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Anant Kanjanapas
Anant Kanjanapas ( th, อนันต์ กาญจนพาสน์, 2 June 1941 – 13 April 2020) was a Sino-Thai business executive, best known as CEO and chairman of Bangkok Land, developer of the Muang Thong Thani project in the northern suburbs of Bangkok. Anant was the second child and oldest son of Mongkol Kanjanapas, patriarch of the Kanjanapas family. He grew up in Thailand, and attended university in Switzerland. He moved with the family to Hong Kong, where he became an executive at the family's Stelux Holdings, and returned to Thailand in 1989 to head Bangkok Land. Under his leadership and amid an economic boom in Thailand, the company grew spectacularly in the early 1990s, but came crashing down as a result of the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Anant spent the next decade relatively quietly, reviving the company through the Impact, Muang Thong Thani exhibition and convention centre, finally announcing completion of the company's debt restructuring in 2012, when it p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sino-Thai
Thai Chinese (also known as Chinese Thais, Sino-Thais), Thais of Chinese origin ( th, ชาวไทยเชื้อสายจีน; ''exonym and also domestically''), endonym Thai people ( th, ชาวไทย), are Chinese descendants in Thailand. Thai Chinese are the largest minority group in the country and the largest overseas Chinese community in the world with a population of approximately 7-10 million people, accounting for 11–14% of the total population of the country as of 2012. It is also the oldest and most prominent integrated overseas Chinese community. Slightly more than half of the ethnic Chinese population in Thailand trace their ancestry to Chaoshan. This is evidenced by the prevalence of the Teochew dialect among the Chinese community in Thailand as well as other Chinese languages.The term as commonly understood signifies those whose ancestors immigrated to Thailand before 1949. The Thai Chinese have been deeply ingrained into all elements of Thai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangkok Land
Bangkok Land Public Company Limited () is a real estate company in Thailand. It is best known as the developer of Muang Thong Thani, a large residential development in Bangkok's northern suburb city of Pak Kret in Nonthaburi Province. Bangkok Land was founded by Mongkol Kanjanapas of the Kanjanapas family in 1973. Mongkol's son Anant returned from Hong Kong to Thailand and headed the company from 1989, and it enjoyed spectacular growth in the early 1990s amid Thailand's bubble economy, becoming the highest-valued company on the Stock Exchange of Thailand following its listing in 1992. It was then hard hit by the 1997 Asian financial crisis, which saw its market value shrinking a hundred-fold from US$5.2 billion to $36 million, but the family was able to hold on to control of the company following restructuring. Bangkok Land was able to return to profitability through Impact, Muang Thong Thani Impact, Muang Thong Thani ( th, ศูนย์แสดงสินค้าแ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muang Thong Thani
Muang Thong Thani ( th, เมืองทองธานี 'golden city') is a large real estate development in Pak Kret, a northern suburb city of Bangkok, in Thailand's Nonthaburi Province. It was mainly developed from the late 1980s by the Bangkok Land Company under the leadership of Anant Kanjanapas, and was envisioned as a satellite city along the lines of the new towns of Hong Kong. It was rapidly built in the early 1990s amid Thailand's booming economy, but ground to a halt with the 1997 Asian financial crisis, a rise and fall that epitomizes Thailand's real estate bubble of the 1990s. Muang Thong Thani's development has since mostly been focused around its Impact exhibition and convention centre, one of the largest in Southeast Asia, built upon facilities created for the 1998 Asian Games. Muang Thong Thani is connected to Chaeng Watthana, Tiwanon and Prachachuen roads (the last of which runs along the Bangkok–Nonthaburi border), and is served by the Si Rat and Udon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanjanapas Family
The Kanjanapas family ( th, กาญจนพาสน์) is a Thai business family of Teochew Chinese origin, belonging to the Huang/Wong ( 黃) clan. It owns businesses in Hong Kong and Thailand, including Stelux Holdings, Bangkok Land and BTS Group Holdings. The family was founded by Mongkol Kanjanapas ( th, มงคล กาญจนพาสน์) or Wong Chue Meng ( zh, 黃子明; 1919–2003), who was born in Bangkok to an immigrant Chinese father. He did business in Thailand, and was a shareholder in Siam City Bank, before moving to Hong Kong. There, in 1963, he founded Stelux Holdings, whose business grew from producing Seiko watches. Mongkol had eleven children, including sons Anant (1941–2020) and Keeree (born 1950). Most of the family settled in Hong Kong under the name Wong, though Anant and Keeree moved back to Thailand during the 1980s–1990s for business opportunities. Anant headed real estate developer Bangkok Land, while Keeree led Tanayong (later kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Asian Financial Crisis
The Asian financial crisis was a period of financial crisis that gripped much of East Asia and Southeast Asia beginning in July 1997 and raised fears of a worldwide economic meltdown due to financial contagion. However, the recovery in 1998–1999 was rapid and worries of a meltdown subsided. The crisis started in Thailand (known in Thailand as the ''Tom Yam Kung crisis''; th, วิกฤตต้มยำกุ้ง) on 2 July, with the financial collapse of the Thai baht after the Thai government was forced to float the baht due to lack of foreign currency to support its currency peg to the U.S. dollar. Capital flight ensued almost immediately, beginning an international chain reaction. At the time, Thailand had acquired a burden of foreign debt. As the crisis spread, most of Southeast Asia and later South Korea and Japan saw slumping currencies, devalued stock markets and other asset prices, and a precipitous rise in private debt. South Korea, Indonesia and Thailand were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Impact, Muang Thong Thani
