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Chairman Piyapan Jampasut yesterday said the board agreed with the details of the terms after the public hearing was completed and they had been revised so many times.

"That should guarantee the process was transparent," he said, adding that the board would investigate the bidding process further.

The BMTA will forward the bidding documents to the transport minister before announcing the auction date.

Programming revamp

Channel 5 will revamp its noon programming in a bid to boost ratings.

Starting tomorrow, a variety show will replace "The Money Channel", produced by the Stock Exchange of Thailand but which has expired. Soap-opera reruns will also be aired.

"We expect to increase viewers from 200,000 to 500,000 by this small programme reshuffle at noon," General Kittitas Bumnejpan, head of Royal Thai Army Television, said yesterday.

The noon ratings has failed to meet the target. Kittitas believes soap-opera reruns can draw a bigger women's audience.

Ad revenue for each programme has dropped 20 per cent quarter on quarter, but the channel's first-quarter revenue should increase 3-5 per cent, he added.

New chief at Honda

Honda Automobile (Thailand) will welcome Atsushi Fujimoto as its new president, effective tomorrow.

Fujimoto was CEO of Honda Malaysia for three years. - The Nation