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	&ldquo;This could be a good New Year gift to all workers,&rdquo; said Yongyuth Chalamwong, research director at TDRI.</div>
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	Since the Bt300 minimum daily wage went into uniform effect in 2012, it has stayed there. One reason for not adjusting it is the lacklustre economy.</div>

TDRI proposes wage hike

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<p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Nongluck is a senior economic journalist covering the macroeconomics, real estate, and corporate investment strategies driving growth across Thailand and Southeast Asia</span></span><span lang="TH" style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Angsana New&quot;,serif">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

TDRI proposes wage hike

The Thailand Development Research Institute has urged the government to consider a belated hike in the minimum wage, based on cost of living rises in each province in the past three years.

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