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Finance Minister Sommai Phasee revealed yesterday that he has presented the name of the candidate he has chosen to become the next governor of the Bank of Thailand to Deputy Prime Minister MR Pridiyathorn Devakula.
“I have chosen and the matter should be presented to the next Cabinet meeting by tomorrow (July 7) or next week, depending on the schedule,” he said.
Sommai hinted earlier that the remaining two candidates are both outsiders and of the five applicants, three are outsiders - Veerathai Santiprabhob, a former stock-exchange executive; Supavud Saicheua, managing director of Phatra Securities; and Kiatchai Sophastienphong, a former central bank official.
TRADERS EYE RICE BIDS
Many rice traders have expressed interest in joining the Commerce Ministry’s fourth round of bidding for a total of 1.39 million tonnes, due to mounting concern over lower supply in the market as a result of the current drought. Duangporn Rodphaya, director-general of the Foreign Trade Department, said 62 rice traders, millers and exporters were expected to participate in the fourth bidding today.
Moreover, it may organise a bidding for 1.29 million tonnes of rotten rice for use by electricity and cement plants at cheap prices to reduce the overall stockpiles.—The Nation
DIGITAL MARKETING PLAN
The broadcasting regulator will join forces with digital terrestrial TV channel operators to launch a viral marketing campaign called "Digital TV for all; all for digital TV" to promote public awareness via online community. Supinya Klangnarong, a commissioner at the Broadcasting Committee at the National Broadcas-ting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), said the campaigns would run under the collaboration with all digital TV operators via social media network.
