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Secondary education to focus more on vocational skills
BANGKOK, 27 September 2011 -Secretary-General Chinnapat Poomirat of the Basic Education Commission Office said the secondary education should encourage students to develop skills that...
SME bank to increase loan limits to help business owner cope...
BANGKOK, 25 September 2011 -The Managing Director of the SME Bank, Mr. Soros Sakornwisawa will be proposing to the Cabinet to increase the loan...
SET Index plunged to the the lowest level last week
BANGKOK, 25 September 2011 -The Kasikorn Research Center revealed that the SET index has tumbled to the lowest level during the first 7 months...
Almost 400,000 across Thailand have been sick due to floods
BANGKOK, 25 September 2011 -The Ministry of Public Health revealed that almost 400,000 people had fallen ill from water borne diseases as floods continue...
PM, opposition leader lead anti-corruption campaign Sunday
BANGKOK, Sept 25 – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva urged all sectors to create a culture of honesty and not...
Suvarnabhumi Airport to stamp out rogue taxi drivers
BANGKOK, 23 September 2011 -The Airports of Thailand (AoT) Public Company Limited has boasted its security measure against illegal taxi drivers around Suvarnabhumi Airport...
Suvarnabhumi Airport has flood prevention system in place
BANGKOK, 23 September 2011 (NNT)-Suvarnabhumi Airport is preparing for the possible rise in water levels around the airport as the water runoff from the...
Energy Min to propose extension of LPG, NGV price pegging policy
BANGKOK, 23 September 2011 – The Ministry of Energy is planning to ask the National Energy Policy Committee (NEPC) to continue pinning the prices...
Auto production in first 8 months of 2011 up 5% year-on-year:...
BANGKOK, Sept 22 – Thailand’s total auto production in the first eight months of this year was 1.1 million units, up 5.23 per cent,...
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Citywide operation targets public-space living as Pattaya seeks balance between care and order
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya City officials have continued coordinated operations to manage and support homeless individuals in public spaces, while maintaining order in key...
Russian mother flies to Pattaya in desperate search for missing son, fears foul play
PATTAYA, Thailand – A Russian mother has flown to Pattaya in a desperate attempt to locate her missing son, who vanished more than a...
Pattaya moves forward with smart city development, reviews public space survey proposal
PATTAYA, Thailand –– Pattaya City is advancing its smart city development agenda by considering a proposed project to survey and analyse public spaces, aimed...
Pattaya to add 200 more cameras, expanding real-time coverage of beaches, Jomtien and Koh...
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya City is moving ahead with an expanded smart-city surveillance initiative by adding 200 more CCTV cameras to the Pattaya Connect...