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Infrastructure plans prioritised
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 02/01/2018
» With Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha pledging to call a general election some time in 2018 between September and December, the government is likely to be busy revving up the development of myriad big-ticket infrastructure projects.
Violin virtuoso Paloma So to perform in fundraising concert
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 02/01/2018
» Let's begin the first Saturday of 2018 by attending a concert for a good cause. Childline Thailand Foundation, better known in Thai as SaiDek 1387, which provides services for destitute and vulnerable children, in collaboration with Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, Bangkok Bank and the Stock Exchange of Thailand Foundation will stage for the first time a charity orchestra concert with a violin recital performance by 12-year-old virtuoso violinist Paloma So.
Asian markets mostly higher as 2018 trading opens
AP, Published on 02/01/2018
» BEIJING: Asian stock markets were mostly higher on Tuesday as 2018 trading began and investors looked ahead to whether the record-setting US equity run will last.
US airport immigration computers go down temporarily
Reuters, Published on 02/01/2018
» WASHINGTON: Immigration desk computers at various US airports went down for about two hours on Monday, causing wait times for international travellers that were longer than normal, Customs and Border Protection said.
Holiday hordes return to city
News, Post Reporters, Published on 03/01/2018
» Hundreds of thousands of people thronged provincial railway stations, bus terminals and airports to return to Bangkok Tuesday after the end of the long New Year holidays.
Thailand joins tri-nation haze battle plan
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 03/01/2018
» Thailand will cooperate with Myanmar and Laos in a campaign against forest fires in the North later this month as the three countries brace for the approaching summer haze.
New heights achieved in property sector
Business, Kanana Katharangsiporn, Published on 03/01/2018
» Despite uneven growth in the property sector, 2017 recorded the largest investments in new property development projects, totalling over 300 billion baht from both local and foreign investors.
Impatient passenger walks out on wing
Associated Press, Published on 03/01/2018
» MADRID: A passenger on a delayed Ryanair flight from London who apparently got fed up waiting to get off a plane after it landed in the southern Spanish city of Malaga surprised fellow passengers by using the emergency exit to jump onto a wing.
Storm gusts derail Swiss train, lash Europe
Reuters, Published on 04/01/2018
» ZURICH: Gusting winds blew a train off its tracks, injuring eight people, as winter storm Eleanor (aka Burglind) battered Switzerland on Wednesday, bringing trees down on power lines cutting electricity to thousands of homes.