Thai premier Abhisit Vejjajiva, right, is seen chairing the meeting of BOI held at the Government House last Monday. Sitting extreme left is BOI secretary Dr Atchaka Sribunruang.

The number of investment projects applying for Thai government promotion during the first five month of this year has increased 51 percent while the combined investment value gone up 25 percent to 208 billion baht.
According to Dr Atchaka Sibunruang, secretary-general of Thailand’s Board of Investment (BOI), a total of 725 projects, with the combined value of 208 billion baht, has during the …

The newly formed New Politics Party (NPSP) yesterday picked Sondhi Limthongkul, a core leader of the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD), as its first leader during the general meeting in Bangkok.
Media mogul Sondhi, the founder of Manager Media Group, received a total of 1,741 votes in the non-contested election to lead the NPSP which has been formed in early June this year by PAD leaders and members.
According to the party’s bylaws, Sondhi later hand-picked Somsak Kosaisuk as his deputy, Suriyasai Katasila as the party’s secretary-general and ten other persons, including …