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Published on January 18, 2008

It expects to collect another Bt40 million per annum from Ratchaburi, Bt30 million from Rayong and Bt30 million from Mae Mo power plants.

The fees are now under Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand supervision but will be transferred to the fund after its committee members are appointed. Power plants must pay 1-2 satang per unit of their capacity to the fund, which will be used to develop local communities.

NTC approves committee

The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) board yesterday approved the formation of a committee to coordinate with the Public Relations Department in the NTC preparation process to oversee the broadcasting industry.

Article 90 of the new Broadcasting Act requires the NTC to oversee the broadcasting industry pending establishment of the National Broadcasting and Telecommuni-cations Commission.

Feintool sells Thai plant

Feintool is taking action to counter the dilution of consolidated earnings per share. Furthermore, the Thai factory earmarked for closure has been sold to new investors, while in China another sales company - Feintool Automation Hong Kong - has been founded.

The winding up of the loss-making plastic/metal-components factory in Lamphun province created an opportunity to sell the facility to new investors.

The Nation