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Red Bull's Yuwithaya family ranks 1st, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra ranks 11th - Forbes' 2024 ranking of Thailand's richest people
In the 2024 ranking of Thailand's richest people compiled by the US economic magazine Forbes, the Yuwithaya family of the popular drink Red Bull (Kratingdaeng) ranks 1st with a total assets of $36 billion.
In second place is the Jiaravanon (Xie) family of the CP Group, which operates food giant Jaroen Pokphand Foods (CPF), CP All, which operates 7-Eleven in Thailand, and True, which handles mobile and landline telephones, with $29 billion.
In third place is Jaroen Sirivadhanabhakdee (Su Xuming), founder of TCC Group, which owns Thailand's largest alcoholic beverage company Thai Beverage and real estate giant TCC Land, with $10 billion.
The total assets of the 50 people on the ranking are about $153 billion, a decrease of about 12% from the previous year. This was due to factors such as sluggish stock prices and a weak baht.
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Thai AirAsia launches Don Muang-Beijing Daxing flight
AirAsia began operating direct flights between Bangkok (Don Muang International Airport) and Beijing (Beijing Daxing International Airport) on July 1, 2024.
The flight will operate daily and will use an Airbus A320neo.
The flight schedule is as follows:
Bangkok (Don Muang) ⇔ Beijing (Beijing Daxing)
FD600 DMK 22:55 PKX 4:40+1 Daily
AK872 PKX 5:50 DMK 9:45 Daily
For more information, please refer to the AirAsia official website.
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"Pantip Plaza Pratunam" was reborn as "Phoenix", a shopping mall specializing in restaurants, grocery stores, etc.
Asset World Corp (AWC), a real estate company of Thailand's major conglomerate TCC Group, opened "Phoenix", a shopping mall specializing in restaurants, grocery stores, etc. in Pratunam, Bangkok on June 26, 2024.
Phoenix is a facility that has been completely renovated from "Pantip Plaza Pratunam", which was once a popular commercial facility mainly selling IT equipment. The opening ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Sathya, AWC CEO Wangrapa, and others.
The total floor area is 69,000 square meters, and more than 200 restaurants will be located there.
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Bangkok BTS, MRT fares set to be cut to 20 baht
Thailand's Ministry of Transport has announced that passenger fares for travelling on Bangkok's Blue, Yellow and Pink Line trains will be cut to a maximum of 20 baht by June 2025.
The 20 baht maximum fare has already been applied to the Purple and Red Lines since October 2023. Until June 2025, the fare cap will be extended to the Blue, Yellow and Pink Lines.
Currently, only rail lines overseen by the Mass Transit Railway Authority (MRTA) are subject to the 20 baht fare cap. Other operators, such as the Green Line, managed by BTS Group Holdings, are scheduled to apply the 20 baht fare cap once the Unified Ticket Law is enacted by 2025.
The 20 baht fare cap policy has led to a 27.61% increase in Red Line ridership to 6.21 million. Meanwhile, Purple Line ridership increased by 11.53% to 14.29 million passengers in seven months. Although the policy is expected to result in an annual revenue loss of around 300 million baht, it is seeing a positive impact on public transport usage in Bangkok.
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Thailand ranks 45th in the ranking of countries where young people are likely to find happiness
The 2024 World Happiness Report, published by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network, was released on March 20, 2024.
The report was jointly conducted by the United Nations, Oxford University, and research company Gallup, and uses data from the Gallup World Poll from 2021 to 2023, including 143 countries and regions.
According to the World Happiness Report 2024, Thailand ranked 45th among countries where young people are likely to find happiness.
Thailand also ranked 57th in the overall World Happiness ranking regardless of age.
The happiness ranking is composed of six items: GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, freedom of life choices, tolerance, and perception of corruption.
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