Thailand’s third biggest builder, Sino-Thai Engineering and Construction Plc (STECON) on Thursday won a tender to build a northwestern part of  the “Purple Line” mass transit project with the lowest bid of 15.32 billion baht.
According to Chaisit Gururatana, assistant governor of the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) who is the chairman of the bidding committee, STECON’s bid for the 11-kilometre rail system defeated the closest contenders, the country’s second biggest builder Ch Karnchang Plc which offered 15.6 billion baht and the biggest builder Italian-Thai Development Plc which offered …

Date of Birth: 18 July 1946
Education: 
- Vocational Certificate, Bangkok Commercial College
- Honorary Doctorate in Science from Maejo University, Thailand
Other positions in CP Group of companies:
 
 

- Chairman, Bangkok Agricultural Products Plc.
- Chairman, Bangkok Produce Merchandising Plc.
- Chairman, Charoen Pokphand Northeastern Plc.
- Director, Bangkok Feedmill Co., Ltd.
- Director, C.P. Food Solutions Co., Ltd.
- Director, C.P. Merchandising Co., Ltd.
- Director, CPF Training Center Co., Ltd.
- Director, CPF Food Products Co., Ltd.
- Director, CPF IT Center Co., Ltd.
- Director, CP-Yonekyu Co.,Ltd.

Newly opened CPF's feed mill in Russia
Charoen Pokphand Foods Plc (CPF), Thailand’s leading agro-industrial and food conglomerate, has planned to expand its investment to Ukraine and other Eastern European countries after opening a feed mill in Russia last month.
Adirek Sripratak, CPF’s president and chief executive officer, however did not elaborate on the plan to invest more in the region but confirmed that the investment in Russia is a very important step for the company.

Adirek last Friday disclosed that the feed mill and integrated swine business, which had been officially opened …

Date of Birth:  9 July 1950
Education:
- Bachelor of Laws, Thammasat University, Bangkok
- Barrister at Laws, Thailand 
- Master of Laws, Tulane University, Louisiana, U.S.A.
- Master in Economics, Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Bangkok
- Ph.D. (Development Administration), National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA), Thailand
- Leaders in Development: Managing Political & Economic Reform, Harvard University
- Advanced Management Program, Oxford University
Experiences:
2007 – Deputy Permanent Secretary and Chief of Property Group, Office of Permanent Secretary for Finance
2004 — Director General, Customs Department
2002 — Director General, Excise Department
2000 — Director General, Fiscal Policy Office
1999 — Inspector General, …

Your Excellency Mr. Lee Myung-bak, President of the Republic of Korea, Mr. Sohn Kyung Shik, Chairman of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Excellencies, Distinguished Participants, Ladies and Gentlemen.
 
It is a great pleasure and honour for me to give a keynote speech at this historic CEO Summit, which brings together leading CEOs from ASEAN and the Republic of Korea.  I had no hesitation in accepting the invitation because I have always believed that there is a need for the private sector to play a greater role in restoring confidence …

Thailand’s Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva yesterday urged government leaders and business people of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and South Korea to cooperate in a bid to overcome the current global financial crisis and other challenges toward Asia’s prosperity.
In his address to the participants of the ASEAN-Korea CEO Summit on Jeju Island, South Korea, the Thai prime minister, on behalf of ASEAN chair, said many influences which have shaped globalization are now making the world become more competitive and move at a much quicker pace.