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Sugar industry revamp may begin soon
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 24/04/2012
» The restructuring of Thailand's sugar industry is likely to begin as early as the next crushing season in November this year if the government approves a study by the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI).
Cane planters test market
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 11/04/2012
» Thai sugarcane planters say they are ready for market pricing, but are still asking for more state support.
Sugar group sets B300m R&D budget
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 24/03/2012
» Sugar players are flexing their muscles to improve product quality, with 300 million baht earmarked for research and development (R&D) industry-wide this year.
Millers demand sugar quality improvement
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 08/03/2012
» Sugar millers want to improve product quality in order to expand their reach once the Asean Economic Community creates open borders in 2015.
'Artificial leaf' eyed as holy grail in energy research
AFP, Published on 21/02/2012
» Turbo-charging photosynthesis -- by which plants and bacteria turn sunlight into food and energy -- in an "artificial leaf" could yield a vast commercial power source, scientists said.
Sugarcane planters call for float
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 21/02/2012
» Sugarcane planters have agreed on a proposal to end domestic price controls on the commodity, but want the government to create mechanisms to protect consumers and planters.
Dishes the march of time passed by
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 15/01/2012
» There are different schools of thought on how we should treat our culinary tradition. Some believe that it should be carefully preserved and shielded from change, while others maintain that our cuisine should evolve in step with the times. In line with this second viewpoint, it is true that many of the dishes that are familiar now have changed greatly over time.
Mitr Phol eyes major expansion
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 06/01/2012
» Mitr Phol Sugar Corporation expects to double its annual revenue to 100 billion baht within three years, boosted partly by a 20-billion baht investment from 2012-13 to expand the group's sugar and renewable energy operations both at home and abroad.
Life in the grand palace
Life, Published on 03/01/2012
» A dazzle of gold and a blaze of colours _ that's your first impression of the Grand Palace as you come down the avenue of ugly dull buildings. It is a splendid mass of pagodas, towers, halls and chapels with triple roofs ending in flourishes of serpents' tails. The temple bells glint from the eaves below roofs covered with blue and orange, green and yellow tiles. The buildings look like blown up toys. The black spires seem remote and unreal as fairy tales and dreams. High white walls surround the city for it is indeed a little city of its own.
Why invest in Thailand?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 19/09/2011
» Investor confidence is essential to attract investment. Many investors have had second thoughts after recent policy changes.