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Govt to create data centre to help farm supply match demand
The Office of Agricultural Economics (OAE) will work with other government agencies to develop a data analytics system as part of the government’s effort to upgrade the management of Thailand’s farm sector.According to Chantanont Wankejorn, deputy chief of OAE, more than 30 agencies will be ...
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Health chief's 2019 target: less fat, more growth in children
The Department of Health has set new targets for 2019, following evidence that an increasing number of Thai children are reported to be overweight and too short for their age.Keep reading ...
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Asean industrial 4.0 plan first priority for Thailand
In its first move as this year’s Asean chair, Thailand is pushing for a cohesive regional industrial 4.0 development plan and to implement guidelines on non-tariff measures across the region. Thailand’s aim is to drive the region forward by laying emphasis on the development of ...
Phuwit Limviphuwat
Industrial rubber masterplan being proposed for Rayong
The Rubber Authority of Thailand (RAOT) has mapped out a masterplan to increase annual rubber exports from Bt250 billion to Bt800 billion, while establishing a rubber industrial estate in Rayong province, part of the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).Keep reading ...
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Thailand among countries ‘ready for 4th industrial revolution’
Thailand is one of top three countries in region at a stage of development to incorporate 4th industrial revolution (4IR) technologies. Oil and gas, chemicals and utilities are the top three industries adopting 4IR in the country.Naveen Menon, Cisco’s president for Asean, said that manufacturing is ...
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Sufficiency economy ‘can sustain health security’
A former public health minister has recommended the sufficiency economy philosophy and friend therapy as the means to sustain the country’s health security.“We need these solutions to deal with various challenges,” Mongkol na Songkhla, a former public health minister, said recently. Keep reading ...
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Teachers-to-be can graduate with poor English, panel decides
A strong grasp of the English language will not be required of teacher-education graduates, the committee in charge of preparing a teacher qualifications framework has decided.“We have reached this resolution because most stakeholders at a forum on the draft Thailand Qualifications Framework (TQF) disagreed with ...
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Smog serious threat to public health: experts
Air pollution blankets capital for third day in a row, with prospects of prolonged unhealthy air quality levels.Authorities must take the air pollution problem in Bangkok seriously and strictly enforce mitigation measures to protect people’s health, academics said, while warning of serious financial costs to ...
Pratch Rujivanarom
Call for improved daycare facilities to help working parents
Daycare facilities and companies need to adjust their environment to help working parents who are leading modern urban lives, a panel discussion was told on Thursday.Many Thai parents have to send their children to be raised by grandparents upcountry while they toil in the city, ...
Kornrawee Panyasuppakun
Health concerns rise in smog-bound Bangkok
Air pollution in the greater Bangkok area was again threatening residents’ health on Sunday morning. The amount of PM2.5 – airborne dust particles 2.5 microns in diameter or less – exceeded the safe level of 50 micrograms per cubic metre of air along roads in ...
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