
BMCL believes it has the edge in bidding for three new routes

Bangkok Metro (BMCL), operator of the capital's subway, is on track to bid for the operating concessions on three of the five proposed mass-transit routes.
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Bombings to cause slippage in Q1 growth: UTCC

The University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC) yesterday revised downward its forecast on the Kingdom's first-quarter economic growth from 4 per cent to 3.5 per cent after the recent bombings in Bangkok, which they expect to depress spending and tourist arrivals in the first three months of the year.
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BoI hopes meeting will shore up confidence

The Board of Investment (BoI) will meet industrialists and investors next week in a bid to improve investor confidence following the deadly bomb blasts on New Year's Eve, its secretary-general Satit Chanjavanakul said yesterday.
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Late news :AOT threatens to drop security firm

Airports of Thailand chairman Lt-General Saprang Kalayanamitra yesterday threatened to terminate the security service contract with Asia Security Management, a unit of Loxley Group, if it cannot raise security measures at Suvarnabhumi Airport to meet those employed in the United States and the European Union.
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Air France KLM has new GM for region

Air France KLM has appointed Luc Delaplace as new general manager for Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Burma, effective from January 1.
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Thai sugar to be a major Vietnamese import

The Vietnamese Ministry of Trade has projected the nation's seven leading import goods for 2007, predicting that import turnover will surge 15 per cent above 2006 as import levies and non-tariff barriers gradually fall in line with commitments to the WTO.
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In Brief :SGA to fly Chiang Mai-Phrae route from next month

Siam General Aviation president Jane Channarong said the small airline planned to operate flights from Chiang Mai to Phrae from February 1.
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