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Entries from November 2008

Thai prime minister snubs army call to step down He says no to snap poll; Cabinet to discuss ‘measures’ against protesters

November 27th, 2008 · No Comments

By GREG LOWE IN BANGKOK THAILAND’s Cabinet will hold an emergency meeting today to discuss ‘measures’ against protesters in Bangkok who have broken the law, Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat said in a national television address last night.

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Tags: news · The Business Times (Singapore)

Min Min U, Myanmar: “We thought we were all going to die”

November 19th, 2008 · No Comments

MAE SOT , Min Min U, 24, from the village of Betut in Labutta Township, deep in the heart of Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady Delta, recalls the day Cyclone Nargis struck, prompting him and his wife to migrate to the Thai border town of Mae Sot: “The winds started to blow at around 2pm on 2 May. […]

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Tags: features · interviews · IRIN · news

FLASHPOINT: THAILAND – Emerging signs of a slowdown

November 12th, 2008 · No Comments

By GREG LOWE IN BANGKOK THAILAND’s economic fundamentals are sound enough to ride out the global financial crisis, though the domestic political turmoil is making a bad situation worse, experts say. Consumer fears: Thai consumers are now more fearful of the future than when they were living under military rule last November, says Moodys Economy.com

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Tags: business · features · news · The Business Times (Singapore)

Thailand’s AIS clears air on budget for 3G

November 6th, 2008 · No Comments

By GREG LOWE IN BANGKOK THAILAND’S biggest mobile phone operator has denied reports that it has slashed its 3G budget because of the credit crunch. But it has ‘consolidated’ its plan to roll out 3G technology because of red tape, its president said.

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Tags: business · news · The Business Times (Singapore)

Kim Eng Thailand Q3 profit dives 56% – But it expects to maintain full-year results at 2007 level

November 6th, 2008 · No Comments

GREG LOWE in BANGKOK KIM Eng Securities (Thailand) said yesterday that despite reporting declining third-quarter profits in the face of the global financial crisis, the firm would maintain annual performance at last year’s levels. The company posted Q308 profits of 88.61 million baht (S$3.73 million), down 55.89 per cent, or 112.28 million baht, from a […]

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Tags: news · The Business Times (Singapore)

Asia MICE sector will survive downturn

November 5th, 2008 · No Comments

By GREG LOWE IN BANGKOK CONVENTIONS and exhibitions in the region will weather the global financial storm, despite a drop in delegate attendance, but corporate meetings and incentive travel will plummet as budgets are cut, those in the industry say.

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Tags: business · news · The Business Times (Singapore)

Lehman fallout: Counting the cost

November 1st, 2008 · No Comments

by Greg Lowe Thailand´s property market will see little direct impact from the Lehman Brothers sell-off and corresponding US financial crisis, according to local analysts, but secondary knock-on effects may crimp sales, particularly at the top end. Lehman Brothers Holdings, one of America´s oldest investment banks, went bankrupt last September, with assets worth US$613 billion […]

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Tags: Asia Property Report · business · news

All Things Great & Mall

November 1st, 2008 · No Comments

Shop ’til you drop? For the true test of retail therapy’s outer limits,try touring four of Asia’s leading mega malls BANGKOK If shopping malls are cathedrals of consumerism, then Bangkok’s Ratchaprasong district could be likened to Vatican City, with CentralWorld taking pride of place as its St Peter’s Basilica. But what makes this complex stand […]

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Tags: features · Thailand · tiger airways magazine · travel