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Thailand’s Pheu Thai delays entertainment complex bill amid opposition

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Thailand’s Pheu Thai leadership will not immediately reintroduce its Entertainment Complex Bill when the House of Representatives meets next month. The proposal, which received Cabinet backing in January, would permit five casino resorts; the party said the delay would give the government more time to explain the plans to the public.

The delay postpones a proposed framework for casino resorts and related licensing in Thailand.

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Pheu Thai shifts focus from casino complexes to medical tourism

Thailand’s Pheu Thai Party has shifted its economic pitch from casino-style entertainment complexes towards medical and wellness tourism. The Entertainment Complex Bill was blocked by the Senate, and the article says the party’s casino proposal lost momentum after former prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra was removed by the Constitutional Court.

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