Impact, Muang Thong Thani ( th, ศูนย์แสดงสินค้าและการประชุม อิมแพ็ค เมืองทองธานี) is a commercial complex consisting of an arena, convention centre and exhibition halls, located in Muang Thong Thani in Pak Kret District of Nonthaburi Province, a northern suburb of Bangkok, Thailand. It has been considered as the second largest exhibition and convention venue in Asia with an indoor floor space of over 140,000 sqm. Its Challenger Hall is currently the world's largest column-free exhibition hall. The venue hosts over 490 events and welcomes over 15 million visitors each year. History Impact, Muang Thong Thani originated as the Muang Thong Thani Sports Complex, built for the 1998 Asian Games by real estate developer Bangkok Land. Bangkok Land is the developer of Muang Thong Thani, a real estate development envisioned in 1989 as a satellite city of Bangkok. It grew rapidly among Thailand's e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senate Of Thailand
The Senate of Thailand ( th, วุฒิสภา, , ; formerly known as Phruetthasapha ( th, พฤฒสภา, , ) is the upper house of the National Assembly of Thailand, Thailand's legislative branch. In accordance with the 2017 Constitution of Thailand, the Senate is a non-partisan legislative chamber, composed of 250 members. All 250 Senators are appointed by the Royal Thai Armed Forces, Royal Thai Military. Senators serve five year terms in office. Both the Senate and the House of Representatives (Thailand), House of Representatives were abolished as a result of the 2014 Thai coup d'état. These were replaced with the unicameralism, unicameral National Legislative Assembly of Thailand (2014), National Legislative Assembly, a body of 250 members, selected by the National Council for Peace and Order. However, the new 2017 constitution, which was approved by a referendum in 2016, re-established the Senate. Following the 2019 Thai general election, 2019 general elections, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keeree Kanjanapas
Keeree Kanjanapas (Thai: คีรี กาญจนพาสน์; ; English: Wong Chong Shan) was born in Bangkok, Thailand in 1950. His family roots are in Chaozhou (Guangdong Province). He is a Thai entrepreneur with extensive business interests in mass transit and real estate in Thailand. He is the founder and CEO of the Bangkok Mass Transit System PCL (BTSC) " BTS Skytrain". He is chairman of the listed Tanayong Public Company Limited, a long-established property developer and hospitality operator in Thailand. Seiko S. A. Keeree's father Mongkol Kanjanapas was a businessman born in Bangkok and based in both Thailand and Hong Kong. Mongkol founded Stelux Holdings (寶光實業) and was the importer of Seiko watches. Keeree decided to use football to promote the Seiko brand and founded one of the most famous and successful football teams ever in Hong Kong, Seiko Sports Association (精工), in the 1970s and 1980s. Keeree recruited top local player Wu Kwok Hung from Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BTS Group Holdings
BTS Group Holdings Public Company Limited (BTSG), formerly known as Tanayong Public Company Limited, is a public company in Thailand. It is the majority share holder of Bangkok Mass Transit System PCL (BTSC), the operator of the BTS Skytrain and the Bangkok BRT. Businesses BTSG does business in four main areas: mass transit (through the Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Company Limited), media/advertising (through VGI Global Media), property/real estate (through property developer U City and hotel operator U Hotels & Resorts), and associated service businesses. BTSG has holdings in 57 subsidiaries, jointly controlled companies, or associated firms. Financials BTSG's fiscal year runs from 1 April to 31 March. For fiscal year 2017-2018 (1 April 2017 – 31 March 2018), BTS Holdings reported 17,915 million baht The baht (; th, บาท, ; sign: ฿; code: THB) is the official currency of Thailand. It is divided into 100 ''satang'' (, ). The issuance of currency is the resp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thai Business Executives
Thai or THAI may refer to: * Of or from Thailand, a country in Southeast Asia ** Thai people, the dominant ethnic group of Thailand ** Thai language, a Tai-Kadai language spoken mainly in and around Thailand *** Thai script *** Thai (Unicode block) People with the name * Thai (surname), a Vietnamese version of Cai, including a list of people with the name * Thai Lee (born 1958), an American businesswoman * Thai Nguyen, US-based Vietnamese fashion designer and television personality Other uses * Thai (cannabis), a name for the drug * Thai Airways, the national airline of Thailand * Thai cat, a breed of cat * Thai, a month in the Tamil calendar * Toe to Heel Air Injection (THAI), a method of extracting oil from oil sands See also * * Dai (other) * Tai (other) * Tay (other) * Thais (other) * Thay (other) * Tie (other) * Siam (other) * Tai peoples or Thai peoples, the ethnic groups of southern China and Southeast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The Senate Of Thailand
Member may refer to: * Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon * Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set * In object-oriented programming, a member of a class ** Field (computer science), entries in a database ** Member variable, a variable that is associated with a specific object * Limb (anatomy), an appendage of the human or animal body ** Euphemism for penis * Structural component of a truss, connected by nodes * User (computing), a person making use of a computing service, especially on the Internet * Member (geology), a component of a geological formation * Member of parliament * The Members, a British punk rock band * Meronymy, a semantic relationship in linguistics * Church membership, belonging to a local Christian congregation, a Christian denomination and the universal Church * Member, a participant in a club or learned society A learned society (; also learned academy, scholarly society, or academic association) is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
