Baht

Thai Baht

Thai Baht

Bangkok (baht) Santiago (Chilean peso)

There are also 1, 5 and 10 baht coins and 25 and 50 satang coins 100 satangs equal 1 baht.

National currency and unit of measure 1,000,000 baht

The baht was floated on 2 July 1997.

The unit of currency in Thailand is the baht.

If a financial institution fails to report, it shall be fined up to 300,000 Baht.

The total budget allocated for the OWAFD for the fiscal year 2006 is approximately 157 million baht.

Each year TRSC offers a grant of 5 million baht to remote sensing application projects proposed by Thai researchers.

Article 13 stipulates that guardians who do not follow provisions under Article 6 would be fined not exceeding 1,000 baht.

Bank notes are issued in denominations of 10 (brown), 20 (green), 50 (blue), 100 (red), 500 (purple) and 1,000 (grey) baht.

Article 15 stipulates that a person who causes children not to receive education without appropriate reason would be fined not exceeding 10,000 baht.

For instance, one important strategy to guarantee an equal access to public health for all is the 30 baht universal health care scheme.

In the year 2004, the total amount of credit provided is 6,316.85 million baht, of which 87.59 per cent of the beneficiaries are women.

Each year the centre awards a grant up to 4.8 million Baht for about 10 research projects proposed by local researchers from various agencies.

The seminar was timely as the Thai baht had just been allowed to float freely and several South East Asian countries were experiencing currency devaluation.

There was also a fixed exchange rate that may have contributed to a growing loss of competitiveness since the baht was pegged to a rising dollar.

Each year, TRSC has granted 3 million baht to remote sensing projects proposed by Thai researchers as a means of promoting applications of the technology in Thailand.

Insured persons under the 30 baht universal health care scheme seem to have the highest illness rate and attend health facilities the most, compared to other groups.

57. Following the float of the Thai baht on 2 July 1997, Indonesia (and a number of other countries in the region) experienced pressure on its currency.

4. Indeed, in July 1997 an economic crisis erupted in South East Asia when Thailand was no longer able to maintain the fixed exchange rate of the baht.

Furthermore, provide information on whether the 30 baht programme has been evaluated to assess access to basic services of rural and urban poor, hill tribes and other ethnic groups.

Cautious short term investors had withdrawn their funds and currency traders had launched attacks on the Thai baht because Thailand was the weakest country in terms of economic and political fundamentals.

Having said that, although these groups of people may not be entitled to benefits under the 30 baht scheme, they could still have access to public hospital services nationwide at very low cost.

As regards the reporting obligation, the CTC has noted that no convictions have been secured in Thailand for failing to report suspicious transactions and that a maximum fine of 300,000 Baht may be imposed.

The high level of unhedged private external debt made the option of devaluing the baht a painful choice that was avoided until foreign exchange reserves had been nearly exhausted in defending the exchange rate.

Since its establishment in the year 2003, the total budget allocated to the OWAFD has registered a steady increase of approximately 30 million baht annually, and thus constitutes a sharp rise from the budget previously allocated to the ONCWA.

With regard to AIDS it is the Government's policy to move ahead with the direction to include ART into the 30 baht scheme by 2006, which means that anti retroviral (ARV) programme will be expanded to cover all AIDS patients.

The 2005 Thai People's Health Report cited the information from the National Economic and Social Development Board, which reveals that 1 10 of people in Thailand are poor people, that is to say, earning less than 922 baht a month.

Thai import export firms can bet on a run on the baht by accelerating their dollar receipts and delaying their dollar payouts. Everyone can bet on a run on the Argentine peso a favorite sport of international financial speculators for a century and a half.

Despite some criticisms over the quality of services and non inclusion of some high cost medicines, in particular anti retroviral treatment (ART) for AIDS patients, the survey revealed that the 30 baht universal health care scheme has contributed to a greater proportion of people, in particular the poor, having access to health facilities.

With regard to assessment in terms of access to basic services of rural and urban poor, hilltribe and other ethnic groups, statistics show that 64 per cent of people in the urban area and 88 per cent in the rural parts of the country have access to the 30 baht health scheme.

In the case of Thailand, the Government has now achieved universal coverage by extending coverage to 18 million uninsured for a basic package of essential services under the 30 baht scheme and increasing the Ministry of Health's budget in a strongly pro poor manner by focusing on rural primary health facilities, including community hospitals and health centres.

According to the Secretariat, additional requirements as a result of the changes with respect to the Swiss franc and the euro amount to 9.0 million and 3.4 million, respectively similar weakening of the exchange rate of the dollar to the Chilean peso, the Thai baht and the Kenyan shilling would result in additional requirements of 3.1 million, 1.1 million and 1.7 million, respectively.

Since only Thai nationals with household registrations are entitled to the 30 baht health scheme, at present about 3.2 million people living in Thailand still do not have access to the programme, in particular (1) members of minority and hilltribe groups who do not have Thai nationality (2) Thai nationals who are homeless or whose names are not registered in any household registration.

The going wage for the Rent A Crowds at the heart of the crisis was 300 Baht a day per person, plus food, transportation, and a clean yellow T shirt yellow being the Royal color. These protests have run, on and off, for nearly 200 days, with crowd sizes ranging from a few hundred to tens of thousands. It is widely known that the anti Thaksin business elites provided the money to keep people in the street.