BANGKOK, Jan 25 (TNA) – Thailand’s Office of the Basic Education Commission (OBEC) on Monday ordered the temporary closure of schools where students reportedly contracted Influenza A(H1N1), and placed some 300 high-risk students across the country under close watch. Special Affairs Bureau director Satchathorn Wattanamongkol of the Office of the Permanent Secretary for Education said [...]
BANGKOK, 25 January 2010 (NNT) – The Department of Export Promotion (DEP) will be promoting Thai products and restaurants in South Africa, during the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Using the opportunity where there is an influx of people from around the world, especially football fans, Commerce Minister Pornthiva Nakasai said the purpose was to promote [...]
BANGKOK, 24 January 2010 (NNT) – Muang Thai Life Assurance Company expects Thailand’s life insurance business for 2010 to expand by 15-20% year-on-year mainly as a consequence of the national economic recovery. Muang Thai Life Assurance Company President Sara Lamsam forecasted that the national life assurance business would grow up continuously due to the positive [...]
BANGKOK, 24 January 2010 (NNT) – A number of business entrepreneurs have been calling hotline 1385 to enquire information regarding the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA) after the hotline has been in operation since 8 January 2010. According to Foreign Trade Department Director-General Vichak Visetnoi, interested entrepreneurs have been calling the hotline continuously. The most-frequently-asked [...]
SI SA KET, Jan 24 (TNA) — Thai Army Rangers clashed early Sunday with a unit of Cambodian soldiers near the disputed 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple, a senior Thai army officer said. No casualties were reported. Lt-Col Nut Sri-in, commander of Suranaree Task Force Unit 163, said the fighting took place while a group of [...]
CHANTHABURI, 24 January 2010 (NNT) – The anti-government United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) has reportedly dispersed after completing its latest demonstration at Soi Dao Highland golf course in the western province of Chanthaburi. Mr Jatuporn Prompan, a UDD core figure, stated that the group is planning to stage their next rallies at the [...]
BANGKOK, Jan 23 (TNA) – Bank of Thailand (BoT) Assistant Governor Paiboon Kittisrikangwan on Friday announced that the central bank will maintain its economic growth estimate for this year at 3.3-5.3 per cent against a contraction of 2.7 per cent in 2009. He said that Thailand’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 4 per cent in [...]
BANGKOK, 23 January 2010 (NNT) – Minister to the Prime Minister’s Office, Satit Wonghnongtaey, assigned the Foreign Ministry to make an understanding with the International Organization Human Rights Watch about its annual report alleging the Thai government of extreme human right violations. The report by the Human Rights Watch group claims that the current government [...]
BANGKOK, 23 January 2010 (NNT) – The Energy Ministry has supported the Faculty of Agriculture of Chiang Mai University to study the possibility of planting oil plants and developing a highly efficient palm oil extracting system. Energy Minister MD Wanarat Chanukul said that the new oil extracting system would not create water wastes, with the [...]
BANGKOK, Jan 23 (TNA) – The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) composite index has dropped for many consecutive days because it has consolidated following a surge of up to 8.2 per cent since December last year, according to SET president Pattareeya Benjapolchai. She said the continued dive also stemmed from investor concerns over Beijing’s issuance [...]