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Region 'must tackle ageing population'
Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 13/09/2024
» Bali - Governments of Asia-Pacific countries are being urged to come up with plans to cope with their rapidly ageing populations, as older people are expected to comprise nearly 20% of the regional population by 2050.
Curbing urban hazards
News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 17/03/2024
» Cape Town: The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) and the Thailand Walking and Cycling Institute Foundation (TWCIF) are promoting walking and cycling as an alternative to using cars on six roads in the Bamrung Muang area of Phra Nakhon district.
Green fingers point to a healthier future for Chiang Rai's hill tribe kids
News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 01/09/2019
» CHIANG RAI: Waking up early for school is difficult for most kids but not this 13-year-old ethnic Akha girl. Mallika Sae-lee, a 6th-grade student at Ban Ruam Jai School in tambon Pa Tung of Mae Chan district of Chiang Rai, arrives early every day to take care of a vegetable patch before her school's morning recitation of the national anthem.
Policing portly cops
Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 09/09/2013
» Pol Sen Sgt Maj Samai Pornsantia of the Metropolitan Police Bureau's Traffic Police Division wants to be a healthy retiree who lives long enough to see his nine-year-old only son graduate from college.
Over-40s urged to take glaucoma tests
News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 03/08/2013
» People aged over 40 should receive eye checks for glaucoma, the leading cause of blindness among Thais, ophthalmologists from Chulalongkorn Hospital have warned.