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Deputy Premier Wissanu admits Thai laws obsolete
Deputy Prime Minister for Legal Affairs Wissanu Krea-Ngam has conceded that many laws in force in Thailand are outmoded.Calling for an urgent legal modernization, Wissanu said a number of laws in Thailand are not compatible with international treaties and agreements, and some of them appear ...
BMA dredging canals in preparation for future flooding
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has unclogged canals and cleaned sewer drains in a move to prevent future flooding in the capital city.Deputy Bangkok Governor Chakkaphan Phewngam led BMA officials, soldiers, and volunteers to clean Ban Khamin Canal and other waterways in Bangkok Noi district ...
Pace picks up on fast train project
The Ministry of Transport (MOT) expects to have 13 contracts under the first phase of the Thailand-China high-speed train project put out for bidding this year. Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith said that, in total, 14 contracts would be signed for the 253-kilometre first phase, from ...
Thailand, Iran sign MoU on cooperation in health system development
Thailand and Iran signed the first Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the cooperation in health system development and management.Thai Public Health Minister Dr Piyasakol Sakolsattayathorn and Iranian Health and Medical Education Minister Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi signed the MoU in Tehran.Keep reading ...
Citizens fault officials over smog warnings
The shortage of PM2.5 monitoring stations blamed for lack of pollution alerts. The authorities have failed to provide accurate and up-to-date air pollution warnings to the people in the midst of the intensifying Northern smog problem, Chiang Mai citizens have complained. The administrator of the ...
Siam Cement looks to reservoirs for solar power
BANGKOK–Thailand’s Siam Cement Group has developed a solar generating system designed to float on reservoirs, which are commonly used to serve factories in the country’s predominantly flat central region. The system is aimed at companies seeking new energy sources for their operations.Keep reading ...
Air pollution eases in North, but increases in Bangkok
Smog has receded in the North, but the level of particulate matter smaller than 2.5 microns (PM2.5) has increased in the Bangkok metropolitan area, where it is lingering around the safe limit of 50 micrograms per cubic metre of air.The measurement of PM2.5 levels as ...
Food security report points to increasing malnourishment and obesity in Thailand
More than 815 million people around the world still suffer from malnutrition and hunger – 6.5 million in Thailand – but on the other hand 25 per cent of the population in developed countries were obese, including 5 million in Thailand, pointing to glaring inequalities ...
Chiang Mai, Mae Sot reel under severe air pollution
Chiang Mai and Mae Sot district in Tak province continued to suffer from severe air pollution caused by seasonal smog, as particulate matter smaller than 2.5 microns (PM2.5) in these two areas rose beyond safe levels, posing serious health threats to local people.The air quality ...
Investors show confidence in Thailand’s EEC policy initiative
Investors appear to be gaining confidence in the government’s investment promotion policy, particularly the much-anticipated Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) policy initiative.Mr. Verapong Chaiperm, Governor of the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand, said on Thursday that the IEAT has sold 3,300 rai of land inside its ...
