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Labour groups submit complaints on World Day for Decent Work
Three groups of labourers from the Labour Network, Slum Network in Four Regions, and Assembly of the Poor converged on Government House today (October 7) to deliver letters of complaint to the administration, seeking improvement in working conditions on the occasion of World Day for ...
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Super Earth Energy 8 wins Nonthaburi RDF power plant project
Deputy government spokesperson Traisulee Traisoranakul said on Tuesday (October 8) that the Cabinet has approved the selection of private operator Super Earth Energy 8 to invest in and manage the refuse-derived fuel (RDF) power plant in Nonthaburi province.The company recently won the bid for the ...
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Adopt economies of intelligence or fall behind, Thai industry warned
Thailand’s manufacturing sector will lag behind unless it takes steps to embrace the emerging economies of intelligence for which data and the capacity to synthesize contents are key success factors.According to Robert Parker, a senior executive of IDC, a global provider of market intelligence and ...
Nophakhun Limsamarnphun
Growth in fuel consumption said to be in line with projected GDP increase
Based on the Department of Energy Business’s estimates, the consumption of fuel in Thailand is expected to rise 4 per cent this year mainly because the drop in the price of refined oil has increased the use of automobiles.This growth in consumption is in line ...
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MoU signed to boost Thai-Myanmar border trade
Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said his ministry will be coordinating between businesses in Thailand and Myanmar to strengthen border trade and boost bilateral ties.Myanmar and Thailand also signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) ton October 1 to boost the transfer of goods across the second ...
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Drop in domestic travel despite high passenger numbers at Thailand’s 6 key aiports
Thailand’s six major airports have handled more than 141 million passengers over the past 12 months and though international travel rose by 4.4 per cent, passenger numbers on domestic routes showed a drop of 1.4 per cent, the Airports of Thailand (AOT) reported on Tuesday ...
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Joint committee lowers growth forecast for 2019
The Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking has revised downward its forecast of Thailand’s economic growth this year to between 2.7 per cent and 3.0 per cent from the previous projection of between 2.9 per cent and 3.3 per cent.Keep reading ...
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Haze on the border: What’s at stake in the regional dilemma
There is nothing new to the haze from forest fires on Indonesia’s Sumatra Island creeping across Malaysia, Singapore and southern Thailand as seen again this past week.The problem has recurred annually since 1982, taking a toll on health, economies and international relations.Most of the smoke ...
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Marginal increase in new companies registering in the EEC
The number of new companies registering in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) from January to August this year rose 2.03 per cent year on year to 4,976, according to the director-general of the Department of Business Development, Vuttikrai Leewiraphan.Keep reading ...
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ONWR completes framework on tackling water crises
Samroeng Sangphuwong, deputy secretary-general at the Office of National Water Resources (ONWR), said his agency completed the upgrading of the framework of the National Water Management structure on Tuesday (September 24). He was speaking after meeting with Lt-General Kraiboon Suadsong, chief of the Police Strategy ...
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