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Prime Minister Meets Investors A standing room only audience of more than 750 foreign and Thai investors turned out for The Prime Minister Meets Investors: Rising Above the Challenge, an event organized by the Board of Investment, the Thai-Japan Association, the Export-Import Bank of Thailand, and MFC Asset Management Plc. on 19 January 2009. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva briefed investors about his administration's plans to revitalize the economy and felded a wide range of questions from the international business community and representatives of the foreign press. Read more...

New Government Policies Since becoming Prime Minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva has acted quickly to enact his new government's policies to restore normalcy to the country and stem the impact of the global financial crisis on Thailand's economy. Several of his administration's most urgent policy points have already received parliamentary approval, and many more are in the process of doing so. Below is a summary of the policies that relate both directly and indirectly to Thailand's business community. Read more...

Q&A With Prime Minister Abhisit After addressing Thailand's investment community at “The Prime Minister Meets Investors: Rising Above the Challenge”, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva took the time to answer questions from the audience. Read more...

Rolls-Royce Invites Suppliers To push through these challenging times, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has called upon the private sector to partner with the government in a bid to reinvigorate Thailand's economy. Rolls-Royce Thailand recently answered the Prime Minister's call when they collaborated with the Board of Investment (BOI) to host the Rolls-Royce Thailand Supply Chain Event, a joint initiative intended to promote mutual manufacturing and partnership opportunities between Rolls-Royce, Rolls-Royce suppliers, and Thai-based suppliers. Read more...

PM Leads Mission to Japan Perhaps the most pressing task facing the Abhisit administration is to restore the global investment community's confdence in Thailand. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has taken it upon himself to spread the message of goodwill as he has chosen to lead several investment roadshows to some of Thailand's most important economic allies. Most recently, from 5-7 February 2009, he led a team of high level members of the Ministry of Industry, Board of Investment, Department of Export Promotion, Tourism Authority of Thailand and Stock Exchange of Thailand on a mission to Japan, Thailand's most valued trading partner and investor. Read more...

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