thai TV news report shows a J&R Accounting business card for “Joy” which advertises accounting and work permit services.
“Be careful with your visa… There are a lot of people that just want your money and they don’t give the service.”
Apparently, some of the foreigners paid a deposit 6 months ago. They say Joy kept reassuring them that their applications processing. Now that visa amnesty is…
The Central Bankruptcy Court has approved Nok Air’s petition to begin a rehabilitation process, as the low-cost airline struggles with losses incurred due to the Covid-19 economic fallout. The Bangkok Post reports that Nok Air has debts of up to 26 billion baht, with 23 billion baht in assets. In the first half of 2020, it reported revenue of 3.4 billion baht, a drop of nearly 48% on the same period last year. The carrier recorded a net loss of 3.75 billion baht in the first half of this year, up from the 1.18 billion baht loss from the same period in 2019.
Director Kasemsant Weerakun says the carrier has suffered as a result of having its aircraft grounded for months.
“Even though Nok Air can reduce accumulative losses, the airline has suffered from the outbreak, which has grounded our fleet for months. The court has the jurisdiction to rehabilitate the company’s business. This…
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