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Ganja coming in allergy-type drops 'by July'
The Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) said on Thursday it is ready to deliver medicinal cannabis products in the form of sublingual — or under-the-tongue — drop to hospitals nationwide by the end of July.Keep reading ...
Apinya Wipatayotin
Agri Plus Award 2019 held to help Thai farmers become more innovative
The Institute for Agricultural Product Innovation under the Department of Foreign Trade has organized “Thai Agricultural Innovation Competition 2019”, presenting a Royal Cup from Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn to contestants.The second annual competition was held to further propel Thai farming innovations and ...
Tewit Kemtong
Smog crisis in North blamed on authorities’ top-down approach
Academics put down the authorities’ failure to control this year’s smog crisis in the North to an inappropriate “command-and-control approach”, adding that this problem will persist if the strategy is not revised.Keep reading ...
Pratch Rujivanarom
Thailand’s new government should build on progress over migrant’s rights
Migrant workers in Thailand are pivotal to the country’s economic development. According to the United Nations, approximately 4.9 million migrant workers are in Thailand, making up more than 10% of the country’s workforce.An estimated 4.3% to 6.6% of Thailand’s gross domestic product (GDP) can be ...
Zachary Frye
TDRI advises Govt to accelerate development of longevity society
The Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) has advised the government to accelerate the development of longevity society to accommodate the aging society by focusing on using technology to help develop labor that is expected to be reduced in the future.Keep reading ...
Supawadee Wangsri
Airport rail project 'good for country'
Suphachai Chearavanont, CEO of Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group, has reaffirmed the company’s commitment to investing in the 225-billion-baht high-speed railway linking three major airports, despite it being considered a high-risk investment. The company will keep pushing for the project to materialise for the benefit of ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Cabinet gives green light to many economic measures
The cabinet on Tuesday passed resolutions on several issues, ranging from the transfers of high-ranking government officials and measures for oil palm growers to measures for business operators.The cabinet approved extension to the registration period for a reduction in corporate income tax for Special Economic ...
Tewit Kemtong
Dept in big push for SMEs to embrace e-commerce platforms
With a budget of Bt1.28 billion, the Ministry of Industry’s Department of Industrial Promotion (DIP) aims to generate a business value of Bt13 billion in 2019 through bringing traditional small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) onto e-commerce platforms and boosting the country’s startup ecosystem through Thailand ...
Phuwit Limviphuwat
Govt rushes to ink EEC deals
The government is pushing to get at least two contracts relating to the much-touted Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) project to be signed by next month, before the new government is sworn in. Keep reading ...
Thodsapol Hongtong
Ways to gear up for an ageing society
Economic growth is expected to take a heavy hit due to the rising number of the elderly and the country urgently needs to tackle it by cutting in half the number of military personnel, increasing the number of foreign labourers and employing increased automation in ...
Wichit Chaitrong