BCH revises foreign patients to 20% from 16%, boosted by permanent visa waiver for Chinese, firms on 10% revenue growth target this year, adding 300K SSO patients to 1.8m. Comment: Chynaaaaa. Investors/people have written off Chinese tourism to Thailand at their own risk. I wouldn’t be surprised by 4Q24 if it’s already on par w/ […]

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A wheel fell off a Yellow Line monorail train and hit a taxi in Thepharak, outskirt of BKK. The train is operated by a consortium headed by BTS (75%), STEC and RATCH. Comment: One hopes that this is a 1 off accident… But I’ll happily blame STEC (anutin) all day long. GUNKUL plans to raise […]

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ASW mulls 3 new horizontal projects worth Bt4.1b, via the Honor high-ended brand this year. Comment: what??? I’m going to have to go through their numbers again, but I thought this propco was on the verge of going under. Thai NVDR said NVDR holding in BBL has reached 23.23%, vs 25% limit. Comment: It is […]

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Boom! And we’re off to the races, I had 4 stocks which went +5% on the first day of the year (but that’s because they were all down tremendously in 2023), but hey YTD I’m rocking and rolling and that’s all you’ll read about in the news. Now which sector is going to bounce back….all […]

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These directors and management teams were still active in the last week of 2023. They all needed to fund their holidays in Japan. Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 286 mn Sell(s) THB 249 mn

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Congratulations Thailand, you’re one of the worst performing markets in the world (granted the country has a week left to turn it around, perhaps DELTA will race to 1,000 and save every mutual fund in the country.) A quick rant for the year (or future) – nothing changed – (ok fine, the POS overleveraged co’s […]

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CHAYO: board gives nod to spin-off P-Loan unit, Chayo Capital, (CCAP) will sell IPO 125m shares (25% of paid-up) & list on MAI. Comment: And investors will be surprised by how small this entity is. (or not) GPSC acquires 50% of PTT’s renewable unit, Global Renewable Power (GRP), for Bt1.275b, to complete by end of […]

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ADVANC: Central Admin Court dismissed National Telecom (NT)’s petition to claim Bt16.2b additional revenue share from roaming service from ADVANC. NT is eligible to file an appeal within 30 days. Comment: There goes the neighbourhood gents, privatisation of all decent assets in Thailand continues. BBL: collaboration with OR to provide green loan, Bualuang Green Solar […]

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ASAP targets 20k Changan EV sales over the course of next 4 years under EV 3.5 scheme, expects EV subsidies Bt100k/unit, Bt10k subsidies for e-bike fuel momentum. Comment: We’re going to see these Chinese EVs everywhere… CK sees brighter outlook on construction business, expects margin recover from lower building material & energy costs, jump start […]

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BEM & BTS: MRT & Skytrain to extend operating holders from 4am till 2am from current 5am till midnight during New Year season Dec 29 till Jan 2.BEM: Department of Rail transport reported average Blue line MRT ridership during TH Red Cross bazaar Dec 8-17 hit all time high at 520k trips/d. HL on track […]

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