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GREEN SHELTER — NEXT STEP IN RECYCLING USED BEVERAGE CARTONS
Published on 20/09/2022
» Tetra Pak teams up with more partners to encourage greater public participation in collecting used beverage cartons for recycling into construction materials to help natural disaster victims with “The Green Shelter Project for Friends in Need (of “Pa”) Volunteers Foundation”
The Future of Money by Visa Thailand’s Country Manager, Pipavin Sodprasert
Published on 20/09/2022
» Visa Inc. has been innovating payment technology to financially empower global citizens since 1958. You could call it the original fintech company. Today’s broad spectrum of digital payments is enabling consumers and businesses to transform the way they pay and be paid as the much-heralded “Cashless Society” comes closer to reality.
DOE drives economic transformation
Published on 20/09/2022
» The Department of Employment (DOE), a government agency under the Ministry of Labour responsible for promoting productive employment in Thailand and overseas, has declared that it is fully ready to support job opportunities for all people nationwide to enhance better living, with the integrated implementation of innovative technology which plays a significant role in today’s labour market.
GMO-Z com unit planning to float on stock exchange
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 20/09/2022
» The Thai unit of GMO-Z com, the Japanese securities brokerage, is planning to float its shares on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), after posting a net profit growth for three consecutive years, thank to the high trading liquidity of the Thai bourse.
11 projects to boost govt soft power
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 20/09/2022
» Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon, in his capacity as chairman of a committee tasked with developing the deep South, on Monday approved 11 projects to be carried out in the restive region, in a bid to boost the government's soft power projection and stabilise the area.
Minimum wage hike seen reducing poverty
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 20/09/2022
» Krungthai Compass, a research unit under Krungthai Bank, expects the minimum wage increase to reduce the number of poor workers, improve their income, and broadly support long-term Thai economic growth.
Arkhom calls for study of loopholes related to forex
Business, Published on 20/09/2022
» Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Bank of Thailand to examine any legal loopholes to prevent recurring cases of foreign exchange Ponzi schemes.
Anutin slams call to re-list cannabis as narcotic plant
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 20/09/2022
» Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Monday slammed the proposal to re-list some parts of the cannabis plant as a narcotic, saying there is no evidence of improper use of cannabis under existing laws as claimed by the policy's critics.
No-interest study loans a 'vote ploy'
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 20/09/2022
» House Speaker Chuan Leekpai on Monday criticised a proposed amendment to the Student Loan Fund (SLF) Act as an effort to curry favour with voters, saying the fund should come up with ways to promote repayments among borrowers.
OCA talks with Cambodia set to resume
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 20/09/2022
» Talks on the overlapping claim area (OCA) between Thailand and Cambodia to jointly benefit from the petroleum business there are expected to resume, part of efforts to decrease dependence on expensive liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports, said deputy Prime Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow.