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Handbook of Measures to Assist Flood Victims |
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Organization |
Detail |
Contact Information |
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Financial Measures |
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Bank of Thailand (BOT) |
§ Cash Withdrawal: Financial institutions which are closed immediately due to the flood, BOT propose them to support and transfer their cash with each other. BOT will support the Cash Centers to transfer cash to financial institutions to guarantee that there will be enough cash to cover the needs of people.
§ Providing the usual financial transaction, such as Cheque Clearing System, BATHNET system and other money transfer system
§ Coordinating with other financial institutions for SWAP transaction on forward foreign currency exchange
§ Proposing the financial institutions to support their clients adequately for the suspension of debt and interest payment including with increasing the credit limit to rehabilitate after flooding |
Tel: 02-283-5353
Fax: 02-280-0449 |
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Bank under the supervision of the government |
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1. Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Co-Operatives |
§ Debt write off for clients who passed away from disaster such flood, hurricane and earthquake
§ Extend the debt payment timeframe and 3 years exemption for interest payment
§ Clients of this bank who are the victims and receive the income 50% lower than usual can apply for the career rehabilitation and recovery loan on the maximum of 100,000 Baht with 3% p.a. interest rate
§ The suspending of debt project for the individual customers who have low income with the outstanding debt less than 500,000 Baht for 3 years. They also need to have the outstanding debts and/or during debt restructuring |
Hotline: 02-555-0555
02-280-0180 ext. 2352
Website:
www.baac.or.th/flood
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2. Government Savings Bank |
§ Bank’s Clients
- Debt and interest exemption for no more than 6 months
- Adjusting for the lower debt payment and extending the debt payment installment
- Clients who cannot operate their business as usual can apply for the emergency five years term loan for no more than 30,000 Baht with special interest rate
§ Other Clients
- Can apply for the loan which is no more than 30,000 Baht with MRR interest rate per year and 2 year timeframe for repayment
§ The suspending of debt project for the individual customers who have low income with the existing debt lower than 500,000 Baht for 3 years. They also need to have the existing debts and/or in between debt restructuring |
Hotline: 1115
Or 02-299-8000
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3. Government Housing Bank (G H Bank) |
Personal Loan for House Building and Repairing for Flood Victims 2011
§ For Existing G H Bank Customers
- In case of performance bond or incomes have affected. Customers could extend debt payment not exceeding 6 months
- In case of permanent disable or die from accident the interest rate of personal loan would be reduced for 0.01 % per year
- In case of residence damage and unable to rebuild, the bank will make a debt write
- In case of building damage but could rebuild to normal. The fixed interest rate will be 2% p.a. for the first five years after that Bank charges a floating rate (facility amount less than one millions per person)
§ For New Customers
- Offer fixed Interest rate at 4% p.a. for the term less than 5 years for Personal Loan for House Building and Repairing (Facility amount less than 100,000 Baht per person with personal guarantee)
The suspending of debt project for the individual customers who have low income with the existing debt lower than 500,000 Baht for 3 years. They also need to have the existing debts and/or in between debt restructuring |
G H Bank Hotline
Tel 02-645-9000
Or contact district branches
1. Bangkok and surrounding areas
- Khun Chulekorn 085-487-5841
- Khun Chutima 02-202-1087
- Khun Tanyawan 085-487-5839
- Khun Summana 085-487-5842
- Khun Punyada 02-202-1090
2. Central, Eastern, and Southern areas
- Khun Dusit 085-487- 5854
- Khun Ornsuda 036-4253057
3. East-Northern and Northern areas
- Khun Sunya 02-202-1630
- Khun Nitaya 02-202-1632 or 02-202-1612 |
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4. Small and Medium Enterprise Development Bank of Thailand |
§ SME POWER project for helping flood victims is special facility project which is the assistance from the Government through the SME BANK to repair or rehabilitation of business or capital liquidity by the following conditions:
- Reduce interest rate steady at 3% p.a.
