The Cabinet today gave a green light to another round of stimulus measures to spur Thailand’s economic growth, with emphases on giving tax breaks to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), home developers and buyers and to promote domestic tourism.
Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij disclosed that the new measures, which have been aimed at stimulating the country’s economy in the midst of global economic downturn, will however cost the government an approximate of 40 billion baht in revenue annually.
The measures for the SMEs, the finance minister said, the Cabinet has decided to …

Born:               19 February 1964 
Birthplace:     London                       
Father:            Kraisri Chatikavanij (former director-generals of the Fiscal Policy Office, the Customs Department and the Treasury Department)
Mother:          Rumpa Chatikavanij

Spouse:           Vorakorn (Sutabutra) Chatikavanij
Children:        Karnt, nichnamed “Jam” (F) and Kraisiri, nicknamed “Jom” (M)
Education:     Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE), Oxford University, UK;
                        Winchester College, Hampshire, UK;
                        The Old Malthouse Preparatory School, Dorset, UK;
Patumwan Demonstration School (Satit Pathumwan), Bangkok