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Japan keen on investing in two high-speed rail ventures
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 26/03/2012
» Japan has expressed interested in building high-speed railways from Bangkok to the North and the East, Deputy Transport Minister Chatchart Sithipan says.
Implanting ecological concerns
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 26/03/2012
» Klaeng municipality in Rayong rarely makes the headlines, but a decade of determined effort to go green has given it a certain status. It has quietly attracted more than 7,000 visitors from 100 municipalities in Thailand and abroad to study its waste-management successes.
Thailand's competitiveness
Jon Fernquest, Published on 23/03/2012
» Disaster preparedness, workforce training, roadshows all essential for Thailand to hold its ground against Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, China & India.
Thailand's global business positioning
Business, Published on 23/03/2012
» Though the worst may have passed, Thailand is still losing its competitive edge to other countries in Asean (such as Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam), as well as the twin Asian powers of China and India. For instance, AT Kearney's 2010 Global Cities Index ranked Bangkok 36th, dropping from 22nd in 2008.
Amorn's healthy dose of obstinacy improves the lives of millions of Thais
News, Apiradee Treerutkuarkul, Published on 18/03/2012
» Former public health permanent secretary Amorn Nondasuta is the pioneer and driving force behind the community health volunteers initiative which he began three decades ago. Today there are over one million health volunteers in communities around the country. At the age of 72, he is still actively involved in primary healthcare development in rural areas.
Govt 'holds vulnerable underwater to keep big business afloat'
Spectrum, Supara Janchitfah, Published on 18/03/2012
» Those whose homes and farms were ravaged by last year's floods are fuming over government compensation plans that they say unfairly favour big business at their expense. About 2.23 billion baht will go to build a 77km floodwall around Rojana Industrial Park and 728 million baht and 700 million baht, respectively, has been earmarked to build floodwalls around Bang Pa-in and Nava Nakorn industrial estates. Many of society's most vulnerable who lost nearly everything in the floods _ including labourers, small farmers, slum dwellers and home-based workers _ are entitled to a mere 5,000 baht in compensation.
Africa to generate more e-waste than Europe by 2017
AFP, Published on 16/03/2012
» Better known as a dumping ground for used electronic goods from developed countries, Africa is set to outstrip Europe in the volumes of e-waste it generates within five years, experts said Thursday.
From floods to drought
Jon Fernquest, Published on 12/03/2012
» Thailand seesaws from too much water in Bangkok to too little in farming areas like Nan that need water for crops.
Ministry urges faster project pace
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 06/03/2012
» The Transport Ministry is pressing for acceleration of logistics development, saying implementation of transport projects has been delayed too long.
To survive in the 'new normal', banks must adapt
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 05/03/2012
» The global banking industry is facing fresh challenges stemming from the 2009 financial crisis and new international regulations.