- Does not require a security / personal / corporate guarantees
- Repayment period of 6 years, with the grace period of principal repayment within the first two years
- Exemption of front end fee and prepayment
- Facility amount not exceeding one million baht per person |
CALL Center 1351
Website:
www.smebank.co.th |
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5. Islamic Bank of Thailand |
Fighting Smile Career Rehabilitate project
§ For existing customers who do not wish to apply for credit limit from damage
- 1st - 3rd months: suspending payment of principal and profit
- 4th – 6th months: pay only for the profit
- 7th – 24th months: pay the principal and profit on rate which is less than 1% of the original agreement
- From 25th months: the rate of profit under the original agreement
§ For existing customers who wish to increase the credit limit and new customers who wish to apply for credit limit.
- Long-term capital credit limits: Construction loans for housing repairs and Construction loans for rebuild assets
- Revolving credit limit and the amount of cash withdrawal
- Multi-purposes loan in case of using collateral (mortgage securities) and personal guarantee
The suspending of debt project for the individual customers who have low income with the existing debt lower than 500,000 Baht for 3 years. They also need to have the existing debts and/or in between debt restructuring |
Call Center 1302
Website: www.ibank.co.th/2010 |
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6. Export-Import Bank of Thailand (EXIM Bank) |
Revolving loan for export
§ Pre Shipment Financing: loan for pre-export
- Delayed payment or renews bills for 60 days and not over 240 days (including the existing term)
- Reduce interest rate at 0.5% p.a. from the existing rate
§ Post Shipment Financing: to purchase the export documents in post shipment case when the customers cannot make a payment or not receive the goods. It will define as delayed payment. During the day of 8th to 60th calculated interest rate equal to prime rate per annum and pay for that interest rate on the date receiving goods.
Revolving loan for import
§ Extended loan for trust receipt according to the damages within 60 days or less than 240 days
§ Reduce interest rate at 0.5% p.a. from the existing rate
Long term credit
§ In case of present credit
- Delay payment and interest rate within 2 months depends on the damages
- Extend term of payment or the amount depends on the damages
- Exempt the default interest rate in case of a breach of payment
§ In case of applying additional credit to repair the damages
- Calculated minimum interest rate for the first and second year equal to Prime -1.75% and the interest rate for the third year equal to Prime rate p.a. |
Hotline EXIM
Tel: 02-271-2929
www.exim.go.th/index |
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7. Thai Credit Guarantee Corporation (TCG) |
§ The affected people from the flood could delay a payment of insurance fee for 6 months
§ Corporate with financial institutions which the customers was guarantee by TCG to relax the payment of both principle and interest as well as debt restructuring
§ Assist SME who affected from flood by providing credits from commercial banks which guarantee by TCG such as:
- Short term credit not exceeding 5 million baht per person to increase liquidity
- Long term credit not exceeding 10 million baht per person
In case the customers tend to become NPL, TCG as guarantee organization will return the amount to the concerned financial institutions with the credit limit not exceed 30% of the existing amount |
Tel: 02-308-2741
email:
info@sbcg.co.th
www.sbcg.or.th |
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8. Krung Thai Bank |
§ Special privilege for customers
- Provide Term Loan (T/L) according to the actual damages occurred
- Provide Krung Thai working capital fight for the flood to support the liquidity
- For the customers no need for more loans, will be provided with the grace period of principal repayment for 6 months
- Waive for payment of transferring fee
- Arrange business matching between entrepreneurs effected from flooding and contractors as well as construction materials suppliers
- For government sector, provide credit facility to develop Thai Local Administration with 60 loan installments and grace period of principal repayment for 6 months |
Hotline KTB 1551 or
call 02-208-4171
email: complaint.center@ktb.co.th |
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9. Secondary Mortgage Corporation |
§ The suspending of debt project for farmers and individual customers who have low income with the existing debt lower than 500,000 Baht for 3 years. They also need to lend for housing providers or live in the three provinces of Southern of Thailand and have the existing debts and/or in between debt restructuring |
Tel: 02-734-6590-9
081-734-6714-6 |
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Commercial Banks |
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1. Bangkok Bank PCL |
§ Retail Banking
- Provide special measure to help home loan and credit card customers and waive for money transfer fee to the flooding effected areas
- Waive fees for cash withdrawals from ATMs, including all inter-bank and inter-region withdrawals, during November 4-30, 2011.
