FTI to table relief plan
Four-point scheme to help SMEs survive
published : 21 Jul 2021 at 05:40 A desolate scene at Bangkok s Pratunam market amid the latest wave of the pandemic. Businesses nationwide are struggling due to the outbreak. Somchai Poomlard
The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) and the Thai Listed Companies Association (TLCA) will on Thursday propose four debt and health-related measures to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) survive the Covid-19 crisis.
They badly need help to deal with debt and liquidity problems and at the same time must be equipped with a better shield against disease transmission.
1
Thai-listed companies achieved the highest average score in the 2019 Asean CG Scorecard (ACGS) for the sixth consecutive year, making up the majority of the Asean Asset Class Award recipients, said Ruenvadee Suwanmongkol, secretary-general at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
The Asean CG Scorecard is aimed at raising international visibility among Asean public-listed companies (PLCs) with outstanding corporate governance (CG) practices, comprising of three categories, namely Asean Asset Class PLCs , Asean Top 20 PLCs, and Country Top 3 PLCs.
Ms Ruevadee said Thai-listed companies occupied the majority of recipients by constituting 42 of 135 companies in the Asean Asset Class PLCs, which awards only companies scoring at least 97.50.