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TAT: Tax rebate to deliver 10m Thais to 55 provinces
Business, Suchat Sritama, Published on 05/01/2018
» The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) forecasts the tourism tax rebate to strongly boost domestic travel, with more than 10 million Thai tourists expected to travel to 55 secondary provinces, generating 350 billion baht this year.
Thai traditions celebrated in temple fair
Life, Published on 10/01/2018
» To mark its 190th anniversary, Wat Prayurawongsawas Worawihan, aka Wat Prayoon, on the Thon Buri side of Bangkok, is holding a temple fair in its courtyard from Friday until Sunday.
Can regional cooperation secure the Mekong's future?
News, Maureen Harris, Published on 10/01/2018
» Leaders of the six riparian countries of the Lancang-Mekong, namely China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam, are to meet Wednesday and Thursday in Phnom Penh for the 2nd Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Leaders' Meeting. On the agenda is endorsement of a Five-year Plan of Action and a declaration outlining commitment to cooperation on key issues, including shared governance of the Lancang-Mekong River.
Cultivating a love of reading in the digital age
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 12/01/2018
» The Neilson Hays Library on Surawong Road has become a much-loved Bangkok institution since its foundation in 1869. It was designed by Italian architect Mario Tamagno and dedicated to the memory of Jennie Neilson Hays. The elegant neoclassical building houses some 20,000 books and magazines across many genres, the largest collection of English-language books in Thailand.
Fire rips through maritime museum in Jakarta
AP, Published on 16/01/2018
» JAKARTA: A fire ripped through a 17th century Dutch colonial building that houses a maritime museum in the Indonesian capital on Tuesday, causing extensive damage to its historical collections.
Better public facilities to greet visitors
Business, Suchat Sritama, Published on 24/01/2018
» The Tourism Department is launching improvements of public facilities for more than 26,000 sites nationwide, mostly in secondary provinces, aiming to draw tourists to local communities.
Marijuana high jinks
News, Editorial, Published on 24/01/2018
» The government is still unable to articulate a coherent policy on currently illicit drugs. While there obviously is some support inside the cabinet to liberalise laws, no rational programme has yet emerged. Senior ministers up to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha refuse to touch the subject. And the same situation holds within the Royal Thai Police. Police departments concerned support a new policy of liberalisation but at headquarters, the police chief still can't get past the failed war on drugs.
Activists demand election in 2018
Online Reporters, Published on 27/01/2018
» A group of pro-democracy activists assembled in downtown Bangkok on Saturday to protest against the junta’s power succession and demand the general election be held this year.
Paradise found
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 30/01/2018
» Alongkorn Thiamjun holds a small paintbrush in his right hand and rests it on a support stick. Fastidiously he dips colours onto a vast mural in the prayer hall of Wat Suthat Thepwararam, a royal temple near the iconic Giant Swing. Originally painted in the 1840s during the reign of King Rama III, the murals at Wat Suthat are the largest in the country, and they depict expansive and mystical legends with unrivalled exquisiteness.
Poll-delay demonstrators face charges
Online reporters and Wassana Nanuam, Published on 30/01/2018
» Police will prosecute seven anti-junta protest leaders and their financial backers, whose names will be revealed along with arrest warrants.