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The Finance Ministry plans to propose another one-month extension of the diesel excise tax waiver for Cabinet approval, said Deputy Finance Minister Thanusak Lekuthai.
The current waiver is scheduled to end on September 30.
The diesel excise tax has been cut from more than Bt5 per litre to Bt0.0050 for more than a year. If the Cabinet approves the latest extension, the waiver will remain until October 31.

Loan for townhouses
Siam Commercial Bank has extended a Bt560-million loan facility to Real Asset Development Co, the property-development arm of the Juangroongruangkit family.
The loan is for the development of Plex-Bangna, a three-storey townhouse project consisting of 238 units on Bang Na-Trat Road. The project will be launched soon.

Auto road map
The Thailand Automotive Institute expects to finish drafting a new industry development road map for 2015-19 in November.
Director Patima Jirapate said yesterday that Thailand’s car-production capacity was forecast to reach 3 million units in three years, after passing the 2-million mark this year, so demand for workers would be huge.
 
Checkpoint budget sought

The Customs Department will propose a budget of Bt8 billion to set up new border checkpoints and renovate existing offices at the borders as well.
The plan will focus on opening more checkpoints in provinces forecast to see high cross-border trading under the Asean Economic Community. – The Nation