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Transport provider to cut fee from Jan 1 Transport service providers have agreed to cut their fees by about 5-10 per cent, effective on January 1, following the oil price reduction, Wiboonlasana Ruamraksa, director-general of Internal Trade department,
The Commerce Ministry reported that prices of 247 consumer goods have been lowered by 2.08-39 per cent over the past year.
The ministry also launched an e-service, including websites and applications, for people to access trade information and the ministry’s services.
Dentsu forms Thai base for promo TEC
Dentsu Inc’s wholly owned subsidiary Dentsu Tec Inc has established a company in Thailand, Promo Tec IHQ, to oversee the operations of the Promo Tec sales promotion network across Asia.
The move was enabled by the Thai government’s new tax and fiscal preferential policies for foreign capital.
Promo Tec IHQ will commence operations on January 1.
Promo Tec was established in Singapore in October 2011 as the first step of Dentsu Group’s sales promotion business in Asia.
Promo Tec subsidiaries have been established in five countries across the region.
Although growth has been significant in the eight companies that do business in these six countries – India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam – continued strong business growth is expected beyond 2016.
Business has been particularly robust in Thailand, with Promo Tec Thailand, which was established in 2013, receiving orders for several large-scale projects.
The strengthening and expansion of the services provided by the Promo Tec network have become an urgent matter.
Waiver on fees on New money transfer
Fees will be waived for interprovincial money transactions via ATMs and cash deposit machines at all commercial banks from December 31-January 3.
The fee exemption is part of the Thai Bankers Association’s plan to help promote tourism during the New Year festival.
Thailand has most smiling selfies
Bangkok people’s selfie pictures posted on Instagram have the most smiling faces in the world, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand, citing a UK study.
Researchers had conducted a mood analysis survey from more than 150,000 selfies from the five most popular Instagram cities – Bangkok, Berlin, Moscow, New York and Sao Paulo.
They used a mix of theoretic, artistic and quantitative methods and presented their findings about the demographics of people taking selfies, their poses and expressions.
The survey result was revealed recently on the selfiecity.net website.
