AOT’s 3rd runway on track to cod in July, adding more automatic channel (e-passport reader) to enhance convenience, mulls expand SIA & DMK airports capacity to handle 140m travelers p.a., expects to sell TOR by end of year. CP Group plans to slow its investment this year, eager to harvest its outlays from recent years, […]

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AUCT is expected to report big jump 2H driven by vehicle registration fees thru auction yard, revenue from vehicles transfer and acceleration of traffic from repossesses vehicles purge by financial institution by end of year, Tabloid. Comment: Just go through KKP’s MD&A and you’ll see that there are still a lot of cars to be […]

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BANPU to wrap up lithium, nickel and copper mining investment in Laos, Indo, and August by end of year or 1Q24, for immediate revenue recognitions. BJC’s hypermarket unit, Big C, signed MOU with Overseas Cambodian Investment Corps (OCIC) to develop 12k sq.m mega project northeast central of Phnom Penh under 30-yr lease contract, target cod […]

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Nikkei Article on TikTok Link: https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Business-Spotlight/TikTok-takes-on-Shopee-Tokopedia-in-ASEAN-e-commerce-race?del_type=1&pub_date=20230804190000&seq_num=3&si=d6ecb5fd-ddcf-4e12-b251-586e01641053 Other than twitter I don’t really bother with any social media platform, but I’ve heard from several friends doing retail in Indonesia and Thailand that they’re focusing more and more on TikTok for fast selling consumer items. So what? Pay attention to the impact on Shopee and the physical […]

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BGC reaffirms solid turnaround from robust demand for F&B packaging from improved local consumption & tourism, tailwind from Songkran festive & domestic travel stimulus, wider margin from lower energy costs, eyes 10% full year revenue growth target. Comment: Earnings haven’t gone anywhere for the past 5 years, and Singha group has an issue since the […]

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BAY teams up online payment processing platform (Stripe) to expand ecommerce payment solutions & online transactions. Comment: Now that’s an interesting development. CWT acquires 8mw bio-mass power plants in Sa Kaeo province from IEC for Bt238m. DMT reaffirms solid 4Q22 after average daily tollway traffic topped 103k trips/day thanks to recovery traffic at Don Muang […]

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AUCT sees positive momentum thru auction yard driven by repossessed vehicles from auto title loan segment, eyes 5-10% revenue growth target next year. Comment: The selling price of the cars don’t matter, what matters is volume for AUCT. But remember all those years ago how they talked about they could potentially apply their skillset to […]

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APURE mulls price hike on exports canned sweet corn from higher packaging & transport costs, expects no impact to sales volume as price well below competitors, will begin exports frozen corn & frozen edamame 2H22. CPANEL sets 25% revenue growth target this year, on 3-5% growth in real estate industry, sets to increase precast concrete […]

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BEM extend MRT operating hours 6am-11pm for Blue line & 5:30am-11pm for Purple from Oct 16 as curfew shorthened to 11pm-3am vs 10pm-4am prior. BCP: Social Security Office raised holding by 0.0552% to 15.0391% of total outstanding on October 12. BEYOND sees demand picking up ahead of November 1 reopening, especially at two luxury hotels […]

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MAKRO: seek holders approval to recover Lotus Thailand & Malaysia assets transfer upcoming virtual EGM October 12, expects transaction completed within October 25, mulls sell PO to boost free float >15% from current 7% to qualify for SET50. Comment: Just imagine this does a DELTA. And yes recovery in business etc etc. MBK: issues free […]

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