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Thailand gets closer to 'cashless society' goal

Edit The Jakarta Post 15 Jun 2016
PromptPay’s fees will be applied for bill payment and request-to-pay services under the second phase of the project, which will be implemented in December, said Anuchit Anuchitanukul, adviser to the Finance Ministry’s National e-Payment project ... Moreover, as PromptPay is not a mobile application because it does not link to the Internet, the system will not be open to cyber-hacking, Anuchit said ... ....

Mass cheating in Bihar, UP: A serious problem

Edit The Times of India 09 Jun 2016
NEW DELHI ... Bihar - and its northern neighbour Uttar Pradesh- are no strangers to controversies related to education and testing ... A similar incident occurred in Manhar, in Bihar's Vaishali district in 2015. No dearth of announced measures ... the Uttar Pradesh Sarvajanik Pariksha Anuchit Sadhan Nivaran Adhiniyam - enacted in 1998 - proposed that two CCTV cameras be installed in every examination hall, but the idea was never implemented....

Mass cheating in Bihar and UP: A perennial problemMass cheating in UP and Bihar: A perennial problem

Edit The Times of India 09 Jun 2016
NEW DELHI ... Bihar - and its northern neighbour Uttar Pradesh- are no strangers to controversies related to education and testing ... A similar incident occurred in Manhar, in Bihar's Vaishali district in 2015. No dearth of announced measures ... the Uttar Pradesh Sarvajanik Pariksha Anuchit Sadhan Nivaran Adhiniyam - enacted in 1998 - proposed that two CCTV cameras be installed in every examination hall, but the idea was never implemented....

Mass cheating in Bihar, UP: A perennial problem

Edit The Times of India 09 Jun 2016
NEW DELHI. The Bihar Secondary Examination Board on Saturday withdrew a Bhagwanpur school's examination code after two of its students - who were among the top scorers in the state exams - failed a re-test ... No dearth of announced measures ... the Uttar Pradesh Sarvajanik Pariksha Anuchit Sadhan Nivaran Adhiniyam - enacted in 1998 - proposed that two CCTV cameras be installed in every examination hall, but the idea was never implemented....

Coded sheets to curb mass cheating

Edit The Times of India 20 Dec 2015
ALLAHABAD. In a bid to check mass cheating, Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad has identified 31 sensitive districts in the state, where coded answersheets would be used to check the use of unfair means ... Uttar Pradesh Sarvajanik Pariksha Anuchit Sadhan Nivaran Adhiniyam-1998 was enacted to check copying ... ....

Can Thailand’s Seafood King Get Off the Hook?

Edit Bloomberg 03 Dec 2015
When Thai Union Group agreed to buy the Bumble Bee tuna brand from private equity fund Lion Capital for $1.5 billion in December 2014, the company appeared to be on the brink of achieving Chief Executive Officer Thiraphong Chansiri’s goal of becoming the world’s top seller of branded shelf-stable seafood sold in cans and pouches ... In August, Thiraphong said he expected a decision from U.S ... —With Anuchit Nguyen and Chris Blake....

Taming Thailand’s Wild Frontier

Edit Bloomberg 08 Nov 2015
For much of the past century, the Thai border town of Mae Sot stood on one of Asia’s wilder frontiers. On the opposite bank of the swirling, mud-brown Moei River in neighboring Myanmar, Karen insurgents waged a seemingly endless independence war. Smugglers trafficked guns, opium, timber, and gemstones ... Photograph ... With assistance from Anuchit Nguyen and Supunnabul Suwannakij.  Before it's here, it's on the Bloomberg Terminal. ....

30 Beautiful Landscapes Draped in Fog

Edit Huffington Post 25 Jun 2015
Fog, in literature and real life, is a force of mystery and magic. It obscures some things to reveal others; and it can transform an already beautiful landscape into something out of a fairy tale ... Other times it's insidious, a horror movie-worthy creeping fog that sneaks up on you, thickening so slowly you don't know it's there until it's completely obscured the next twist in the trail ... Milkyway thailand by Anuchit ????????? on 500px ... ....

Thai Airways Sees 2015 Loss Before Returning to Profit on Revamp

Edit Yahoo Daily News 30 Mar 2015
(Bloomberg) -- Thai Airways International Pcl, which has posted annual losses the past two years, expects to show another loss this year before returning to profitability in 2016 by selling aircraft, dropping routes and cutting other costs. The airline had a 15.6 billion baht ($479 million) loss in 2014 as the political unrest and competition with other carriers hit passenger traffic ... Anuchit Nguyen in Bangkok at anguyen@bloomberg.net....

Oil in Best 5-Day Rally Since '09 on Yemen

Edit Yahoo Daily News 26 Mar 2015
(Bloomberg) -- Oil headed for its biggest five-day gain since 2011, while Gulf stocks plunged as Saudi Arabia and its allies started bombing targets in Yemen. U.S. and European equity-index futures retreated with Asian shares. More from Bloomberg.com. Europe Index Futures Tumble, Indicating Equities to Extend Drop ... Market ‘Ramped’ ... Nick Gentle in Hong Kong at ngentle2@bloomberg.net; Anuchit Nguyen in Bangkok at anguyen@bloomberg.net....

Thai Court Says Ex-Premier Yingluck Will Be Tried Over Rice

Edit Bloomberg 19 Mar 2015
(Bloomberg) -- A top court in Thailand accepted criminal charges against former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra in connection with her government’s program to aid rice farmers, raising the possibility that she could be jailed ... “The charge by the prosecutors is in line with the law.” ... Mounting Losses ... ‘Politically Driven’ ... Chris Blake in Bangkok at cblake28@bloomberg.net; Anuchit Nguyen in Bangkok at anguyen@bloomberg.net....

Thailand Stock-Market Rally Has JPMorgan Siding With Local Bulls

Edit Bloomberg 08 Feb 2015
(Bloomberg) -- Not since 2009 has Thailand’s stock market rallied so much at a time when foreign investors are selling ... The equity gauge climbed another 2.1 percent last week ... 3 ... The gauge is valued at 15.2 times estimated earnings for the next 12 months, compared with the five-year average of 12.2. Money Flows ... Fed Bets ... 4. U.S. rate increases would “definitely cause money outflows ... 4 ... Anuchit Nguyen in Bangkok at anguyen@bloomberg.net....

Thailand’s Jasmine Fund Said to Raise $1.7 Billion From IPO

Edit Bloomberg 04 Feb 2015
(Bloomberg) -- Jasmine Broadband Internet Infrastructure Fund, set up by Thailand’s second-biggest provider of high-speed Internet services, raised $1.7 billion in an initial public offering, people with knowledge of the matter said ... To contact the reporters on this story. Jonathan Browning in Hong Kong at jbrowning9@bloomberg.net; Anuchit Nguyen in Bangkok at anguyen@bloomberg.net; Joyce Koh in Singapore at jkoh38@bloomberg.net....
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