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Thailand will soon launch the country’s largest single information service centre to facilitate enterprises and promote business development and investment in the country.
Deputy Commerce Minister Siriwat Kachornprasart said that the new think-tank would provide information for enterprises to know about economic trends and the supply and demand situation in the |industry.
The Business Development Department has information about corporate enterprises, while the National Statistical Office has information on businesses and industries.
The goal is for Thai |enterprises to be able to |get up-to-date and precise information via a one-stop service before making any decision on their businesses, Siriwat said.

MCOT expects 5% ad revenue boost
MCOT believes that its internally produced news and entertainment programmes will boost advertising revenue in the third quarter by at least 5 per cent.
MCOT has revealed its upcoming TV schedule, which begins next month. Two programmes have been created to replace two produced by Nation Broadcasting Corporation (NBC).
MCOT acting president Premkamon Tinnakorn Na Ayutthaya said that a Thai News Agency (TNA) team would take over responsibility for news-and-entertainment-programme production for Modernine TV and to extend its production and broadcasting hours to 24 hours a day to cover all target audiences.
The move will allow Modernine TV to devote 56 per cent of total available time slots to internally produced news programming, up from 42 per cent now.
It projects a 5- to 8-per-cent increase in revenue.
The company also expects improvements in its ratings, Premkamon said, adding that the TNA had a highly experienced and professional news crew numbering more than 400. – The Nation