Thai Press Reports articles from September 2010, page 6

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Thailand: Damaged during political riots, CentralWorld re-opens.
September 28, 2010... Section: Business News - Street vendors and shoppers will have smiles on their faces again after CentralWorld, which was damaged by fires during the May 19 riots, reopens on September 28, the Bangkok Post reports. Central Pattana Plc, the...

Thailand: Inspire Entertainment awarded licence for Japanese fashion magazine.
September 28, 2010... Section: Business News - Inspire Entertainment, a subsidiary of Siam Sport Syndicate Plc, has been awarded the licence for a Japanese fashion magazine that it hopes will lift its revenue by 10% this year to 500 million baht, the Bangkok Post...

Thailand: Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau will propose setting up new tourism committee.
September 28, 2010... Section: Business News - The Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) will propose setting up a new tourism committee, consisting of the TCEB, Tourism Authority of Thailand and Sport Authority of Thailand, to integrate the work of the...

Thailand: Commentary - Abhisit vs Korn = Brown vs Blair ?
September 28, 2010... Section: Commentary - The Nation With widespread rumours that Finance Minister Korn may succeed the premier, it is reminiscent of the time when UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown was set to take over from then British PM Tony Blair, The...

Thailand: Abhisit brushes off speculations over his being replaced.
September 28, 2010... Section: Government and Politics - Debate about successors 'natural given circumstances', The Nation reports. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva was unperturbed on September 26 about renewed speculation that coalition partners and his own party...

Thailand: Research house says strong baht will offset measures to increase capital outflow.
September 28, 2010... Section: Economy - Thailand's latest measures to spur outflows will not alter the balance of payments significantly and the baht is set to appreciate further against the US dollar, according to economic research, The Nation reports. Siam...

Thailand: Forum participants discuss ways to improve literacy in Thailand.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - World literacy leaders Japan and South Korea highlighted as models, The Nation reports. Japan's literacy rate has reached 99 per cent, while South Korea's literacy rate has reached 93.5 per cent, according to United...

Thailand: Commentary - Political change is in the air.
September 28, 2010... Section: Commentary - The Nation Dust seems to be swirling around in politics like it was a signal that there'll be some changes. It could be that politicians are preparing for the historical Democrat Party dissolution case. While Prime...

Thailand: Live ammunition found in Lop Buri field.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - More than 5,000 rounds of live ammunition were found amid the thick growth of weeds along a local road in Lop Buri on September 26 morning, The Nation reports. They are designed for use with M16 machine guns. Lop...

Thailand: Government works to improve educational standards.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - Teachers' quality has been top of the list of must do things to improve Thailand's declining educational standard, The Nation reports. There've been some efforts, with the latest being the government's approval of...

Thailand: Deputy Prime Minister Suthep picked to run in Surat Thani by-election.
September 28, 2010... Section: Government and Politics - The three branches of the Democrat Party in Surat Thani voted on September 26 to enter Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban in the Surat Thani by-election, The Nation reports. The branches voted...

Thailand: Poll says Democrat Party would win by slight margin if elections were held now.
September 28, 2010... Section: Government and Politics - If a general election was held on September 27, slightly more than half of respondents surveyed by Abac Poll said they would vote for the Democrat Party to form the next government, according to survey results...

Thailand: Police chief comments on bomb explosion.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - A 'harmless' explosion on September 26 outside the Nang Lerng Royal Turf Club, only a few hundred metres from Government House, was meant to create trouble for the government, National Police chief Wichean Potephosree...

Thailand: ICT Ministry tells Cat Telecom to get lower price for CDMA network from Hutch.
September 28, 2010... Section: Business News - ICT Ministry wants CDMA network for Bt4 billion instead of Bt7.2 bn, The Nation reports. The Information and Communications Technology Ministry has ordered CAT Telecom to bargain with Hutchison Telecom to lower the...

Thailand: Stock Market Overview and Review.
September 28, 2010... Section: Business News - The Nation Therdsak Thaveeteeratham Senior Vice President , Asia Plus Securities. Since July 22, 2010, foreign net buys in the Thai market have reached Bt47 billion, pushing the SET Index by 12.8 per cent and the baht...

Thailand: Shipbuilding and Repairing Association hopes to snare replacement market for coastal ships.
September 28, 2010... Section: Business News - Thai Shipbuilding and Repairing Association (TSBA) hopes to snare the replacement market for Thai coastal ships, expecting 113 ships to be scrapped in the next few years, The Nation reports. The value of new...

