Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin had a private meeting over dinner with Thailand’s top business executives from diverse private sector fields on Monday night.

 

The special informal event was organised and hosted by Dr. Vichit Suraphongchai, chairman of SCB X.

 

Other participants included Arthid Nanthawithaya, CEO of Siam Commercial Bank, Aiyawatt  Srivaddhanaprabha, CEO of King Power duty-free, Sanan Angubolkul, chairman of the Thai Chamber of Commerce and CEO of Srithai Superware Group, Thapana Sirivadhanabhakdi, CEO of Thai Beverage, Suphachai Chearavanont, executive vice chairman of  CP Group, Plew Trivisvavet, CEO and chairman of the Ch. Karnchang construction giant, Jareeporn Jarukornsakul, chair and CEO of WHA Group, specialising in logistics, power plants and industrial estates.

 

A group photo of those attending the dinner was posted on social media by the prime minister himself.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/pm-dines-with-thailands-leading-business-executives/

 

-- Thai PBS 2023-08-30

 

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Did Thaksin get an invite? Would be rude if he didn’t.

14 minutes ago, ChrisY1 said:

Did Thaksin get an invite? Would be rude if he didn’t.

Guess not, as he is very sick at the moment according to his daughter and the doctor in charge...

So, good news for the plebs: new PM has a dinner with himself.

 

Bunch of winkers.

This shows the new PM's priority:  making the rich even richer.

So much for the PTP pledge to break up those monopolies.

 

 

41 minutes ago, bamnutsak said:

So much for the PTP pledge to break up those monopolies.

Which monopolies were represented at that dinner?

2 hours ago, ChrisY1 said:

Did Thaksin get an invite? Would be rude if he didn’t.

Apparently he's a little tired to party just yet

maybe they organised a Grab rider to deliver a little teaser from the masters table, a few crumbs like the used to hand-out.

Edited August 30, 20232 yr by hotchilli

1 hour ago, watchcat said:

Guess not, as he is very sick at the moment according to his daughter and the doctor in charge...

Still recovering from COVID, so sad...

CP and ThaiBev included, they were major financiers for years of the junta government

Well, everybody must eat .......... 

2 hours ago, bamnutsak said:

So much for the PTP pledge to break up those monopolies.

 

 

How many promises left to break?

31 minutes ago, John Drake said:

2 hours ago, bamnutsak said:

So much for the PTP pledge to break up those monopolies.

 

 

How many promises left to break?

Which monopolies did they promise to break up yet failed to do so?

4 hours ago, webfact said:

 

Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin had a private meeting over dinner with Thailand’s top business executives from diverse private sector fields on Monday night.

 

The special informal event was organised and hosted by Dr. Vichit Suraphongchai, chairman of SCB X.

 

Other participants included Arthid Nanthawithaya, CEO of Siam Commercial Bank, Aiyawatt  Srivaddhanaprabha, CEO of King Power duty-free, Sanan Angubolkul, chairman of the Thai Chamber of Commerce and CEO of Srithai Superware Group, Thapana Sirivadhanabhakdi, CEO of Thai Beverage, Suphachai Chearavanont, executive vice chairman of  CP Group, Plew Trivisvavet, CEO and chairman of the Ch. Karnchang construction giant, Jareeporn Jarukornsakul, chair and CEO of WHA Group, specialising in logistics, power plants and industrial estates.

 

A group photo of those attending the dinner was posted on social media by the prime minister himself.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/pm-dines-with-thailands-leading-business-executives/

 

-- Thai PBS 2023-08-30

 

- Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here.

 

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Mmmm, love Chinese food.

1 hour ago, John Drake said:

How many promises left to break?

All of them?

1 minute ago, bamnutsak said:

All of them?

Beginning to look like it perhaps. They're not even throwing out crumbs for their base.

Not only do the powers-that-be retain full control, they actually got PTP to self-neuter themselves.

 

Now all that's left is to decapitate - legally using various rules, laws, commissions, and courts - MFP.

 

Job done, and they rule for at least another eight years.

 

 

 

 

3 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Which monopolies were represented at that dinner?

King Power enjoy a monopolistic position in their duty free franchise granted by the govt. Thai Bev and CP Group hold  dominant market positions achieved by either the beneficial barring of new entrants to their market by govt in the case of Thai Bev, or favourable govt approval of competition eliminating acquisitions of major competitors in the case of CP Group. 

You'd think these executives would realize that this is a bad look.

 

And be smart enough to avoid looking like the proud owners of a shiny new "government".

 

And I suspect many were. 

 

But not these clowns.

 

 

Great to see the positive comments …. Give the guy a chance might be surprised…. 

40 minutes ago, DJ54 said:

Great to see the positive comments …. Give the guy a chance might be surprised…. 

Nothing has surprised me so far and I see nothing to be positive about. Whether it be the blocking of the public's wishes by unelected officials, the composition of the coalition to now include parties unanimously rejected by the public and previously promised to be excluded by the coalition leader, the likely inclusion of crooks, criminals and relatives in the proposed cabinet and the barely 1 night stay of a convicted criminal in prison who coordinated the whole masquerade.

 

I'm sure the individuals in the photo are very positive though, especially those that are likely to be on the receiving end of the 10,000 baht spending bribe handed out to 60m Thais, and increase numbers of Chinese passing through duty free at their airports when their visa restrictions are eased.

40 minutes ago, DJ54 said:

Great to see the positive comments …. Give the guy a chance might be surprised…. 

Nothing has surprised me so far and I see nothing to be positive about. Whether it be the blocking of the public's wishes by unelected officials, the composition of the coalition to now include parties unanimously rejected by the public and previously promised to be excluded by the coalition leader, the likely inclusion of crooks, criminals and relatives in the proposed cabinet and the barely 1 night stay of a convicted criminal in prison who coordinated the whole masquerade.

 

I'm sure the individuals in the photo are very positive though, especially those that are likely to be on the receiving end of the 10,000 baht spending bribe handed out to 60m Thais, and increase numbers of Chinese passing through duty free at their airports when their visa restrictions are eased.

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