More categories Of Goods Provided Under Digital Wallet Project
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MORE CATEGORIES OF merchandise are provided for people to buy under the Pheu Thai-initiated digital wallet project as of the start of the fourth quarter of this year, according to the Digital Government Development Agency. The newly-established DGA today (July 24) issued a statement to add supplementary categories to the […]
Read More99-year land lease to foreigners, digital wallet scheme will harm the country: Jatuporn
A FORMER MP/Red Shirt leader Jatuporn Prompan warned that allowing foreigners to lease land for 99 years because they have so requested would only benefit real estate companies that are unable to sell 1.3 million condo units, TV Channel 7 said today (July 12). Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin recently moved to relax property regulations […]
Read MoreOnly 43 billion baht in Central Fund to finance digital wallet project
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NO MORE THAN A SUM OF 43 billion baht will be withdrawn from the government’s Central Fund for the current fiscal year to partly finance the digital wallet project, confirmed Prime Minister’s Office Minister Jakapong Sangmanee today (July 12). Jakapong contended that not as much as 100 billion baht to […]
Read MoreDigital wallet project could probably turn from crisis to catastrophe: Pita
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOVE FORWARD MP PITA Limjaroenrat today (July 11) cautioned that the much-heralded, long-delayed digital wallet project could probably be aggravated from a crisis to a catastrophe. During today’s House floor interpellations, the former Move Forward leader said the Pheu Thai-initiated populist handout campaign might probably turn the sustained financial crisis […]
Read MoreMost entrepreneurs want cash not digital wallet in 10,000-baht handout scheme
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOST SMALL- AND MEDIUM-SIZED entrepreneurs would prefer the much-heralded, yet-delayed populist handout project use cash rather than digital wallets as planned by the ruling Pheu Thai, according to Office of Small and Medium Enterprise Promotion acting director-general Panita Shinawatra. Panita, a niece of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, […]
Read MoreCambodia gears up to begin work on controversial canal
By AFP and published by CNA Phnom Penh – Cambodia will start work on a controversial US$1.7 billion canal linking the capital Phnom Penh to the sea in August, Prime Minister Hun Manet said today (May 30). The Chinese-backed Funan Techo Canal has sparked fears in neighbouring Vietnam that it could be used by […]
Read MoreNo beauty, health services allowed under digital wallet project
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NO BEAUTY OR HEALTH services will be allowed anywhere for use by those eligible to the Pheu Thai-led government’s 10,000-baht, digital wallet project, according to Deputy Finance Minister Paopoom Rajanasakul. None of the eligible recipients of the populist handout campaign will be legally allowed to spend the money via their […]
Read MoreMP slams using Central Fund to partly finance digital wallet project
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A MOVE FORWARD MP today (May 7) raised concern over the Pheu Thai-led government’s reported plan to partly finance the digital wallet project with the Central Fund for next fiscal year which could probably jeopardise their treasury and financial discipline. Move Forward MP Nattapong Ruangpanyawut said the Central Fund is […]
Read MoreNACC to watch over farmers’ purchase of pesticides, fertilisers via digital wallet
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE NATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION Commission (NACC) will keep a close watch on the implementation of the Pheu Thai-initiated digital wallet project involving the anticipated purchase of pesticides and fertilisers by recipient farmers. NACC Secretary-General Niwatchai Kasemmongkol said today (May 3) the anti-graft agency will see to it that no conspiracy over […]
Read MorePM vows to go ahead with Land Bridge project
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin today (Jan.22) looked unperturbed by sustained criticism over the cost-effectiveness of the Land Bridge project in the southern region and pledged to go ahead with it. Prior to a two-day roving cabinet meeting in Ranong, the prime minister reconfirmed the Pheu Thai-led government’s scheme to carry […]
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