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Krabi pushes off-season arrivals
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 05/06/2018
» Krabi is best known for turquoise seas, with over 130 islands and numerous caves on the southern Andaman coast.
Cash crops a short-term fix, but long-term plan essential
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 25/01/2016
» For the past 30 years, Prasert Thongsiri's daily routine has consisted of walking to his five-rai rubber tree plantation in Songkhla around 1 am and spending the next five hours there tapping latex. He inherited the plantation from his father, who was also a rubber tapper, and has enjoyed a substantial income from it, helping to fund the education of his two children.
PTT buying up palm oil farms
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 28/05/2012
» PTT Plc, Thailand's energy flagship, has been busy acquiring land in Myanmar and Cambodia for palm oil plantations as part of plans to amass 200,000 hectares (1.25 million rai) of plantation area within four years at a cost of US$1 billion.
Short-term boost also crucial
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 12/01/2012
» Apart from massive investments in long-term flood-prevention infrastructure, investors say they need a short-term motivational boost to give them confidence to resume full operations at their flooded businesses.