Thailand: Number of visitors from India to Thailand expected to continue to rise.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - Visitors from India have doubled from only 300,163 in 2004 to 596,529 last year, and the joint marketing efforts of 1,200 representatives from travel companies and local operators are expected to keep them coming, The...

Thailand: Bio Energy to increase power plants' capacity.
September 28, 2010... Section: Business News - Bio Energy, a biofuel production business under the Mitr Phol Group, has allocated Bt3 billion to increase the capacity of its two biofuel power plants by a combined of 68 megawatts by the end of this year, partly for...

Thailand: Shops at Siam Square complain of scant government financial support and negligence of Chulalongkorn University.
September 28, 2010... Section: Business News - Vendors complain about losing regular customers, lower income, The Nation reports. Shops at Siam Square are complaining of scant government financial support and negligence of Chulalongkorn University. After the...

Thailand: Tourism arrivals show robust growth.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - During the first seven months of this year, Thailand welcomed 8.77 million tourists, a 13.79 per cent increase from 7.7 million from the same period in 2009, according to Tourism Authority of Thailand, The Nation reports....

Thailand: expert discusses issues dealing with the Thai baht.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - By Supavud Saicheua - The Nation After the baht appreciated 8 per cent so far this year, concern about the economic consequences of such a rise is becoming more evident especially when a further rise in the baht is being...

Thailand: bank of Thailand holds symposium on policy issues.
September 28, 2010... Section: Economy - By Nuwat Nookhwun - The Nation Under the theme "Moving Thailand towards the next decade", this year's Bank of Thailand symposium discussed several important policy issues, including how to unleash a new wave of investment,...

Thailand: Interview - Thanongsak Thaweethong, Secretary-General, Municipal League of Thailand.
September 28, 2010... Section: Government and Politics - Bangkok Post Thanongsak Thaweethong, secretary-general of the Municipal League of Thailand, is vocal about his frustration over political interference in the 2011 budget for local administration organizations....

Thailand: Police offer reward for information on people responsible for recent bombings.
September 28, 2010... Section: General news - Police are offering a 100,000 baht cash reward to anyone providing information leading to the arrest of those responsible for a recent spate of bomb attacks in Bangkok, the Bangkok Post reports. The offer came just...

Thailand: Cabinet orders government agencies to use 13 new "national fonts" in bid to curb intellectual property infringement.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - The cabinet has instructed all government agencies to use 13 new "national fonts" in a bid to curb intellectual property infringement and encourage the use of Thai fonts instead of foreign ones, the Bangkok Post reports....

Thailand: Deputy Prime Minister Suthep picked to run in by-election.
September 28, 2010... Section: Government and Politics - Bangkok Post The deputy PM, chosen to contest Surat Thani by-election, could be last man left standing if party is banned. The Democrat Party is looking to its own survival in choosing its secretary-general...

Thailand: Newin Chidchob explains why amnesty bill for political protesters should be passed.
September 28, 2010... Section: Government and Politics - Bhumjaithai Party de facto leader Newin Chidchob explains to Pradit Ruangdit why his party has proposed, and is drumming up support for, a bill that would give yellow and red shirt protesters immunity from...

Thailand: Live ammunition found near Lop Buri road.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - Police in Lop Buri's Muang district are seeking the source of more than 5,000 new M16 rounds found in two bags by a roadside, the Bangkok Post reports. The chief of Muang district police station, Thawatchai...

Thailand: Anti-Aids drug import bill likely to fall after Government Pharmaceutical Organisation opens drug factory.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - Thailand's anti-Aids drug import bill is likely to fall after the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation opens its multi-million-baht drug factory later this year, the Bangkok Post reports. The first batch of...

Thailand: "Amari Watergate & BMW Thailand Charity Midnight Run" to be held on October 9.
September 28, 2010... Section: general News - The only running races to be held at midnight, the "Amari Watergate & BMW Thailand Charity Midnight Run" is back and will begin on October 9, offering two races: A six- and 12-km run, the Bangkok Post reports. City...

Thailand: Siam City Cement raises prices.
September 28, 2010... Section: Business News - Siam City Cement (SCCC), the country's second largest cement maker, becomes become the first local producer to raise its prices, as domestic consumption has been better than expected, thanks to growth in infrastructure...

Thailand: Tiny no-name company as a big bid winner draws attention government's rice sales.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - Emergence of tiny no-name company as a big bid winner draws attention to the often murky practices associated with the government's rice sales, the Bangkok Post reports. No one knows when the next general election will...