§ Corporate Banking
- Special measure for SME effected from flooding by offering loans at maximum amount of 20 million baht with 5% interest rate for the first five years and MLR since the second year |
Hotline Bangkok Bank PCL call 1333 |
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2. Bank of Ayudhya PCL |
§ Krungsri Auto loan
- Waive for delay payment fee for the customers in flooding effected area
- Suspend repayment
- Flexible and extending repayment term |
Krungsri call center
1572 |
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3. Kasikorn Bank |
§ Retail Banking
- Partial monthly payment at maximum 40% for 1 year or pay only interest for 6 months
- Kasikorn credit cardholders relax to pay interest at 50% and reduce partial payment of at least 0-10%. For K-Express Cash customers, relax to pay interest at 50% and partial payment at least 0-5%
- For K-Auto Finance customers, relax to pay partial monthly installment at maximum 50% in 1 year and extend the installment period at maximum 6 months
- K-Home Loan for Multi Purposes, the loan granted can be up to 100% of housing credit. The interest rate of the paid installments will be 0% for 6 months with the installment period up to 15 years
- Offer temporary credit lines for credit cardholders up to 1 time of monthly income and approved within 24 hrs.
- K-Home Equity, can use the lien-free home convert into a loan with 0% interest rate for the first three months and the installment period up to 15 years
- K-Auto Refinance, the vehicle must not be encumbered by lien elsewhere to convert into loan with 0% interest rate and the installment period up to 72 months
- K-Express Cash, ready approved cash with 0% interest rate of the first two months
§ Corporate Banking
- extend the grace period for principal repayment to the customers who have loans credit for 6 months. For Trust Receipt (T/R) or Promissory Note (P/N) customers, extend to 6 months without certified purchasing documents
- Loans for rehabilitation, renovation factory and machinery by installment period for 3 years with the grace period of 6 months
- Additional credit limit for the corporates:
1. Credit for SME rehabilitation: the installment period is up to 10 years with 4% interest rate in the first three months and the grace period of the principal and interest up to the first six months
2. Credit for industrial machinery leasing: credit limit is up to 100% of equipment value with the installment period up to 7 years and 4% effective rate in the first three months. The grace period for the principal and interest is up to the first six months
3. Revolving loan for liquidity of trading partners: credit limit is up to 90% of the purchasing order or invoice from the trading partners and can withdraw from electronic channel |
K-Contact Center
02-888-8888 |
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4. Thai Military Bank PCL |
§ TMB Home loan
- Partial payment for interest within maximum 6 months or
- Extend the loan repayment within maximum 6 months
§ SME Banking: suspend for repayment with the maximum 6 months and provide extra temporary revolving loan from the current credit line
§ TMB Cash 2 Go: pay only interest with the maximum 3 months |
TMB Phone Banking
call 1558 |
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5. Siam Commercial Bank |
§ Relief measure for personal and business banking with the budget of 20 billion baht by:
- A new grace period from 3-6 months
- Reduce interest rate from 10-50%
- Extra home repair loans at 120% of assessment cost |
SCB Easy Call Center
02-777-7777 |
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6. United Overseas Bank (Thai) PCL (UOB) |
§ Current home loans customers
- Extend the repayment schedule from 1-3 months
- Reduce repayment term from 1-12 months
- Partial payment for interest from 1-6 months
§ Current home loans customers needed for more credit (for home repair)
- Interest rate at 0% in the first six months for UOB home loan (in case of additional credit line)
- Interest rate at 0% in the first three months for UOB cash to home |
UOB Phone Banking
call 02-285-1555 |
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7. Thanachart Bank PCL |
§ Hire Purchase (Car loan)
- Suspend debt payment with maximum 90 days and extend to maximum 12 payment terms
§ Housing loan
- A grace period for 3 months or reduce payment terms for 12 months
