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The Cabinet yesterday approved the spending of Bt6.28 billion on 35 projects under its fiscal 2016-17 budget.
This amount includes seven projects worth Bt2.09 billion that had been proposed by the Commerce Ministry. One project by the Public Health Ministry will take Bt1.25 billion.
Fourteen projects worth Bt1.42 billion will be delivered under the Higher Education Commission Office, including a Bt694.46 million project under the Vocational Education Commission Office.
The Tourism Authority of Thailand has five projects valued at Bt246.35 million. The National Health Commission Office has a Bt161.43 million project.
The Provincial Waterworks Authority has two projects worth Bt92.2 million, while the Public Sector Development Commission Office has a Bt70.56 million project.
Three projects worth Bt243.47 million have been approved for the Interior Ministry.

SET LISTINGS 
RAISE BT93.9 BN

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) reports that newly listed companies have raised Bt93.9 billion from the market this year.
The exchange says an infrastructure fund plans to raise up to Bt50 billion in the middle of this year. If successful, this would provide a significant boost to the capital raised in the first half of the year, the SET's senior executive vice president and head of the issuer marketing division, Santi Kiranand, said at press conference yesterday.
He said this year would also see as many as four foreign firms applying to list on the SET, including a real estate investment trust.