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Published on October 3, 2007

Deputy Government Spokesman Chodechai Suwannaporn said the board of each enterprise would decide the rate for its agency.

The Cabinet decided that the Finance Ministry should in future be responsible for policy on state-enterprise workers' pay.

It also approved a temporary cut in import duty for natural gas-fuelled public vans, to encourage operators of diesel-powered vans to switch fuels.

Pannee Sathavarodom, director-general of the Fiscal Policy Office, said vans with at least 15 seats were eligible. The rate for completely built vehicles will be cut from 40 per cent to 22 per cent until the end of next year. Locally assembled vans will be exempted from duty until the end of 2012.

Buri Ram boost

Businesses and local government in the Northeast province of Buri Ram expect a 5-per-cent increase in tourism next year, banking on local and foreign confidence in the country being restored after December's election.

New ITD head

The Cabinet yesterday approved Commerce Ministry deputy permanent secretary Yanyong Phuangrach becoming director-general of the Internal Trade Department, subject to royal endorsement.  He said his priority was to press for the Retail Business Act to be implemented by this government.

68 rice-bidders

The Commerce Ministry yesterday attracted 68 bidders to its auction of 821,394 tonnes of rice.

Apiradi Tantraporn, director-general of the Foreign Trade Department, said the ministry was confident of good prices and selling huge volumes because of high demand here and abroad.

 The Nation