- For the existing customers with the payment for at least 1 year, can apply for Home cash for home repair with special fixed interest rate at 4.5% for the first year and at MLR-0.50% for the following years under maximum loan 1 million baht
§ ATM card and Debit card
- Waive fees for cash withdrawals from ATMs, including all inter-bank and inter-region withdrawals
- Waive fees for reissuing of ATM or Debit card in case of damage or loss
§ Deposit account
- Waive fees for Cheque deposit or cashing cheque direct express across clearing districts
- Waive fees for returned cheque in case of no money in the current account when cheque has been paid
§ Thanachart Drive credit card / Flash credit card
- Customers can apply for grace period or reduce loan credit or payment terms since the situation return to normal |
Thanachart
Contact center
call 1770 |
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8. TISCO Bank PCL |
§ Exempt for late payment and collection fee during flood period
§ Consider for debt restructure by extension period of debt payment and reduce term of payment
§ Consider for grace period to the severe affected customers for 3 months |
Hotline 02-633-6906 |
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9. Land & Houses Retail Bank PCL
(LH Bank) |
§ Offer the extended loans to increase the liquidity by providing over credit equal to reducing debt with interest rate of MOR -2.0%
§ Reduce term of payment by paid only the interest for 6 months
§ Postpone the date of payment for 2 terms |
Credit Department
Tel: 02-359-0000
press 4 |
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10. Kiatnakin Bank PCL |
§ Hire purchase loans and special personal loans customers got a grace period both of principal and interest with maximum 6 months
§ Corporate loans customers and real estate businessmen will consider case by case according to the actual damages |
Hotline 02-680-3333 |
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11. Thai Credit Bank PCL |
§ For Tax Free Account who make no deposit in October 2011 caused by flood crisis can continue making deposits until 27 November 2011 |
Hotline 02-697-5454 |
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Measures in Tax and Insurance |
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Ministry of Finance |
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1. The Revenue Department |
§ To exempt income taxes for the refund which the flood victims have received from the government sector
§ To exempt income taxes on the same amount of damages which the flood victims had registered with the government agencies
§ To exempt the Value Added Taxes for entrepreneurs who had registered VAT of goods donated to assist flood victims
§ Donations to flood victims through government agencies, government organizations, charitable organizations, such as, the Foundation of the Thai Chamber of commerce, or through individuals who are agents to receive donations and who had registered with the Revenue Department. These donations can be deducted as expenses in tax calculation as high as 1.5 times for the donations done between 1 September to 31 December 2011
§ To extend the period of submission of tax forms and payment of taxes to the areas affected by all kinds of flood until 30 December 2011 except payment of income taxes for juristic persons which will be due within August-December 2011 and which may be extended to 29 February 2012
§ The assessment of incomes of the account year which there shall be account of juristic persons on the last day of 2011 annual account, if the incomes are less than 25% of the assessment fixed by the law. There will be an exemption of assessment or of tax inspection |
Bureau of Tax Supervision
and Audit Standards
Tel: 02-617-3496 |
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2. The Customs Department |
§ To establish Customs Service Centers to render customs service procedures and to give advices to entrepreneurs in the flooded areas 24 hours a day
§ The entrepreneurs in the industrial estates, tax-free areas, bonded warehouses affected by the flood may use the services in all nearby customs houses
§ Special measures to help entrepreneurs in the industrial estates, tax-free areas, and bonded-houses are as follows:
- To move materials from the flooded workplaces to places which have been informed to the Customs Department
- To move raw materials to be brought to customs areas to be kept at other places which have been informed to the Customs Department.
