SCI Annual Report 2015

Sci Electric Public Company Limited
Table 2: Quantity of industrial factories licensed to carry out business.
Year Number
(Factory)
Carrying out new business
Capital
(Million Baht)
Workers
(Persons)
Growth Rate
2011 3,931 209,701.04 95,541 -
2012 4,101 216,478.00 99,961 4.32%
2013 4,676 368,871.23 120,018 14.02%
2014 4,636 375,832.65 113,433 (0.86%)
2015 4,434 397,270.39 118,490 (4.36%)
Source: Industrial Information Unit, Department of Industrial Works
Where on the part of the real estate market, in the beginning of 2015, the real estate market was faced with a slow-down
situation due to the reason that the economic situation had not yet been well recovered consequently resulting in the ability
in buying residences of consumers to decline and that financial institutions were more prudent in granting residential credit
approvals. In addition, the real estate market, at present, has a substantial number of the accumulated residences remaining
left unsold. By the end of 2015, the government issued a measure to stimulate the real estate sector by providing supports on
loans for low-income residence buyers and reducing fees on the transfers and mortgage registrations (with the expiry date on
30 April 2016) consequently resulting in the real estate market at the stage of the final turn of 2015 to be adjusted well better
from previously being under a lifeless state. Such good consequence would perpetually continue into 2016, particularly, in the
first 4 months of 2016 which is the period before the measure on the abatement of the fees on real estate transactions will
come to an end. So, it is expected that the real estate market atmosphere would likely be gradually better once again. As for
the real estate sector this year which is after the end of the stimulating measure whether the market could maintain the growth
rate continuously under the uncertainty of the economic situation or not is still in question. All in all, the domestic economic
development including the investments on the infrastructures which will result in the buying power of the people and the decisions
on the investments in the new projects of the entrepreneurs would require to be monitored.
In respect of the point of view on the real estate market in 2016, most of the entrepreneurs are still believing that the
market will continue to grow with the expectation on the expansion of not less than 5% and that they mostly place their weights
on Group of the Residence Projects along electric train lines both currently in operations and to be opened for operational
services. In this connection, the large and small sized entrepreneurs have announced the inaugurations of 196 new projects
with the total value of 196,000 million Baht. When comparing the target in 2016 to 2015, it can be seen that most of the
entrepreneurs have opened their projects more than the preceded year in believing with their confidences that real estate
business in 2016 will be brighter than 2015.
Table 3: Real Estate Investment Plans of Major Entrepreneurs.
Value (Ten Thousand Million)
Number of Projects
Pruksa 5.4 65
Sansiri 5.05 21
Land & House 2.35 14
Supalai 3.65 35
L. P. N. 1.76 15
Origin 1 10
Lalin 0.4 8
Source: Thansettakij Newspaper
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