Bangkok - Thailand's besieged cabinet on Tuesday shifted the venue for delivering its policy statement from Parliament Building, which is surrounded by anti-government protestors, to the foreign ministry, in an effort to launch their new administration.
"We will commence as soon as a quorum of legislators is met," said Bulanat Samuttalak, spokesman for the Democrat Party which leads Thailand's latest coalition government.
Bangkok - Thousands of anti-government demonstrators Monday delayed the launch of Thailand's new cabinet by surrounding Parliament Building in Bangkok, barring legislators from entering the premises in the morning.
Thailand's new Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva was forced to delay the delivery of his cabinet's policy statement, a necessary requirement for launching a new administration.
It was unclear whether the session could be opened later in the day, or if the protest would force postponement until after the new year.
Bangkok - Six young Thais were killed when their car fell off an elevated highway on the outskirts of the capital following graduation celebrations, the Nation newspaper reported Saturday.
Bangkok - Rapidly sliding global demand is expected to cut Thai automobile production by more than 35 per cent next year, said a report Saturday.
The number of vehicles produced could drop from 1.4 million this year to less than 1 million, if domestic sales fall 10 per cent and exports crash 50 per cent, Wallop Taisiri, director of the Thailand Automotive Institute, was quoted as saying by the Bangkok Post.
Thousands of workers have already lost jobs and more are at risk, the report said.
Bangkok - Thais must be resilient going into what could be a very rough 2009, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Friday.
Workers should not engage in disruptive protests against their employers which "unwittingly exacerbate economic woes by undermining business confidence," he said after a meeting with Democrat Party chief advisor, former prime minister Chuan Leekpai.
Bangkok - Thailand's fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra can now lay his hands on just 500 million dollars - about a tenth of his estimated previous wealth, the Nation newspaper said Friday.
The founder of Thailand's biggest telecoms conglomerate was thought to be worth around 5 billion dollars before he was ousted in a September 2006 military coup.
Bangkok - Thailand's besieged cabinet on Tuesday shifted the venue for delivering its policy statement from Parliament Building, which is surrounded by anti-government protestors, to the foreign ministry, in an effort to launch their new administration.
Bangkok - Thousands of anti-government demonstrators Monday delayed the launch of Thailand's new cabinet by surrounding Parliament Building in Bangkok, barring legislators from entering the premises in the morning.
Bangkok - Rapidly sliding global demand is expected to cut Thai automobile production by more than 35 per cent next year, said a report Saturday.
Bangkok - Thais must be resilient going into what could be a very rough 2009, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Friday.
Bangkok - Thailand's fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra can now lay his hands on just 500 million dollars - about a tenth of his estimated previous wealth, the Nation newspaper said Friday.