- To produce, to mix, to package or to do anything at the workplace which have already been informed to the Customs Department as having been produced in the customs area
- To exempt taxes for things brought in for donations to flood victims by relax the criteria and conditions for customs procedures, as follows:
o Donations through government agencies
o Donations through charitable organizations
o In case of urgency, products can be taken out before fulfilling customs procedures and the inspection of letters of certification and letters of guarantees from government agencies concerned
- To allow amendment of invoices of shipment by ships or by planes which former recipients do not have rights to exempt taxes to government agencies or charitable organization. |
Hotline 1164 or
- Customs Service Center at Terminal 1, Don Muang Airport
Tel: 02-535-1569
- Customs Service Center at 120 Years Building, Customs Department, Klong Toey
Tel: 02-667-7880-4
Tax Incentives Bureau
Tel: 02-671-7979
Customs Tariff Bureau
Tel: 02-667-6416,
02-667-6421 |
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The Treasury Department |
§ In case of leasing for house
- Exempt for 1 year leasing fee for the property which is partial damage
- Exempt for 2 years leasing fee for the whole property damage
§ In case of leasing for agriculture
- Exempt for 1 year leasing fee for the agricultural yields damage
§ In case of leasing the building of state property
- Exempt for 3 months leasing fee if unable to run the business more than 3 days |
State Property Bureau
Tel: 02-279-6239
02-618-6347
Provincial Treasury Bureau |
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Ministry of Commerce |
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The Office of Insurance Commission (OIC) |
§ To establish “Flood Insurance Center” to receive petitions and to give advices regarding request for compensation
§ To receive exemption of income tax for compensation received from insurance to compensate the damages, specifically the part which is more than the value of capital of assets left from deduction of wear and tear and depreciation
§ To receive compensation, in case there are expense to protect properties from the flood, by including expenses and claims from insurance companies which are under the protection of policy conditions |
Hotline 1186 or
www.oic.or.th
The General Insurance Association
Tel: 02-256-6032-8 |
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Measures to Help the Society and People |
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Ministry of Interior |
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1. Department of Provincial Administration |
§ To help users of services of pawn shops belonging to the government agencies or private persons by asking for cooperation from pawn shops to lower the rate of interest and to relax the period to payment to 6 months |
Local Provincial Administration Bureau
Tel: 02-629-8306-14
ext. 203 |
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2. Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation |
§ To assist victims of emergency disaster (flooding case) by paying 5,000 Baht per household family. In Bangkok area, covering those who are affected by flood at home immediately and in case of victims whose houses have been inundated no less than 7 days |
Hotline 1784 or
www.disater.go.th/ |
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Ministry of Public Health |
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§ Taking care of patients
- To transfer patients of hospital affected by the flood to hospitals not affected systematically
- To issue measures to prevent shortage of medicine in 3 areas:
1. Affected pharmaceutical plants can allow other qualified pharmaceutical plants to produce
2. Unaffected pharmaceutical plants can increase production to subtitle what was missing
3. To coordinate with the Thailand Post Co., Ltd. to send medicines to places on all routes
§ Mental healing to victims by giving consultations and mental rehabilitation.
§ Mobile medical units to render services to the public by providing medical treatment to victims in flooded areas in provinces and in Bangkok. Totally, there are 200 teams. In Bangkok, there are 8 teams in 6 districts, i.e.,
- Bangplad District: at Bangplad junction, police flat at Bangplad Police Station, Wat Thepakorn, Wat Thepnaree, Charan Snitvong Lane 68.
- Don Muang District at Sri Saman junction
- Lak Si District at IT Square.
- Lard Prao District at the Central Lard Prao Department Store
- Chatuchak District at Ministry of Labour
- Tawee Watana District
§ Giving practical public health advices to flood victims to prevent diseases in refugee centers |
Khun Kitti, Pharmacist
Pharmaceutical Products Division
Tel: 081-919-9166
Department of Mental Health
Hotline 1323
Or Khun Ranee
Tel: 02-590-8009
Khun Patchara
Tel: 02-590-1000 press 0 ext. War Room
Khun Sompong
Tel: 02-590-4444 |
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Ministry of Social Development and Human Security |
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§ To render services of refugee centers by emphasizing them to be temporary centers for skill development and quality of life
§ To create stronger wills for flood victims by organizing various activities:-
- Giving advices and receiving petitions
- Stress relief massages by blind persons from the Sampran Blind Women Vocational Training Center
