Hewlett-Packard (Thailand) Limited was established in 1989, starting with a registered capital of 50 million baht and 40 employees.
HP Thailand today occupies modern premises in U Chu Liang Building on Rama IV Road with more than 1,000 employees active in sales, marketing, service, hardware and software consulting and support, and administration. The company’s headquarters houses a customer service center, training and product demonstration facilities as well as a system configuration center.
HP Thailand also sources and procures electronic components for supply to Hewlett-Packard production facilities worldwide. In addition to HP’s service center in …

The 12th Phang-Nga Bay Regatta will this year be held during January 27-30, with some 60 yachts from several countries expected to taking part in the competition.
Nigel Cornick, chief executive officer of Raimon Land Plc – one of the sailing event’s sponsors, said the Phang-Nga Bay Regatta is a sporting showpiece for southern Thailand and it is important to support the event as a tourism attraction and economic boost for the southern region of the country.
He said, “Thailand is one of the best places in the world for sailing and …

Nissan’s “MARCH” subcompact

 
Nissan, Japan’s third biggest carmaker, plans to transfer the production of its “March” subcompact cars to Thailand in an effort to deal with the strong yen and sluggish sales.
According to the company’s Global Communications unit, Nissan has decided to make such production shift which will make it become the first auto maker to move production of a top-selling model overseas.
The communications unit said in a press release that Nissan now manufactures the 5-seater cars, with 1.2-litre, 1.4-litre or 1.5-litre gasoline engine, for domestic market at one of its …

Born:                   December 15, 1944
Birthplace:         Thonburi, Bangkok
Spouse:               Mrs. Chintana (Wajanabukka) Piromya
Children:            Om (M, deceased 1974-1994), Prae (F)
Education:          Bangkok Christian College;
                              St.Joseph’s College, Darjeeling, India;
                              Faculty of Political Science (Legal Section), Chulalongkorn University;
                             B.Sc.(International Affairs), School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University;
                             Diploma in International Relations and M.Sc. (Social Science), Institute of Social 
                             Studies, the Hague, the Netherlands, 1971;
                             The National Defense College of Thailand, 1990

The Bank of Thailand’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) yesterday decided to cut the policy interest rate by 75 basis points to 2.0 percent in a bid to boost Thai economy.
Dr.Duangmanee Vongpradhip, Bank of Thailand’s assistant governor for Monetary Policy Group, said the policy interest rate, which has been effective immediately, is now at the same level applied in January 2005.
The BoT assistant governor said the MPC found that Thailand’s exports continued declining while consumption and investment also slowed down while the government’s decision to inject 115-billion-baht supplementary spending budget for …

Malaysia’s CIMB Group yesterday announced it controls 92.04 percent of BankThai after shareholders holding 49.91 percent of BankThai shares, or 3.33 billion shares in total, accepted its tender offer which had closed on January 6.
CIMB, Malaysia’s second largest financial services provider which is owned by Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings Bhd, became the single largest shareholder in BankThai after completing its purchase of a 42.13 percent stake in BankThai from the Financial Institutions Development Fund (FIDF) for 5.9 billion baht on November 5 last year. Later, on November 20, CIMB made a tender …