Thailand: PTT Plc's sixth gas separation plant to start operations in about a month.
September 28, 2010... Section: Business News - PTT Plc's sixth gas separation plant will be able to start operations within a month after receiving an operating permit next week, says Energy Minister Wannarat Channukul, the Bangkok Post reports. Operating permits...

Thailand: Outbound investments gradually rise.
September 28, 2010... Section: Business News - Local investors' outbound investment has gradually increased as they seek opportunities in a volatile global market, the Bangkok Post reports. The Finance Ministry last week approved Bank of Thailand proposals to...

Thailand: Opportunity for Thai people to invest in foreign properties expand.
September 28, 2010... Section: Business News - The opportunity for Thai people to invest in foreign properties has expanded, now that the Finance Ministry has doubled the maximum investment allowed to US$10 million, the Bangkok Post reports. "Over the past two...

Thailand: Authorities plan new round of bids in financially troubled Finansa Life Assurance.
September 28, 2010... Section: Business News - Authorities plan a new round of bids for investors in financially troubled Finansa Life Assurance, according to Supa Piyajitti, the chairwoman of a committee set up to control the firm, the Bangkok Post reports. Ms...

Thailand: Businesses to draw up collective action plan against corruption.
September 28, 2010... Section: Business News - Businesses plan to draw up a collective action plan against corruption through an alliance with regulations, says Charnchai Charuvastr, president of the Thai Institute of Directors (IOD), the Bangkok Post reports. The...

Thailand: Executive says foreign investors view of Thailand has improved.
September 28, 2010... Section: Business News - More certainty about Map Ta Phut regulatory issues, plus rising wages in China, have improved foreign investors' view of Thailand, says Prapaiwan Muthitacharoen, deputy governor of the Industrial Estate Authority of...

Thailand: Tapioca starch exporter Sanguan Wongse Industries Co, supports government promotion program.
September 28, 2010... Section: Business News - Sanguan Wongse Industries Co, a major producer and exporter of tapioca starch, is confident that government efforts to promote an integrated tapioca industry in Nakhon Ratchasima will ensure manufacturers a steady supply...

Thailand: Shangri-La Bangkok emphasises on human resources development.
September 28, 2010... Section: Business News - Shangri-La steps up emphasis on 'software' after upgrading 'hardware' through a $60-million renovation, the Bangkok Post reports. The Shangri-La Bangkok is returning to basics with human resource development or what...

World: Oil Market Condition.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - West Texas Intermediate (WTI) rebounded last week to settle at above $75 per barrel again, benefiting from US dollar weakness, better sentiment about the economy, the change in the front-month futures contract from...

South Korea: South Korea to host G20 Summit.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - This is the first of a two-part series on how South Korea is preparing to host the G20 summit to be held in Seoul from Nov 10-12, the Bangkok Post reports. During the bleak days for the world economy immediately...

Asia: President of India encourages Cambodia to develop rice production sector.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil recently encouraged Cambodia to transform itself into a "rice basket" and increase the use of preferential trade tariffs with her country, the Bangkok Post reports. "India and...

Thailand: Brokers say SET index to top 1000 points by year-end.
September 28, 2010... Section: Business News - Local brokers remain bullish that the Stock Exchange of Thailand should top 1,000 points easily by the end of the year on the back of continued foreign fund flows, the Bangkok Post reports. The Stock Exchange of...

Thailand: Dapper fashion apparel maker to re-enter European markets after a decade-long absence.
September 28, 2010... Section: Business News - The local maker of Dapper fashion apparel is planning to re-enter European markets after a decade-long absence, the Bangkok Post reports. Dapper General Apparel Co is preparing its infrastructure and reorganising its...

Thailand: Siam Park City Co makes revenue forecast for this year.
September 28, 2010... Section: Business News - Siam Park City Co expects its revenue to rise to 350 million baht this year, up from 300 million last year, supported by the recovery in corporate spending, especially in the coming high season, the Bangkok Post reports....

Thailand: Commentary - Efforts to overhaul TOT and CAT will be Mission Impossible if government is not serious.
September 28, 2010... Section: Commentary - Bangkok Post September has been one of the most eventful months in the turbulent history of Thailand's telecommunications industry, with a host of thorny problems converging to challenge and dismay operators and...

