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Walmart Dangles $110,000 Starting Pay to Lure Truck Drivers
Business, Published on 09/04/2022
» Walmart Inc. is raising starting pay for in-house truck drivers to as much as $110,000 a year and expanding a program that trains its existing workers to become drivers.
What a waste
Asia focus, Apiradee Treerutkuarkul, Published on 11/10/2021
» Crates of paper, metal, plastic and unwanted rubbish from developed countries are piled up at ports in the Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam, while vast toxic wastelands of imported plastics have emerged across Malaysia.
New vehicle ferry in Gulf to set sail soon
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/03/2021
» A new car, truck and passenger ferry service between Chon Buri and Songkhla will start soon, which could later include a stop in Prachuap Khiri Khan, Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob has said.
Nepali climbers return home on top of the world after K2 triumph
AFP, Published on 26/01/2021
» KATHMANDU - Nepali mountaineers who conquered one of the world's most treacherous peaks returned home to a rapturous welcome Tuesday, with cheering supporters hailing their first-ever winter summit of K2 as a triumph for their Himalayan nation.
Sri Lanka sends waste back to UK
Published on 31/10/2020
» COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has started shipping 242 containers of hazardous waste, including body parts from mortuaries, back to Britain after a two-year court battle by an environment watchdog, officials said on Saturday.
Sri Lanka returns containers of illegal waste to Britain
AFP, Published on 28/09/2020
» COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has shipped back to Britain container-loads of waste that the government said was brought into the island in violation of international laws governing the shipping of hazardous material.
BMA mulls ban on overladen trucks
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 16/01/2020
» City Hall is looking to ban overloaded lorries from certain parts of Bangkok in a proposal aimed at not only protecting city roads from further damage but also to reduce hazardous ultra-fine dust particles in the air.
Safeguarding Women's Welfare: Legal entitlements of female employees in Thailand
Published on 01/10/2018
» Women are very well represented in the Thai labour force, and benefit from certain protective measures, under Thai law. It is imperative to ensure that female employees in Thailand are aware of their legal rights, and privileges to enable them to address any issues of concern that may arise in the workplace.
A complete waste
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 01/05/2016
» When the Samart Corporation partnered in a lucrative deal to dispose of waste at Suvarnabhumi Airport in 2006, questions were raised as to why a telecommunications company was awarded the contract. The 600 million baht agreement with the Airports of Thailand (AoT) called for the construction of two incinerators to handle all waste generated at the country's biggest airport.
Tycoons jostle for stakes amid Vietnam's 'Buy Thai' craze
Reuters, Published on 20/04/2016
» HANOI -- Through supermarkets, malls, dairy and beer, Thai tycoons are pursuing deals in Vietnam that could break mergers and acquisitions records in the upwardly mobile market of 90 million people, at the expense of their Asian rivals.