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Thai exports see 4% drop in August
Thai exports dropped 4 per cent in August, representing a loss of US$21.9 billion, largely as a result of imports being front-loaded to avoid US tariffs coming into effect on September 1, the Commerce Ministry reported on Friday.Keep reading ...
Somluck Srimalee
Fishermen should play key role in limiting sea garbage, says official
Mongkol Sukcharoenkana, president of the National Fisheries Association of Thailand, has suggested three ways to effectively keep trash out of the sea, which he believes will require people to form networks.Keep reading ...
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Commerce Ministry launches Big Data system with focus on five agricultural goods
Phimchanok Vonkorpon, director general of the Commerce Ministry’s Trade Policy and Strategy Office, has launched a project in which data will be collected on rice, palm oil, rubber, cassava and corn production in the country.Keep reading ...
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Thailand unfair in penalties for fisheries violations: Mongkol
Mongkol Sukcharoenkhana, the president of the Fisheries of Thailand Association, on Thursday, told Thansettakij online news that Thailand has penalised his industry with heavier fines for fisheries violations than other nearby countries have imposed on their fisheries sector after receiving a “yellow card” from the ...
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Education Council seeks clear picture on manpower required by EEC
Supat Champathong, secretary-general of the Office of Educational Council, said he will soon discuss the issue of the demand for manpower with the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC)’s Office chief Kanit Sangsubhan.He said he hopes this discussion will provide him with enough information to formulate an ...
Chularat Saengpassa
Cabinet okays Bt11 bn for six waterworks projects
The Cabinet has approved a Bt11-billion budget for the Provincial Waterworks Authority (PWA)’s six projects that were approved in 2018 with the aim of benefiting more than 200,000 people in provincial areas.Keep reading ...
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Smuggling keeps lid on sticky rice price
Sticky rice have been smuggled into the country, but ironically it has helped curb soaring price, said Chukiat Opaswong, honorary president of the Thai Rice Exporters Association.Some merchants, he said, had smuggled 100,000 tonnes of glutinous rice into the country from Vietnam via Thailand’s neighboring ...
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Energy Ministry to see if oil situation will impact inflation
The Energy Ministry will hold a special meeting with the Energy Administrative Committee today (September 17) to discuss the possible impact the drone attacks on two major oil-processing facilities owned by Saudi Arabia’s Aramco may have on living costs in Thailand.Keep reading ...
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Asian consumers lead index in new tech adoption
For the past 10 years, Asia has been repeatedly touted as the next big thing that will change the world economy. Enter 2019, that’s not true anymore. Asia IS already the BIGGEST thing for adoption of tech products with advanced features.Over the past 20 years, ...
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Cybersecurity high on agenda of IT committee
The committee on communications, telecom, and digital economy and society from now on will focus on cybersecurity issues due to rising number of people who can get access to the online world.Keep reading ...
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