Asia-Pacific: Asia-Pacific secure content management market forecast to grow by 15.4% this year.(Industry overview)
September 28, 2010... Section: Business News - The Asia-Pacific secure content management (SCM) market is forecast to grow by 15.4% this year, compared with 6.3% in 2009, with revenues rising to US$522 million, according to the industry research firm Frost &...

Philippines: SC orders Comelec to reveal source codes used in 2010 AES.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to reveal to the Center for People and Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG) and all interested political parties the source codes used in its...

Philippines: Makati court junks case vs APO frat members.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - A Makati court hearing has junked the hazing case filed against members of the Alpha Phi Omega (APO) fraternity who were charged for the death of a University of Makati (UMak) student last month in an initiation rite. ...

Philippines: PNP: No election-related violence since Friday.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - The Philippine National Police (PNP) has not monitored any election-related violent incidents (ERVIs) since the Commission on Elections- (Comelec) prescribed election period started midnight on Friday, a ranking police...

China/Philippines: Chinese tops BI list of registered aliens in Philippines.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - Nationals from the People's Republic of China topped the list of aliens who are registered with the Bureau of Immigration (BI) --an indication of the continued healthy and strengthening bilateral relations between the two...

Philippines: Palace to respect Comelec's appointment ban.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - Despite many government positions that still need to be filled up, Malacanang said on Sunday it will abide by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) appointment ban in connection with the upcoming Oct. 25 Barangay and...

Philippines: Comelec bans appointment of gov't officials.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - President Benigno S. Aquino III will have to wait for a month before he could replace Interior and Local Government Undersecretary Rico Puno, if the former decided to accept the latter's resignation. This, as a...

Philippines: $ 434-M MCC grant to Philippines will be used strictly for its purpose --Palace.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - A Malacanang official said on Sunday the US$ 434-million Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) grant from the United States government will be used for its purpose and will not be diverted into other projects. ...

Philippines: PBSP happy with post-Ondoy efforts.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - The Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) has lauded the country's business sector in its various initiatives on the Marikina watershed and river rehabilitation projects and post-recovery efforts a year after the...

Philippines: PPCRV to re-orient voters on manual system of voting.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) plans to orient voters about the old manual system of voting, which will be used in the forthcoming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections. We need...

Philippines: Villar wants use of plastic bags regulated.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - A year after the country was ravaged by typhoon Ondoy, Senator Manny Villar said on Sunday that his Senate committee on trade and industry will hold public hearing on Senate bills regulating the use of plastic bags and...

Philippines: Loud explosion outside DLSU causes injuries to scores of students, bystanders.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - A loud explosion occurred outside the De La Salle University (DLSU) on Taft Avenue, Manila on Sunday afternoon, causing injuries to scores of students and bystanders. Police said the loud explosion caused people to...

Philippines: TESDA to run after 'bogus', 'below standard' tech-voc schools.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) on Sunday urged technical-vocational (tech-voc) schools and institutions in the country to shape up or "close shop." TESDA Director General Joel Villanueva...

Philippines: Comelec ready to take control of areas with serious armed threats.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is ready to take control of areas where there are serious armed threats to ensure a peacefully and orderly Oct. 25 polls. In its Resolution 9042, the commission en banc said they...

Philippines: SC affirms Sandiganbayan ruling penalizing former Binay's rival.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - The Supreme Court (SC) upheld a Sandiganbayan ruling ordering the imprisonment of a former Makati City Vice Mayor Roberto Brillante, who was found guilty of indirect contempt after he accused several justices of the...

Philippines: NPDO starts preparations for 'Undas'.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - With barely a month left before the annual commemoration of All Saints and All Souls Days, the Philippine National Police (PNP)'s Northern Police District Office (NPDO) has started their security preparations for the...

Philippines/United States: Philippines gov't generates energy investments from U.S. -- Almendrasþ.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - The Philippine government has been able to generate energy investments from the ongoing visit of President Benigno S. Aquino III to the United States, according to Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras. Almendras...

Philippines/ASEAN: Philippines to host 36th ASEAN Insurance Council Meeting.(Conference news)
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - The Philippines is hosting a three-day conference on insurance in November to be attended by industry practitioners and their regulators across the countries comprising the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)....

Philippines: First ever 'green' data center in Philippines created.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - APC By Schneider Electric and Eastern Communications has partnered to create the country's first ever green data center. Called DataHub, it is the Philippines' first ever Tier 11 data center that has a redundant site...

