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Declaring war on plastic waste
In 1950, the world had a population of 2.5 billion. They produced roughly 1.5 million tonnes of plastic each year, according to Surfers Against Sewage, one of the United Kingdom’s most active environmental charities. Fast forward to 2016, the global population had risen to over ...
Arusa Pisuthipan
Campaign against garbage dumping in Chao Phraya River
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is encouraging vendors at Pak Khlong Talard market to conserve Chao Phraya River by not dumping garbage into the it. That is in line with a plan to call for UNESCO to register the Chao Phraya River as a Cultural ...
Tewit Kemtong
Marine Department impresses with tech
Among the government agencies that use technology to improve their public services and ease of doing business, the Marine Department seems to have won the most accolades, cinching the Public Sector Excellence Award for public services conferred this month by the Office of the Public ...
Chatrudee Theparat
Marginal increase in new companies registering in the EEC
The number of new companies registering in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) from January to August this year rose 2.03 per cent year on year to 4,976, according to the director-general of the Department of Business Development, Vuttikrai Leewiraphan.Keep reading ...
The Nation Reporter
PM orders immediate action to address haze in Bangkok
Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered authorities immediately to activate prepared measures to mitigate the haze, which has returned to Bangkok and its suburbs.Expressing concern about the haze, especially the PM2.5 dust particles, the Prime Minister pleaded with construction site operators and industries in ...
Low-income workers will be hard hit by a drop of exports
The falling Thai exports will hurt low-income workers the most as manufacturers are expected to hire less and cut overtime employment, affecting the purchasing power of these grassroot segment.The latest report from Krungsri Research Intelligence said although companies directly affected by a fall in Thai ...
Prayut pledges to back SDGs
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has promised UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that Thailand will support the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).The premier voiced his support in talks with Mr Guterres on Thursday, the last day of his visit to the 74th Session of the ...
Thana Boonlert
Eco-conscious Gen Z taking action
If there is one thing millennials are happy about, it would be transferring most of the ageism stereotyping they have endured over the past decade to the new Generation Z or Gen Z. Based on a 2018 McKinsey article titled ‘True Gen: Generation Z and ...
Thailand unveils Digital Park
True Digital Park, Thailand’s first and Southeast Asia’s largest digital innovation hub, announced the completion of its start-up ecosystem, reinforcing the readiness to drive the regional digital economy forward.The opening ceremony was presided over by the nation’s Deputy Prime Minister who also gave a keynote ...
When the Mekong has no fish, and the land can’t grow
The government’s push to reclaim forest land from encroachers in Ubon Ratchathani’s Khong Chiam district has threatened members of two communities who now face arrest and eviction from their land. To make things worse, construction of Chinese dams in the upper Mekong River in the ...
