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Child Support project gets underway
The Ministry of Social Development and Human Security today (October 10) started to transfer Bt600 to government bank accounts of qualified parents of newborns who registered for the Child Support Grant (CSG) project.Keep reading ...
The Nation Reporter
World Bank slashes Thailand’s GDP from 3.5 to 2.7 per cent
The World Bank has reduced its forecast for Thailand’s economic expansion in 2019 from 3.5 to 2.7 per cent, while 2020 speculation was also brought down to 2.9 per cent from the earlier figure of 3.9 per cent.The World Bank had predicted in April that ...
The Nation Reporter
Lack of critical thinking makes Thailand's competitiveness ranking slip
Thailand could improve its competitiveness among nations by tackling its weakest points – a lack of critical thinking in teaching, failure to dominate any markets, and unsafe drinking water, according to Switzerland-based World Economic Forum.Keep reading ...
Wichit Chaitrong
Regional growth slows under trade tensions and global uncertainties: World Bank
Growth in developing East Asian and Pacific economies is expected to slow from 6.3 per cent in 2018 to 5.8 per cent in 2019 and then to 5.7 and 5.6 per cent in 2020 and 2021, respectively, according to a World Bank news release on ...
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Consumer confidence continues decline
The Consumer Confidence Index fell again in September for the seventh consecutive month despite the introduction of economic stimulus measures, the director of the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce’s Centre for Economic and Business Forecasting said on Thursday (October 10).Keep reading ...
The Nation Reporter
Without a home in Bangkok
Last Monday, civic networks in Thailand gathered to mark World Habitat Day 2019 and called on the government to address land and housing problems facing the poor in both, urban communities and rural areas.The call was made at a gathering of 2,000 members of the ...
Sheith Khidhir
Government on track for full digitalisation by 2022
Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak has set a timeframe for the government to become fully digital by 2022.He instructed the Digital Government Development Agency on Wednesday (October 9) to prioritise its proposals and forward them next month to a committee tasked with electronically integrating all ...
The Nation Reporter
Community power plants considered as means to fight air pollution
Energy Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong said as part of measures to reduce air pollution, the Department of Energy Development and Promotion will hold a public hearing on Wednesday (October 9) on community-based power projects.He added that his ministry will also complete plans to promote the use ...
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Cabinet set to deliberate on EEC land-use, development plans
The Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) Policy Committee will soon submit plans to the Cabinet for the use of land and the development of utilities infrastructure in the EEC.Kanit Sangsubhan, secretary-general of the EEC Office, said the plans will cover the development of the EEC zone ...
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Farmers to be asked not to plant second rice crop due to water shortage
Farmers in the Chao Phraya River basin may not be able to plant their second rice crop for the 2019-20 season due to insufficient water to meet the demand.According to the Royal Irrigation Department, only 6 billion cubic metres (m3) of water will be available ...
