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Empowering the sightless
Business, Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat, Published on 29/01/2018
» Walking up a dim and narrow staircase would give anyone feelings of trepidation. The walls are painted black, darkening the walkway, forcing customers to tread carefully with each step and read the short messages written on each stair.
Winning ways with delicate beauty
Business, Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat, Published on 09/10/2017
» Most people are familiar with garlands sold in fresh markets or at intersections that many Thais use when worshipping monks or Buddha images.
Shell scopes out LNG trade
Business, Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat, Published on 26/09/2017
» Thailand remains an important investment spot for Royal Dutch Shell Plc, which plans to seek more opportunities to expand its liquefied natural gas business here after the LNG trade was deregulated.
New sugar trading system from November
Business, Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat, Published on 24/05/2017
» Thailand, the world's second-largest sugar exporter, is introducing regulations to govern its sugar trading system for the 2017-18 crop, which commences in November, to bring the system in line with World Trade Organization (WTO) rules.
Asia Green plans for surge in coal imports
Business, Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat, Published on 13/12/2016
» SET-listed coal trader Asia Green Energy (AGE) expects a 30-35% rise in coal sales next year due to strong demand in Asia.
Thailand to overhaul sugar policy
Business, Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat, Published on 19/09/2016
» Thailand, the world's second largest sugar exporter after Brazil, is to overhaul its sugar production and distribution systems for the first time in more than three decades in order to avoid being challenged by Brazil at the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Tyremakers bash Thai rubber
Business, Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat, Published on 31/08/2016
» Major tyremakers have threatened to stop buying rubber from Thai farmers because of low quality, senior industry officials say.
High sugar price spurs exports, smuggling
Business, Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat, Published on 06/07/2016
» Rising global sugar prices have both encouraged traders to accelerate exports and spurred smuggling at a time when Thai sugar production has been reduced by unfavourable weather, cutting down supply for the domestic market, say industry officials.
Age-old remedy for modern-day malaise
Business, Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat, Published on 16/05/2016
» More than 80 years ago, an old practitioner of Chinese medicine got on a boat to flee an intense drought in China. The man, known as Master Tang, ended up in Thailand, where his knowledge has been passed down through the generations and provided the foundations for a multi-billion baht business.
Coconut quest
Business, Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat, Published on 27/04/2015
» For more than 20 years, a coconut in the eyes of Chanya Thanasakdipat was just a large, round fruit with a thick brown shell containing white flesh and a sweet, clear juice —a fruit that had helped her father earn a living for years.