Philippines: Formal sources of funding remain a critical issue among Philippines's MSMEs.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - Borrowing from the banks and other formal sources of funding remain a critical issue among the country's micro and small and medium-scale entrepreneurs or MSMEs as these comprise only between 12 percent to 21 percent of...

Japan: APEC studying how to use existing forums for regional free trade zone.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - Pacific Rim economies are studying how to use existing regional frameworks for the creation of a proposed free trade zone in the region, a Japanese official said Saturday after senior officials of the Asia-Pacific...

South Korea: S. Korea develops airline safety IT systems.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - South Korea has developed two new airline safety management information technology (IT) systems that can promote adherence to recommended practices and prevent accidents, the government said Sunday. The Ministry of...

Philippines: Insurance claims by victims of typhoons Ondoy, Pepeng reach P15B -PIRA.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - Filipinos remain indifferent to the benefits of an insurance policy no matter the horrendous toll on life and property wrought on Metro Manilans a year ago, according to informal survey conducted by the Philippine...

Philippines: BIR shuts down Pasig City restaurant for Tax Code violation.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) padlocked on Monday a restaurant located at No. 106 Shaw Boulevard, Kapitolyo, Pasig City for alleged tax evasion. The BIR said the establishment, Jade Palace Inc., was found to...

South Korea: Seoul shares open higher on Wall Street gains.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - South Korean stocks got off to a strong start on Monday as investor sentiment was boosted by Wall Street rallies last week, analysts said. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) advanced 7.26 points,...

Philippines/China: Atlas ships additional copper concentrates to China.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - Atlas Consolidated Mining and Development Corporation, in a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, announced the completion of its 14th shipment of copper concentrates to China last Sept. 25. The metal ore came...

South Korea/North Korea: S. Korea to send rice aid to N. Korea next month.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - South Korea's Red Cross will begin the shipment of 5,000 tons of rice and other aid materials next month to North Korea, which has been battered by summer floods, officials here said Sunday. It would mark South Korea's...

Japan/China: 4 Japanese detained in China are fine, no health problems.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - Four Japanese nationals detained in China for allegedly entering a military zone in Hebei Province without permission are fine, the Japanese Embassy in Beijing said Saturday after a meeting with them at a hotel in...

Russia/Venezuela: Storm Matthew kills eight in Venezuela.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - Eight people were killed in Venezuela in downpours caused by the tropical storm Matthew, which later weakened to tropical depression, Venezuelan media reported on Sunday. El Universal reported citing Venezuelan...

United States: Lukashenko rules out possibility of Kremlin, U.S. interference in presidential election.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - Neither the Kremlin, nor the West will put pressure on Belarus in time of the country's presidential election late this year, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said. "There will be no interference from Russia,...

Iran/United States: Ahmadinejad rejects information about secret talks with U.S.A.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has casted back information about secret talks between Iran and the United States on the sidelines of UN General Assembly in New York, the ISNA news agency said. Information about...

Israel: Israel must choose between peace and settlements - Abbas.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - PNA leader Mahmoud Abbas said Israel must choose between peace and construction plans hours before the Israeli moratorium on settlement construction in the occupied territories expires on Sunday. Tel Aviv has...

Australia: 'Oz has intelligence of hostage plan by terrorists'.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - Australian authorities have received intelligence about a plan by al-Qaida-linked terrorists to take foreign hostages during the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, a report said. 'The Australian' claimed that the hostage...

United Nations: Ban calls for countries to turn rhetoric on women and conflict into reality.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - Ten years after a landmark Security Council resolution about the role women can play in promoting peace and security, the world has not lived up to its own expectations, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Saturday, urging...

Pakistan/India: Pakistan and Indian foreign ministers to meet in next couple of days.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - Foreign Ministers of Pakistan and India, who had a 'chance encounter' at the United Nations on Friday, are expected to have a substantive meeting in the next two days, according to informed sources. Pakistani Foreign...

India: India gives impunity to perpetrators of terror on people : Kashmiri scholar.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - New Delhi has given impunity to violator of human rights in the occupied valley, where barbarities are being unleashed relentlessly by Indian security forces, a Kashmiri scholar told a meeting on the sidelines of the UN...

India/Pakistan: Islamic FMs back Kashmiris' rights; deplore Indian soldiers' use of force.
September 28, 2010... Section: General News - Foreign ministers of Islamic countries voiced concern over the indiscriminate use of force by Indian security forces against unarmed civilians in Indian-occupied Kashmir, and urged the international community to help...