Thailand Latest News Tue 22 Jul 2008
Thailand Latest News Tue 22 Jul 2008
BOT: Commercial Banks Loan Rates
7Commercial Banks Loan Rates as of Jul 22, 2008 Bank MOR MLR MRR Ceiling* Default* Credit Card Commercial Banks registered in Thailand Bangkok Bank 7.5000 7.2500 7.7500 11.5000 15.0000 20.0000Krung Thai Bank 7.5000 7.2500 7.7500 14.7500 18.0000 Kasikornbank 7.5000 7.2500 7.7500 18.7500 22.7500 20.0000The Siamread more
Schedule of Events of the Prime Minister's Office Wednesday July 23, 2008
09.00 Minister attached to the Prime Minister's Office (Mr. Chusak Sirinil) presides over the opening meeting of the Inspector's Adviser at Prince Ballroom, Prince Palace Hotel, LarnLuang, Bangkok. 09.40 Deputy Prime Minister (Mr. Surapong Suebwonglee) presides over the opening ceremony on "Motivation policy forread more
BOT: Commercial Banks Deposit Rates
Commercial Banks Deposit Rates as of Jul 22, 2008 Bank Saving Fixed 3 mths 6 mths 12 mths 24 mths Commercial Banks registered in Thailand Bangkok Bank 0.7500 2.3750 2.6250 2.5000 2.7500 2.7500 3.0000 3.5000Krung Thai Bank 0.7500 2.3750 2.6250 2.5000 2.7500 2.7500 3.0000 3.5000 3.7500Kasikornbank 0.7500 2.3500 2.6500read more
AsiaNet Daily Summary - Press Releases for Tuesday, July 22, 2008
SYDNEY 22 Jul AsiaNet/InfoQuest COMSCORE REPORT... RESTON, Virginia comScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR), a leader in measuring thedigital world, today released its first study of Internet usage in India, whichreports that more than 28 million people in India age 15 and older accessed theInternet from home and work locationsread more
CITI FOUNDATION AND CITI THAILAND LAUNCHES NEW CSR PROGRAM ON FINANCIAL SKILLS CAPABILITY BUILDING FOR SMEs IN THAILAND, MANAGED BY KENAN INSTITUTE ASIA
Bangkok 22 Jul Citibank Citi Foundation and Citi Thailand announced today the launch of a new corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative to help build the financial capacity of Thai SMEs, and that funding support has been awarded to Kenan Institute Asia (K.I.Asia) to manage the Citi Executive Program in Finance:read more
Thailand Bodybuilding Team Wins Asia’s Fist Title with 7 Golds 3 Silvers at Asian Championships
Bangkok 22 Jul Thana Burin Asia Pacific Thailand Bodybuilding team is at the forefront of the international bodybuilding and fitness competitions during the 2008 Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships (42nd Men’s Bodybuilding, 25th Women’s Bodybuilding, 21st Men’s Junior Bodybuilding, 10thread more
Cabinet Meeting Synopsis --July 15, 2008
Approval of the draft of the Ministry of Finance announcement on the excise tax cut as proposed by the Ministry of Finance. 1. category 01.01 for gasoline and other similar oils in list (4) 2. category 01.05 diesel oil and other similar oils in list (2) and (5) This will be effective July 25, 2008 to January 31, 2009read more
Music Almighty: Nokia unveils two new XpressMusic devices
Bangkok 22 Jul Aziam Burson Marsteller Nokia today introduced two new music enabled devices as additions to its XpressMusic range. The new Nokia 5320 XpressMusic and Nokia 5220 XpressMusic offer a range of affordable music and entertainment experiences with the most fresh, stylish designs on the market. The new Nokiaread more
KTC to support “Amazing Thailand Grand Sale Fair 2008”.
