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Recipes for success
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 31/05/2015
» Ask a noodle seller why they have chosen this particular business and you may well get this answer: noodles are easy to make, the investment is low and profits are good. Put the same question to the owner of a curry and rice shop and quite likely you will hear that he or she knew how to prepare the dishes, or perhaps had worked in another curry and rice shop, and that the food is easy to sell. People like it, and if you can set up shop near a market, dormitory or factory, business will be especially good.
Try hedging your bets
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 05/04/2015
» Reader Poonsri Pupipat wrote to say that she lives in a very busy lane used as a shortcut by all types of vehicles from early morning to late at night. She planted rows of Polyathia longifolia var pandurata trees, known in Thai as asoke India, along both sides of her fence to alleviate noise and air pollution, but two died recently.
Incoming call from luxury
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 15/08/2014
» The birth of Vertu in 1998 put the sleepy English village of Church Crookham on the map as the unlikely location for crafting luxurious mobile phones.
Heading down South
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 11/05/2014
» This week, I’d like to take a look at another part of Thailand’s South. I went there recently and took a circular route, starting in Trang and going on to Phatthalung, Songkhla and Satun, then returning to Trang without retracing my original route.
Farewell fights
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 12/02/2014
» ‘This will all be bulldozed,” said Maj Gen Surakai Chattumart, director of the Army Welfare Department and Lumpini stadium master. “It will become complete emptiness — I guess it does feel a bit like seeing your home destroyed. It’s like losing something, but if it’s for the better, it’s something we should all accept.”
Open spaces
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 27/01/2014
» Motor sports enthusiast Wijak Lertprasertpakorn is as competitive on the auto racing course as he is while juggling the pressures of his family empire. The 39-year-old, whose good looks mean he could easily be mistaken for a model, is managing director of TBN Group, a Toyota dealer and operator of the popular community mall Paseo, which his father, Chan, founded.
Beer ice cream under fire
News, Published on 17/12/2013
» Alcoholic beverage producers are trying to lure new drinkers with novelty products and illegal marketing activities such as beer-flavoured ice cream, according to the Thai Health Promotion Foundation's Stop Drink Network (SDN).
Bangkok biking a year in review
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 23/12/2013
» Bangkok has certainly taken another step closer to achieving an ambitious goal - to become a bicycle-friendly city. From being almost alien to Bangkok streets a few years ago, bicycles have gained in popularity, with an increase in the number of cyclists. For some, cycling is a hobby, while for others wanting to save time and energy, it is part of everyday life. Due to the rise in the number of cyclists, this mode of green transport became a policy issue for candidates in the Bangkok gubernatorial elections earlier this year _ the first time it attracted attention from top policymakers.
Low energy living
Life, Published on 24/04/2013
» As summer tortures us with strangulating heat, the shutdown of gas pipelines in Myanmar earlier this month threw the whole nation into panic. The campaign for energy saving is running into conflict because air conditioning is as necessary as the air itself, but conservation starts at home, and we talk to three people who believe it's still possible to do our bit to reduce energy consumption
Water world
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 12/04/2013
» The Northeast is parched and farmers are bearing the brunt of water scarcity at the height of summer.