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Auto industry game-changers
Business, Published on 12/02/2018
» New data-driven services, strong lightweight materials and a rapid emergence of infrastructure for electric vehicles are key trends that will influence the automotive industry in the coming year, according to the enterprise software provider IFS.
New welfare benefits total B12bn in 4 months
Post Reporters, Published on 12/02/2018
» Almost 12 billion baht was disbursed during the first four months of the government’s welfare and subsidy scheme for the poor, according to the Comptroller-General’s Department.
Marrabenta, Mozambique's popular groove, is rarely heard
Life, John Clewley, Published on 13/02/2018
» The rise of post-independence popular music in Africa has unleashed a wide array of genres from many regions. A snapshot might show, from North Africa, Algerian Rai music, and street music like shaabi from Egypt; West Africa has gumbe, Malinke music, Tamashek, afrobeat and highlife and mbalax; the Congo region has its rumba Congolais and myriad dance forms, while South Africa has mbaqanga.
Sansiri adds ride-sharing at projects
Business, Piyachart Maikaew, Published on 14/02/2018
» SET-listed property developer Sansiri Plc has created a ride-sharing service platform at its residential projects and community malls, expecting to expand to all projects this year, mainly in Bangkok.
City smog worsens to danger level
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/02/2018
» Residents of the capital were warned Wednesday by the Pollution Control Department (PCD) that the choking smog in the city had soared above levels considered safe.
Total immersion in the Great American Songbook
Life, Published on 15/02/2018
» Sometimes complete saturation in a particular musical genre is quite the order of the day, and just such an evening was delivered by the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra on Jan 31 inside the Main Hall of the Thailand Cultural Centre, as English conductor Martin Yates steered the musicians through an enormous 27-number set list. Some patrons may have begun to wonder just what time they would get home that night as Harold Arlen's Somewhere Over The Rainbow approached towards the end of the second half, but certainly nobody was complaining about the quantity of material covered. Such was the quality of performance.
Mobile sales to shrink
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 16/02/2018
» Thailand's smartphone market is expected to contract for the first time this year in terms of unit sales because of market saturation and a lack of new technological advances.
Bangkok's filthy, choking air: Looking at the bright side
Business, Published on 19/02/2018
» 'From this foul drain, the greatest stream of human industry flows out to fertilise the world. From this filthy sewer pure gold flows. Here humanity attains its most complete development and its most brutish; here civilisation works its miracles, and here civilised man is turned back almost into a savage."
Luxury yacht show returns
Life, Published on 19/02/2018
» Luxury boat sailors can look forward to the 3rd Thailand Yacht Show (TYS), which will take place from Feb 22-25 in Ao Po Grand Marina, Phuket. Hosted by the Ministry of Tourism and Sports, this week's event will attract industry leaders and regional consumers by combining the best aspects of yacht charter, the boating industry and maritime luxury lifestyles.
Life after oil
Asia focus, Nithi Kaveevivitchai, Published on 19/02/2018
» Aware that oil won't last forever, Dubai has been betting on science, technology and the arts as it pursues economic diversification and sustainability. The initial results suggest it is setting an excellent example for other oil-exporting countries.