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Consumers’ rights to be protected under new MoU
The Electronic Transactions Development Agency (ETDA) last week signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with major consumer organizations and private companies on a consumer protection initiative covering products and services sold online.Keep reading ...
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Depression and cyber-addiction disorders
Today we will talk about depression as well as internet addiction and related disorders. First of all, major depression is a clinical illness. This doesn’t include sadness and other short-lived unhappy events.Depression is determined by a clinical diagnosis. So a depressed person is someone who ...
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Bt17-billion budget to be allocated for developing EEC
The government plans to allocate Bt17 billion for development of the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) in fiscal 2020, as it wants to speed up investment in the region, especially in transport.Kobsak Pootrakool, deputy secretary-general to Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha, said the government is applying ...
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Thai exports see 4% drop in August
Thai exports dropped 4 per cent in August, representing a loss of US$21.9 billion, largely as a result of imports being front-loaded to avoid US tariffs coming into effect on September 1, the Commerce Ministry reported on Friday.Keep reading ...
Somluck Srimalee
Fishermen should play key role in limiting sea garbage, says official
Mongkol Sukcharoenkana, president of the National Fisheries Association of Thailand, has suggested three ways to effectively keep trash out of the sea, which he believes will require people to form networks.Keep reading ...
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Commerce Ministry launches Big Data system with focus on five agricultural goods
Phimchanok Vonkorpon, director general of the Commerce Ministry’s Trade Policy and Strategy Office, has launched a project in which data will be collected on rice, palm oil, rubber, cassava and corn production in the country.Keep reading ...
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Thailand unfair in penalties for fisheries violations: Mongkol
Mongkol Sukcharoenkhana, the president of the Fisheries of Thailand Association, on Thursday, told Thansettakij online news that Thailand has penalised his industry with heavier fines for fisheries violations than other nearby countries have imposed on their fisheries sector after receiving a “yellow card” from the ...
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Education Council seeks clear picture on manpower required by EEC
Supat Champathong, secretary-general of the Office of Educational Council, said he will soon discuss the issue of the demand for manpower with the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC)’s Office chief Kanit Sangsubhan.He said he hopes this discussion will provide him with enough information to formulate an ...
Chularat Saengpassa
Cabinet okays Bt11 bn for six waterworks projects
The Cabinet has approved a Bt11-billion budget for the Provincial Waterworks Authority (PWA)’s six projects that were approved in 2018 with the aim of benefiting more than 200,000 people in provincial areas.Keep reading ...
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Smuggling keeps lid on sticky rice price
Sticky rice have been smuggled into the country, but ironically it has helped curb soaring price, said Chukiat Opaswong, honorary president of the Thai Rice Exporters Association.Some merchants, he said, had smuggled 100,000 tonnes of glutinous rice into the country from Vietnam via Thailand’s neighboring ...
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