um purchase loans, refinancing loans from other financial institutions), governmentwelfare project loans, loans to developers (loans to construct flats for rent, housing project development loans, and rental home loans).
6.1.3 THE OBSERVATION This Bank has been performing successfully. In 1996, it won an award for best practice by the United Nations (2006). The acknowledgement is quoted as follows:
Table 7.1 shows the locations of the “The Government Housing Bank has played branches of the Government Housing Bank. a key role in the development of Thailand’s housing sector. The Government Housing The branches in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region are one-third of the total. This is Bank has brought together the private secbecause most customers live in the met- tor, lending institutions, governments and ropolitan areas. Other branches are mainly homebuyers to improve housing affordin major regional cities. The Government ability in Thailand. It fostered partnerships Housing Bank plans to open more branches which created interdependence among in the future.
Table 6.1 Branches of the Government Housing Bank Region
Branches
Sub - Branches
Officesite Banking Counters
Others
Total
Bangkok Metropolitan Religion
30
10
1
40
Nothern
7
8
16
Northeastern
10
10
20
Central
10
7
17
South
8
8
1
17
Eastern
7
3
2
12
Total
72
36
4
122
10
59