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Finance Ministry to set up ´Smile with Hope and Career Recovery...
BANGKOK, 15 October 2011 – The Ministry of Finance has established a 'Smile with Hope and Career Recovery for Flood Victims' project and is...
DIT finds overpriced sandbags in flood-prone areas
BANGKOK, 15 October 2011 – The Department of Internal Trade (DIT) has discovered unfair pricing of sandbags in some parts of Bangkok amid flooding...
Commerce Min to start selling Blue Flag goods to flood victims...
BANGKOK, 15 October 2011 – The Ministry of Commerce is planning to launch Blue Flag events in flood-hit areas on 17 October, during which...
Govt to discuss post-flood relief plans with business & financial sectors
BANGKOK, 15 October 2011 – Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Kittirat Na Ranong will convene a meeting with trade and financial related organizations...
Prime Minister Yingluck reassures effectiveness of meaACsures to deal with upcoming...
BANGKOK, 15 October 2011 - Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra this morning revealed steps to protect Bangkok and other economic centers of the country from...
Japan offers aid to flood victims
BANGKOK, 15 October 2011 – Japan has offered aid worth 12 million THB to flood victims in Thailand. A Korean Air...
Japanese investors won’t relocate production bases
BANGKOK, Oct 14 – Beleaguered Japanese investors have asserted that they will not shift their production bases from Thailand to other countries despite the...
FTI: Flood costs industry 190 billion THB
BANGKOK, 14 October 2011 – The ongoing flood crisis has cost the Thai industry at least 190 billion THB and is expected to bring...
Japanese investors want clarification on flood prevention from government
BANGKOK, 14 October 2011 -Mr. Kyoichi Tanada, President of Toyota Motor Thailand and the President of Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Mr. Setsuo Iuchi,...
Bangkok confirmed safe from floods with more dykes being built urgently
BANGKOK, 14 October 2011 – Justice Minister Police General Pracha Promnog, in his capacity as director of the Flood Relief Operations Center (FROC), has...
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Pattaya Gentlemen’s Clubs see boost from Destination Thailand Visa
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The Grand Return of ‘Pattaya International Jazz Festival 2024’
Pattaya City presents global artist Ronan Keating.
Don’t miss out on December 6 - 7, 2024, at Pattaya Beach, Chonburi
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PILC Shopping Bazaar & Christmas Lunch – 3 December 2024
Registration, coffee and bubbles from 10.00am while you browse and buy from our specially selected vendors.
Lunch will start from 12.00 where you can feast...
Trump’s presidential win is good news for “Thighland’s” economy
Donald Trump may not be an expert on Thai affairs, even mispronouncing the country as Thighland four years ago. But most economists believe his...
Classical Connections: Great Scott!
This morning, I was pottering around in the kitchen preparing some dog food, when suddenly, for no obvious reason the folk song known as...