The long awaited return to democracy in Thailand…..
Looks like the long awaited return to democracy as voters across the country went to the polls on Saturday for the first of two days of advance voting, and the Election Commission indicated that the polls were peaceful….and busy…
The Bangkok Post reports almost a million voters turned out across the country yesterday to cast advance [...]
Posted: December 16th, 2007 under Thai life and leisure.
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Hua Hin property market grows 10%
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The Nation reports that although the property market in Bangkok and its surrounding area has shown signs of dropping 10-20 per cent this year, property developments at the country’s tourist destinations are recording strong growth of up to 10 per cent.
A recent survey conducted by Ocean Property shows [...]
Posted: December 2nd, 2007 under Hua Hin.
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Asian investment behaviours
Umesh Pandey writing for The Bangkok Post reports Asia, increasingly the centre of gravity for the world’s investors, continues to fare well as a region for doing business, despite policy volatility in some markets.In the recent Doing Business in 2008 report released by the World Bank and Industrial Finance Corp late last month, Singapore led the [...]
Posted: November 17th, 2007 under Asia.
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