Bangkok 22 Jul Krungthai Card The effort is consistent with TAT’s initiative to encourage Thai people to travel and spend more locally. More promotional campaigns to be introduced in this time of economic slowdown with installment option by points. KTC is set to give full support to Amazing Thailand Grand Saleread more
3G Case Studies
Bangkok 22 Jul GM of Farh Agency By: Mr. Jing Wang, Executive Vice President, Qualcomm Asia Pacific & Middle East and Africa The wireless telecommunications market is rapidly expanding, fueled by convergence in the consumer segment, and increased wireless integration in the enterprise segment. At the same time,read more
Photo Release: Boots Health Club Launched
Bangkok 22 Jul Maxima Consultants Boots Retail (Thailand) Ltd’s managing director Ian Hunter organized a healthy event to introduce the new loyalty program “Boots Health Club” encouraging consumers to adopt a healthcare lifestyle at Central World. Joining hands with leading partners in healthcareread more
Photo Release: Valued Bon Appetit
Bangkok 22 Jul PR & Associates Mr. Sukdee Chongmankhong (3rd from right) Managing Director, Krungsriayudhya Card Co., Ltd. teamed up with Mr. Nadim Xavier Salhani, (4th from left) Group Managing Director, ABP Caf? (Thailand) Co., Ltd. and their senior executives to launch the ‘Valued Bon App?tit” marketingread more
SYMANTEC RELEASES PUBLIC BETAS OF NORTON INTERNET SECURITY 2009, NORTON ANTIVIRUS 2009
Bangkok 22 Jul Symantec Corp Norton 2009 is Redesigned to be Light on System Resources, Strong on Protection Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC), makers of Norton security software, today announced the availability of the public betas of Norton Internet Security 2009 and Norton AntiVirus 2009, designed to set a new industryread more
Chef Antonio has just arrived at… BRIO!
Bangkok 22 Jul Bangkok Marriott Resort & Spa Here he is!...Antonio Facchinetti, the new Italian chef at Bangkok’s newest restaurant “Brio” of the Bangkok Marriott Resort & Spa. Hailing from Milan in Italy, Antonio has traveled the world during his 20 years of experience from Europe to USA andread more
BUMRUNGRAD INTERNATIONAL HONORED WITH AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE, ACHIEVEMENT IN MEDICAL INFORMATICS
Bangkok 22 Jul Bumrungrad International Bumrungrad International has been named as a recipient of the 2008 AMDIS Award, recognizing excellence and outstanding achievement in applied medical informatics. It is the only hospital outside the US to receive the award this year. The award is presented by the Association ofread more
BOT: Bangkok Interbank Offered Rate (BIBOR)
Bangkok Interbank Offered Rate(BIBOR)* as of Jul 22, 2008 11.00 a.m. Tenor Last Change Previous (22/7/08) (21/7/08) O/N 3.5 0 3.5 1 Week 3.52906 0.0039 3.52516 1 Month 3.58797 0.01359 3.57438 2 Month 3.65578 0.00297 3.65281 3 Month 3.76141 0.0039 3.76531 6 Month 3.97234 0.01843 3.95391 9 Month 4.15 0 4.15 1 Yearread more
Thai and Japanese depositories cooperate on market infrastructure
Bangkok 22 Jul SET Japan Securities Depository Center Inc. (JASDEC) and Thailand Securities Depository Co., Ltd. (TSD) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on July 18 to develop both countries’ capital market infrastructure. The MOU covers information exchange and securities depository and settlementread more
Remarks by Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand at the Press Conference to Release the Post-Nargis Joint Assessment (PONJA) Report Monday, 21 July 2008
Bangkok Jul 22 MFA Remarks by Dr. Sahas Bunditkul, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand at the Press Conference to Release the Post Nargis Joint Assessment (PONJA) Report Monday, 21 July 2008 Excellencies, Distinguished ASEAN Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of the Royal Thai Government, I wish to commend Hisread more
Rates of Exchange of Commercial Banks in Bangkok Metropolis (2002-present)
(Unit : Baht / 1 Unit of Foreign Currency)Last Updated : 22 Jul 2008 10:30 21 JUL 2008 18 JUL 2008 16 JUL 2008 15 JUL 2008 14 JUL 2008 11 JUL 2008 1 REFERENCE RATE : US DOLLAR (USD) 33.3160 33.3910 33.5040 33.4890 33.6470 33.6800 2 USA : DOLLAR (USD) 3 BUYING SIGHT 33.0896 33.1931 33.2565 33.2952 33.4193 33.4858 4read more
BOT: Bilateral Repurchase Transactions
Bilateral Repurchase Transactions As of Jul 22, 2008 Transaction Term Amount Amount Rate Submitted(%) Rate Accepted(%) Weighted BID Type (Day) Submitted Accepted Min Max Min Max Average Coverage (Mil.Baht) (Mil.Baht) Rate(%) Ratio Repo 1 184,100 184,100 3.50000 3.50000 3.50000 3.50000 3.50000 1.00Repo 7 27,600 27,200read more
An Animation Exhibition by Takahiro Hayakawa Asian Animism and Animation
Bangkok 22 Jul The Japan Foundation Takahiro Hayakawa was born in 1979. Having received many national and international awards at the world renowned competitions such as “ARS ELECTRONICA 2005” “SIGGRAPH 2008” “2004 Asia Digital Art Award”etc., he is an animation filmmaker of a newread more
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