Annual Report 2004 S h a p i n g t h e T h ai C a p i t a l M a r k e t A n n u a l R e p o r t 2 0 0 4 S E C U R I T I E S A N D E X C H A N G E C O M M I S S I O N , T H A I L A N D This year’s annual report features Benjarong ceramics. Benjarong, meaning five colours, gained popularity in the royal court and the high society of Siam in the late Ayudhya period (A.D. 1350 - 1767). But it was during the early Rattanakosin period (A.D. 1782 - present), in the reigns of King Rama II and King Rama...

Annual Report 2009 1 Annual Report 20092 Over the past year, the Thai economy experienced a recession for the first time since the Asian economic crisis in 1997. The first quarter saw a 7.1 percent contraction as a result of sluggish export in the midst of global financial crisis, diminishing demand of domestic private sector, and lack of confidence in economic and political directions. All these factors played out against a backdrop of weakening economies of our trade partners worldwide, which...