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  • BUSINESS

    Private jet demand hits turbulence

    Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 22/04/2014

    » Thailand's prolonged political turmoil has taken its toll on corporate and private jet traffic through Bangkok, with flights contracting by about a third year-on-year in the first quarter.

  • BUSINESS

    Laos coffee producer brews up Thai drive

    Business, Pitsinee Jitpleecheep, Published on 22/04/2014

    » Dao-Heuang Group, the largest coffee producer in Laos, is ready for a major expansion of its coffee and other agricultural products in Thailand in a bid to double its overall sales to US$320 million in the next five years.

  • BUSINESS

    Huachiew starts revamp

    Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 22/04/2014

    » Huachiew Hospital, owned by the Poh Teck Tung Foundation, expects to spend 500 million baht this year and next to upgrade its medical services to boost its competitiveness with other private hospitals.

  • BUSINESS

    Impasse will not hurt AEC

    Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 22/04/2014

    » Despite being mired in a political impasse, Thailand will remain competitive, particularly in terms of garments and textiles, hotels and tourism, retail operations and medical services, once the regional economic integration takes effect.

  • LIFE

    Prying eyes

    Life, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 22/04/2014

    » There’s something about social media that shows us the darker side of our society, thanks to the anonymity of users. On one hand, it is good to know what others honestly think. On the other, the truth can be downright terrifying, such as the issue of paedophilia, or sexual attraction to children.

  • TECH

    Protecting Children

    Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 22/04/2014

    » Making it mandatory to register convicted paedophiles, that’s a start. Then implementing laws to restrain them from being alone in the company of children and a more determined resolution by parents and society to keep a watchful eye over kids too young to decipher sexual advances made on them — these measures can all work together in keeping paedophiles at an arms length from their intended victims, says a veteran psychiatrist.

  • OPINION

    Splitting seems not all that shocking

    Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 22/04/2014

    » When a banner bearing the message “This country has no justice. I want to split the country” was set up earlier this year across a pedestrian flyover in Phayao province in the North, I was shocked.

  • LIFE

    Classical duo to perform Beethoven sonatas

    Life, Published on 22/04/2014

    » Two musicians who have performed together since their early years of classical studies at the renowned music and dance school, Lyon CNSMD, are set to delight Bangkok crowds with performances of Beethoven’s complete sonatas for cello and piano on May 7-8.

  • LIFE

    Taxicab reflections

    Life, Published on 22/04/2014

    » The “Reflections/Protection” exhibition, which showcases a variety of interesting interiors of Thai taxis by American photographer Dale Konstanz, opens next month at Kathmandu Photo Gallery.

  • LIFE

    Best NGOs to be honoured

    Life, Published on 22/04/2014

    » The Rockefeller Foundation and Resource Alliance are accepting applications for the “Thailand NGO Awards 2014” until May 20.

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