, the SEC communicates with and educates the stakeholders on a continuing basis, especially via training sessions to prepare them for the soon-to-be-effective financial reporting standards. The

, the SEC implements the procedures for increasing the quality of their work on a continuing basis. This includes regular inspection of audit firms’ quality control system and random inspection of

accidents. Business wise Q3 2019 as in Q2 the macro economy and the competitive landscape remains challenging. The continuing weakness in the steel sector had a significant volume and revenue impact, but we

. Industry Overview Overall economic activities in the first quarter of 2020 contracted from the prior last year. The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is continuing to evolve, resulting in an

firms demonstrated an improvement vis-à-vis the results from the previous inspection cycle. Such improvement was undoubtedly enabled by the formulation of audit firms’ root cause analysis process and

period from continuing operations 897 787 14.0% 796 12.6% Profit for the period from discontinued operation, net of tax - 12 -100.0% - - Profit for the period 897 799 12.3% 796 12.6% Profit attributable to

. However, the pace of expansion is expected to ease if downside risks, such as the continuing U.S. and China trade dispute, materialize. In addition, Thailand is scheduled to hold elections on 24th of March

quarter of 2019 continued to expand driven mainly by domestic demands. Private consumption expanded in all categories supported by the improvement in purchasing power from the rise in farm and non-farm

same period last year as a result of the continuing decline in global demand from the slow economic growth of trading partners, the protectionist trade policies between the US and China and the down

result of the continuing decline in global demand from the slow economic growth of trading partners, the protectionist trade policies between the US and China and the down-cycle of electronic products. In