- Vocational Therapy such as knitting and beading
- Entertaining activities for children |
Refugee center
http://shelter.thaiflood.com
Khun Suphon, Director, Legal Unit,
National Office for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (NEP)
Tel: 02-354-3388 ext. 104 or 081-700-1431 |
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Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment |
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Pollution Control Department |
§ To establish Pollution Control Action Centers in flood areas. Mobile units will visit areas to test the quality of water, surveying and supporting the prevention of polluted water and refuses |
Hotline 1650
www.pcd.go.th
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Metropolitan Electricity Authority, Provincial Electricity Authority |
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Metropolitan Electricity Authority |
§ Fix the price of FT during March-April 2012 for all users
§ Waive the service fee in case no movement of meter and relax the payment for 3 months as well as calculate for the actual use, not the minimum rate |
MEA call center 1130 or
Tel: 02-256-3257 |
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Provincial Electricity Authority |
§ The users of housing and small enterprises can relax for monthly payment of the effected flooding month up to 3 months
§ The users of medium and large enterprises as well as specific business etc. can relax for monthly payment of the effected flooding month up to 3 months without interest |
PEA call center 1129 |
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Measures to Rehabilitate Industries and Giving Facilities to Entrepreneurs and Workers. |
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Ministry of Industry |
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1. Office of Small and Medium Enterprises Promotion |
§ Open centers to receive petitions and to give primary assistance to SME entrepreneurs
§ To open SMEs Ambulance which is a fast moving industrial clinic in flooded areas to give primary assistance immediately after the receding of the flood, by experts to give advices for recovery in various areas |
Hotline 1301 or
Tel: 02-209-1100 |
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2. Department of Industrial Works |
§ To announce the exemption of annual fees to entrepreneurial places and to exempt fee for extension of permits for 5 years |
Tel: 02-202-3838-9 |
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3. Thailand Board of Investment |
§ Entrepreneurs who receive promotion and wish to move machineries and materials out of workplace can notify:
- Agro-Industry and Light Industries (Investment Promotion Bureau 1)
- Metals, Metal Products, Machinery and Transport Equipment (Investment Promotion Bureau 2)
- Electronics and Electrical Industries (Investment Promotion Bureau 3)
- Chemical, Paper, Plastic, Services and Public Utilities (Investment Promotion Bureau 4)
§ To be able to bring in foreign experts into the Kingdom as an emergency case no more than 30 days as a special case without Non-Immigrant B visa
- Download forms and submit document for permission at www.boi.go.th
§ To facilitate jointly with the immigration unit to request for the extension of stay in the Kingdom and request for work permit or extension of work-permit at the Visa and Work Permit Service Center
§ To exempt for import tariffs of all machinery and equipment for replacement or repair machinery in case of damage by flood |
- Investment Promotion Bureau 1
Khun Varisara Tel: 02-5538274
- Investment Promotion Bureau 2
Khun Anin Tel: 02-553-8366
- Investment Promotion Bureau 3
Khun Tanawadee Tel: 02-553-8167
- Investment Promotion Bureau 4
Khun Wutthichai Tel: 02-553-8294
One Stop Service Center for Visa and Work permits
Tel: 02-209-1166, 1169
Fax: 02-209-1194 or 1199
Email:
osos@boi.go.th, visawork@boi.go.th
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4. Office of the Cane and Sugar Board |
§ Measures during the flood of the sugar cane plantation0-Information about
the damages due to flood can be given to the Agricultural District Office within 60-90 days. The rate of assistance is 3,150 Baht per Rai
§ Measures after the Receding of the Flood and No Flood over Plantation
- Center for Promotion of Cane and Sugar for 1-4 Regions will make survey immediately after flood receding and emphasis will be on plantations with earlier sugar epidemy in order to prevent important sugar diseases, and to avoid growing sugar in the flood retaining areas
§ Give training in new technology to increase productivity in sugar plantations
§ In case of no registration with the Department of Agricultural Promotion, but registration under the Cane and Sugar Act, request for assistance can be made in accordance with the decision of the Cabinet on 25 August 2011 as proposed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives |
Tel: 02-202-3293 |
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Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives |
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The Rice Department |
§ Farmers who have registered their rice-growing and their rice fields are damaged by the flood more than 50% of their areas will receive rice seeds in assistance at the rate of 10 kgs/Rai, but not more than 10 Rais per farmer. They will receive 2,396 Baht
