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Thai commerce ministry to brief commercial attaches, chambers of commerce
BANGKOK, June 5 (TNA) - In an attempt to boost the confidence of foreign entrepreneurs and investors in Thailand, the Ministry of Commerce will hold a briefing for them next Monday on the recent political turbulence and assistance offered by the government to those affected by the unrest, Deputy Commerce Minister Alongkorn Ponlaboot said Saturday.
Mr Alongkorn said the one-day briefing to Thai-based foreign commercial attaches and chambers of commerce would also allow them to propose what assistance should be offered to those affected from the unrest.
The briefing is designed to improve trade and investment in Thailand so that they could proceed as soon as possible following the clashes between the military and anti-government protesters in the Thai capital on May 19, he said.
The ministry last weekend successfully held a trade fair on Bangkok’s Silom Road in which more than 1,000 entrepreneurs whose shops were damaged by arson attacks by the protesters took part. More than Bt140 million changed hands during the events.
Meanwhile, Henri Dunant Road will be open as a walking street this weekend to provide space to entrepreneurs, small traders and vendors whose shops were torched during the May19 riots to sell their goods. The fair will be held from 10am to 8pm on Saturday and Sunday. Afterwards, district workers will clean the street to open to traffic before 3am Monday.
The walking street area stretches from Siam Square Soi 7 to Chulalongkorn University's Faculty of Political Science.
Anti-government Red Shirt protesters occupied the Ratchaprasong area from April 3 to May 19, demanding that Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva dissolve the House and call a new election.
Their occupation forced high-end shopping malls and shops in the area to close. A military operation to retake the protest site prompted protest leaders to surrender to police while angry protesters went on a rampage, torching nearly 40 spots in the capital, including CentralWorld, the country's largest shopping mall and the second largest in the region.
The government has given 50,000 baht (about US$1,500) to compensate business owners whose shops were set on fire. (TNA)
Mr Alongkorn said the one-day briefing to Thai-based foreign commercial attaches and chambers of commerce would also allow them to propose what assistance should be offered to those affected from the unrest.
The briefing is designed to improve trade and investment in Thailand so that they could proceed as soon as possible following the clashes between the military and anti-government protesters in the Thai capital on May 19, he said.
The ministry last weekend successfully held a trade fair on Bangkok’s Silom Road in which more than 1,000 entrepreneurs whose shops were damaged by arson attacks by the protesters took part. More than Bt140 million changed hands during the events.
Meanwhile, Henri Dunant Road will be open as a walking street this weekend to provide space to entrepreneurs, small traders and vendors whose shops were torched during the May19 riots to sell their goods. The fair will be held from 10am to 8pm on Saturday and Sunday. Afterwards, district workers will clean the street to open to traffic before 3am Monday.
The walking street area stretches from Siam Square Soi 7 to Chulalongkorn University's Faculty of Political Science.
Anti-government Red Shirt protesters occupied the Ratchaprasong area from April 3 to May 19, demanding that Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva dissolve the House and call a new election.
Their occupation forced high-end shopping malls and shops in the area to close. A military operation to retake the protest site prompted protest leaders to surrender to police while angry protesters went on a rampage, torching nearly 40 spots in the capital, including CentralWorld, the country's largest shopping mall and the second largest in the region.
The government has given 50,000 baht (about US$1,500) to compensate business owners whose shops were set on fire. (TNA)
