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Consumer confidence rises in December
วันที่ 2012-01-12 12:20:00 โดย BangkokPost - 8.48943996429443
the consumer confidence index on the overall economy went up to 63.1 in december, from 61.0 reported in november, the economic and business forecasting centre at the university of the thai chamber of commerce said on thursday.
consumer confidence in job opportunity for the month stood at 64.2, and at 92.1 on future income, according to the centre.
all confidence indices in december of last year increased for the first time in five months because the floodwaters had receded and consumers believed the measures to rehabilitate flood affected areas and to rebuild the country would help the economy to grow by between four and five per cent this year, it said.
positive factors that boosted consumer confidence were the government’s measures to assist flood victims, the report of a us$200 million trade surplus in november, the decline in domestic retail prices of fuel, and the continuing improvement in the flood situation.
the negative factors included the lowering of the economic growth projection for 2011 by the ministry of finance, the national economic and social development board and the bank of thailand, people’s concerns about the fragile state of global economic recovery, particularly the debt crisis in europe and weakening of the thai currency, the centre said.
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Panel to oversee compo for victims
วันที่ 2012-01-11 12:32:00 โดย BangkokPost - 7.85422706604004
a committee will be set up to oversee payment of compensation to victims of political violence in the period before the sept 19, 2006 coup and up to the april-may 2010 protests, deputy prime minister yongyuth wichaidit said on wednesday.
the cabinet on tuesday approved in principle a 2 billion baht package for compensation for victims of all sides in political conflict -- protesters, state officials, journalists and other individuals.
under the package, the family of each slain victim is entitled to 4.5 million baht plus 250,000 baht for funeral expenses.
mr yongyuth, who is also interior minister, said the committee to be set up would look into the payment details.
he denied the compensation package was intended largely to reward the red-shirts, saying it was for all victims regardless of their political affilliation.
aree krainara, secretary to the interior minister and a former leader of the united front for democracy against dictatorship (udd) guards, said he was satisfied with the figure of 4.5 million baht for each of the dead victims although pheu thai party list mp and red-shirt co-leader jatuporn prompan had proposed 10 million baht.
this could set a precedent for future governments to follow, he said.
kwanchai praipana, the leader of the red-shirts in udon thani who is currently in the monkhood, said he had yet to look into the details of the cabinet resolution and would later compile a list of the red-shirts under his control who were killed or wounded in the government crackdown for further submission to the interior minister.
udd chair thida thavornseth said she would seek a meeting with mr yongyuth tomorrow to look into the compensation package in detail.
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