Accordint to sources an amendment to the Film Act is being drafted which will promote growth of the local film industry. According to the draft, a Culture Ministry agency will replace the Thai Film Office as the overseer of Thai and foreign film shootings. Amendments will also be made to film ratings and to the proportion of Thai to foreign films shown.

The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) asked the government to double the tax waiver for personal income taxes in order to stimulate domestic consumption according to government sources. The Finance Ministry currently exempts taxes on the first 100,000 baht earned in a year. Annual incomes of 100,000 to 500,000 baht are taxed at the rate of 10% The new proposal would give consumers with an annual income of 200,000 baht or more an extra 10,000 baht of spending money by extending the income tax exemption to the first 200,000 baht earned in a year.

The Intellectual Property Department asked the Japanese Patent Office to revoke the patent of yoga business operator, Masaki Furuya, on the “Rusie Dutton” traditional Thai yoga posture. Kanissorn Navanugraha, an official at the Intellectual Property Department, claims that the patent is in violation of both international and Japanese property laws which prohibit registration of widely recognized goods and services without innovation.

The Office of Women’s Affairs and Family Development is drafting the "Gender Equality Promotion Bill" to address gaps in the protection offered to women against sexual harassment under existing law. The new bill, the final draft of which will be completed in September, will offer an alternative grievance procedure to victims of sexual harassment and will establish a special committee to monitor the law's enforcement.

The Board of Investment introduced new incentive packages in the electronics, petrochemical and agro-processing sectors to promote investment and the growth of export industries. Promotional privileges will be granted to projects in the electronic sector with a value of at least 30 billion baht, projects that use state-of-the-art technology or projects that switch to local production. The duty will be waived on machinery imports to promote the expansion of the automotive rubber manufacturing industry.

The Ministerial Regulation, "Specification of Occupational Safety, Hygiene and Environment Management Standards" will require employers of 13 categories of businesses ranging from rock mines to department stores to adhere to more stringent occupational safety standards. Besides mandating such basic safety measures as making occupational safety handbooks readily available and requiring employers to warn employees if they are working in a dangerous area, the new regulation is designed to achieve a higher standard of occupational safety by requiring employers to hire safety supervisors and/or special occupational safety committees. Whether a supervisor and/or occupational safety committee is required is dependent on both the number of employees and the hazards of work. Operators of rock mines are legally required to appoint a staff member to be a supervisor of occupational safety if they employee as few as two employees. Department store managers, on the other hand, must appoint a supervisor of occupational safety only if they employee 20 or more people. The regulation specifies the level of education required for both supervisors and committees. Occupational safety committees, which are required only of establishments with fifty or more employees, will have responsibilities including reviewing occupational safety plans and policies, reporting guidelines related to problems in occupational safety and conducting monthly safety surveys and review of accident statistics.

The Ministry of Interior issued a new regulation intended to crackdown on foreigners engaged in the real estate business in Thailand. Foreigners attempting to circumvent Thai law prohibiting aliens from owning land establish "shell companies" in Thailand composed of Thai nominees who lack real interest in the company. Foreigners use these Thailand registered companies to illegally purchase and sell land to other foreigners. The Ministry of Interior has requested that the Department of Land investigate the background of any Thai nominee in a company with foreign shareholders and foreign directors who are suspected to hold their position in place of a foreigner. The Thai land officer will examine their occupation, their monthly income and their length of employment to ascertain the Thai shareholders role is genuine before a land purchase can take place.

The Supreme Court is considering drastic changes in the way it handles environmental cases. The proposed changes will shorten deliberation time in environmental cases and increase the likelihood that an offender will be prosecuted. The court fee may be waived to enable poor plaintiffs to file legal action against industrial offenders. The burden of proof may be lifted from the plaintiff and placed on the defendant.

An amendment to the Act on Entertainment Places established new requirements for the application for an entertainment business license as well as new entertainment business regulations. The amendment mandates that entertainment business owners keep stricter records on their staff. Licensees are required to keep 2 copies of profile cards on each of their staff members. The profile card (complete with their ID number) must fixed on the right hand side of their shirt during work hours. The card shall have a red background if the employee is a service partner, entertainer, bath service provider, masseur or scent service attendant. Other employees shall wear a blue profile card.

Article 112 of the penal code stipulates that lese majesty, the defamation, insult or threatening of the Royal Family, is a punishable offense. A group of academics at a Thai Journalists Association conference in Chaing Mai proposed that the lese majesty clause should be amended. The current clause allows state officials to file lese majesty charges on behalf of the government and is thought to sometimes be used as an attempt to silence politicians. The academics propose that only the cabinet should be authorized to file lese majesty charges on behalf of the government.