At this week’s Cabinet meeting, a proposal from the Commerce Ministry to add sugar to the list of price controlled goods, was approved, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin told reporters today after chairing the meeting.

 

The list of price controlled goods comes under the 1999 Prices of Goods and Services Act. The decision will take effect once it is published in the Royal Gazette, possibly tomorrow, he said.

 

The Central Committee on the Prices of Goods and Services, chaired by Commerce Minister Phumtham Wechayachai, endorsed the idea yesterday and put it to the Cabinet for approval. The decision is aimed at easing the rising cost of living.

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2023-10-31

 

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If Thais weren't so addicted to sugar there wouldn't be an issue.

People would just stop using it, driving the price back down.

But hey, Thais need their fix every day.

Backwards. You'd think it would be the opposite.

If anything they should tax it more.

Lots of Thais I know always have to say "hwan noi" when ordering drinks.

Not all Thais love it yet it's everywhere.

Why do we allow the [all] governments to intervene into our daily lives. 

As a type 2 insulin dependent diabetic, no problem for me - I just do not buy sugar, only sweetner! Fortunately here in Cambodia we can buy many imported products that are "sugar free" and "reduced sugar" - an extensive range on the supermarket shelves. This is my alternative to sugar:

 

5 hours ago, zzaa09 said:

Why do we allow the [all] governments to intervene into our daily lives. 

Because, in this case, it is going to save people money.  

 

The issue is the same with everything int heis country the government subsidizes or restricts the price in order to make the majority of Thais feel better.

 

There is no thught to the rising cost to harvest a product or refine it that the farmer has to pay.

 

Just as there is no thought to the amount of money  the government is spending and deferring for petroleum products or BTS or anything.