§ 72,000 tons of good rice seeds will be distributed to farmers to facilitate quick growing of rice after the receding flood. The distribution will be done during November 2011 to July 2012 |
Tel: 02-561-3236 |
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Ministry of Commerce |
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1. Department of Internal Trade |
§ To arrange for the Blue Flag mobile units by cars or by ships to sell consumer’s goods daily in the areas affected by flood |
Tel: 02-507-6111 or
www.dit.go.th/ |
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2. Department of Export Promotion |
§ To establish “Coordinating Center to Assist Exporters Affected by Flood” to give advices and assistance to exporters in order to relieve and to rehabilitate by coordinating with government agencies and private sector |
Hotline 1169 |
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Ministry of Labour |
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1. Social Insurance Office |
§ To give rights to persons who have insurance to get loans for housing repairs not more than 50,000 Baht in each case, with fixed rate for 2 years. Application for loans can be made at Krung Thai Bank, Government Savings Bank, Nakorn Luang Thai Bank, and the Islamic Bank of Thailand before 30 April 2012
§ For assistance to workplaces, the highest amount of loan will not be more than 1 million Baht each. The rate of interest is 3% per year, fixing for 3 years. Application for loans can be made at Krung Thai Bang, Government Savings Bank, and the Islamic Bank of Thailand within 30 April 2012 |
Hotline 1506 or contact
the office nearby
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2. Department of Labour Protection and Welfare |
§ “The Friend Helps Friend Project” in order to help employers and employees who are flood victims is the coordinating center between employers and employees. The labourers can contact direct with the workplaces at www.portal.labour.go.th. |
Hotline 1506 or
Labour Protection Bureau
Tel: 02-246-8994 |
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Trade Associations |
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1. Thai Hire Purchase Association |
The association has provided guidelines in helping its clients affected by flood so that all member companies may use such guidelines as follows:
§ Exempt collection and delay payment fee
§ Defer monthly hiring purchase for those affected by flood
§ Debt restructuring by extending payment period of monthly hiring purchase
§ Those clients who are business entrepreneurs or those who hire purchase fleet finance vehicles will be given assistance according to their ability to pay
§ Cease the follow-up procedure for those having to pay who are flood effected and are residing in flood areas
§ In case if need more emergency loans, financial institutions who are members of the Association, have provided funds for such loans (Additional information may be obtained from Thai Hire Purchase Association) |
Thai Hire Purchase Association
Tel: 02-655-0240-5 |
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2. The Insurance Accredited Garage Association |
§ Car repair
- In case no estimate cost for car effected by flood, the association will give the clear advices for repair |
The Insurance Accredited Garage Association
Tel: 02-744-0198 |
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3. Thai Insurance Brokers Association |
§ Assistance for assured vehicles and motorcycles
- In case of facing the repair and delay problems, the brokers or the association will follow up and speed up the process |
Thai Insurance Brokers Association
Tel: 02-645-1133 |
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Thai Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade of Thailand |
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1. Business Registration Department |
§ Issue the confirmation document of flooding situation in Thailand for flooding victims as an evidence for trading partner and related agencies |
Mr. Natthawut / Ms. Napassorn
Tel: 02-6221860-70
ext. 212-216 |
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2. Certificate of Origin Department |
§ Issue the certificate of origin remains open as usual from Monday to Friday during 08.30-16.00 hrs. and on Saturday during 08.30-12.00 hrs. |
Ms. Achara
Tel: 02-6221860-70
ext.101 |
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3. ATA Carnet and Standards Department |
§ Issue the certificate of agriculture products standard and ATA Carnet remains open as usual from Monday to Friday during 08.30-16.00 hrs. |
Mr. Nipon
Tel: 02-6221860-70
ext. 301 |
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4. Decreasing Income Disparity Task |
§ Provide rice seed of 5 kgs/each for the flood effected farmers under 1 Rai 100,000 Baht project |
Mr. Adisorn Puangchompoo
Mr. Permkiat
Tel: 02-6221860-70
ext. 272 |
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5. Provincial Chambers of Commerce Coordination Department and Government Coordination Department |
§ Set up the Coordination Helping Center for Flooding to coordinate with networks and give advices as well as gather the information to propose to the government sector and related private sectors for further implementation |
Mr. Somphol
Tel: 02-6221860-70
ext. 375-380
Ms. Lanlana
Tel: 02-6221860-70
ext. 263-267
Ms. Apinan
Tel: 02-6221860-70
ext. 262, 268-278 |
