BMCL MRTA to negotiate with BMCL on the Blue line extension work worth more than Bt100bn. The Governor of the MRTA said this would be more beneficial and effective than an auction and will help lower costs for both service centers and construction. (Kao Hoon, 18/07/14) Comment: BMCL’s stock price has been going through the […]

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Yesterday the junta/government decided to waive visa fee’s for 3 months as part of an attempt to revive tourism. What has happened since, every hotel stock (centel, mint, erw) performed well, most airline names (aav, thai, nok) have performed ok too.  Now this isn’t the first time that Thailand has done something to boost tourism, […]

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ADVANC AIS rolls out Future Cube for demos – Advanced Info Service Plc (AIS) has unveiled a demonstration centre for a virtual telecommunications experience to make deeper inroads into the future of mobile 3D application storefronts. (Bangkok Post, 03/06/14) BTS BTS ready to borrow Bt80bn and is prepared to operate trains on three lines: Green […]

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CK Gets Contract 1 of Green Line — The MRTA board has selected CK to take Contract 1 of the Green Line Bearing-Samut Prakarn worth Bt137mn. (Khao Hoon, 28/04/14) ERW ERW: 1Q14 revenue to fall 25% YoY, pulled down by the political turmoil. However, there are better signs moving into 2Q14. It expects revenues this […]

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DTAC DTAC hopes to pay out dividend again at Bt1.60/unit in 1Q14 after clearing its accumulated losses of Bt15.9bn. It expects revenues for 1Q14 to touch Bt24bn with net profit at Bt2.85bn, and 2014 net profit estimated at Bt12.2bn. (Khao Hoon, 03/04/14) Comment: The dividend machine that is DTAC continues EASON EASON will be investing […]

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AOT Airport departure tax hike stalled — A bid by Airports of Thailand (AoT) to increase airport departure taxes has been stalled by the political conflict but counter check-in fees will go up anyway, by five baht. Department of Civil Aviation chief Woradej Harnprasert said it was unlikely the planned departure tax increase would be […]

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CSS CSS to penetrate telecom market in Myanmar to expand its revenue channels. It expects revenues for 2014 to reach Bt4bn supported by Bt700mn from a job for TRUE, plus backlog of Bt800mn. It is waiting to see if it will win a job to set up 1,500 poles for DTAC – results are to […]

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BMCL BMCL aims at 2014 passenger growth of 10% YoY supported by new properties at Ratchada. The political situation does not impact operations but supports passenger growth because people avoid driving. (Khao Hoon, 14/1/14) EPCO EPCO to build a 23MW solar cell plant worth Bt194.40 in Japan. It targets total capacity to reach 100MW by […]

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BANPU Writing off treasury stock — BANPU announced it will decrease registered capital by writing off the repurchased registry shares worth Bt135.6mn. The decrease will boost EPS and DPS by 5%. (Khao Hoon, 25/12/13) Comment: Well that’s an easy way to boost EPS BEC BEC concerned and political situation — It will boost ad rates […]

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Not directly related to the market but its interesting to see the latest numbers from Instagram showing that the #1 location in the world was Siam Paragon and that for the most instagrammed cities, Bangkok was #2, you can see below for the whole list. Now if I’m reaching for an investment case…well high number […]

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