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Smoggy Bangkok gets a badly needed breath of fresh air
Published on 12/05/2024
» For more than half a century, Thailand’s state-owned tobacco monopoly mass-produced cigarettes at a sprawling industrial estate in Bangkok. A steady stream of heavy trucks brought raw tobacco into the heart of the city and hauled millions of cigarettes away.
Accidents waiting to happen
Published on 12/05/2024
» Bangkok residents were left horrified by two tragic accidents early this month that highlight a lack of safety measures on the part of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) and other agencies.
Touring PM urges solution to floods
News, Published on 12/05/2024
» Kanchanaburi: Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin on Saturday ordered local authorities to speed up efforts to prevent flooding in this province on the second day of his four-province tour.
Clawing back after a steep Songkran decline
Business, Published on 11/05/2024
» Sentiment on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) was relatively weak at the beginning of April, with average daily turnover of only 33 billion baht during the first week of the month.
Anutin Pushes for Phuket Water Pipeline Project
Published on 10/05/2024
» The Ministry of Interior, led by Deputy Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, along with Deputy Minister Chada Thaised and Pornpoth Penpas, Director General of the Provincial Waterworks Authority (PWA), conducted a site survey to monitor drought resolution efforts at the PWA Phuket Branch. The PWA was instructed to expedite the water pipeline project in Phuket to ensure water security for consumption in the tourist towns on the Andaman coast, focusing on the Bang Niao Dam Reservoir. Additionally, a low-pressure raw water pumping plant at Klong Je Ta, Sri Sunthon Subdistrict, Thalang District, Phuket Province, was built on 9 May 2024.
CP Foods Commits to Biodiversity Protection on National Mangrove Forest Day
Published on 10/05/2024
» On the occasion of Thailand’s National Mangrove Forest Day, Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Company Limited (CP Foods) reaffirms its commitment to biodiversity and ecosystem conservation and restoration by continuing its collaborative efforts to enhance mangrove forests across Thailand. Recognising the significance of mangroves in carbon sequestration and ensuring food security, CP Foods pledges to further its partnerships with governmental agencies, local communities, and civil society to foster environmental and societal well-being.
Hard to justify
Oped, Postbag, Published on 10/05/2024
» Re: "Thaksin 'met with Malaysia's Anwar' ", (BP, May 9) & "Thaksin in Myanmar rebel talks", (BP, May 8).
Cambodian canal tests Mekong unity
Oped, Published on 10/05/2024
» Cambodia has every right to develop infrastructure to promote economic development in its part of the Mekong Basin, but the way Cambodia's government is conducting diplomacy around the 180-km Funan Techo Canal threatens to undo three decades of Mekong collaboration.
Microsoft cloud investment just the start
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 10/05/2024
» Microsoft has announced plans to build an AI cloud region and data centre infrastructure in Thailand to capitalise on growing demand for cloud services. The investment has the potential to attract more foreign data centre investors across the value chain to accelerate Thailand's strategic ambitions in the technology sphere, according to research by BMI, a Fitch Solutions company.
10 projects chosen for King's birthday
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 10/05/2024
» The government has selected 10 projects to celebrate the auspicious occasion of His Majesty the King's 72nd birthday, including allocating 72,000 rai of military land to the public.