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Nikon upbeat amid smartphone onslaught
Nikon Corporation, a world leader in imaging technology, is confident of continued revenue growth of 19% this year despite the threat of cameras being replaced by the boom in smartphones. "We have reaffirmed our competitive position within the consumer electronics industry thanks to our variety of product lines and lower prices," said Kenji Kumaki, the president and managing director ...
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GMM Z buys Fox broadcast rights
GMM Z, the satellite TV unit of GMM Grammy Plc, has acquired the broadcast rights for 27 channels of Fox International Channels to strengthen its pay-TV service. Featured new channels include Fox Movies Premium, Fox Family Movies, Fox Action Movies, Channel V Thailand and National Geographic. Chief operating officer Rafah Damrongchaitham said all 27 channels will be broadcast on its platform ...
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Miyabi throws another slab on the Japanese rotisserie
As Japanese grill buffet restaurants become increasingly popular, Miyabi Group, a 100% Thai-owned company, will speed up the expansion of its restaurants with a 900-million-baht budget to open almost 100 new branches in Thailand over the next five ...
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Centara Grand at Central Plaza Ladprao Bangkok offers special package for Club accommodations
Centara Grand at Central Plaza Ladprao Bangkok has a special package for its Club accommodations, with rates starting at Baht 3,560 per night for a Club Deluxe Room if they stay for 2 nights or more, along with 15 percent discount on regular a la carte treatments at Spa Cenvaree and 25 percent discount on all spa packages. The package is available from now until October 31, 2013, and rates are ...
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Japan eyes high-speed rail bid
Japanese investors are keen to invest in Thailand's high-speed train project, a flagship scheme of the Yingluck Shinawatra government, the prime minister's secretary-general Suranand Vejjajiva says. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed interest in the train project during talks with Ms Yingluck in Tokyo yesterday, Mr Suranand ...
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Help pours in after mother loses two children in fire
PHITSANULOK: Help has started to pour in for a mother who lost her two children in a house fire in Muang district after they lit a candle to do their ...
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Interpol to lead piracy crackdown
Thai police will be joining the Interpol-led weeklong crackdown on pirated goods, which kicks off tomorrow. Also participating are Bangladesh, Fiji, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, the Philippines and Vietnam. Police adviser Pol General Chalermkiat Sriworakhan said officers will raid eight areas in Bangkok, namely the Khlong Thom Market, Ban Mor, Saphan Lek, MBK, Pantip, Sukhumvit ...
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Narathiwat gunfight claims two lives
A gunfight between paramilitary rangers and suspected insurgents in Narathiwat's Joh I Rong district early yesterday resulted in two deaths and one injury. At 11.30pm, Colonel Issara Chanthakrayom, deputy commander of Ranger Company 48 in Narathiwat, led 40 rangers to raid a house in Tambon Juab, following a tip-off that suspected militants were hiding there. Upon arrival, armed men in the ...
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Police raid public officials home
Investigators from the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) yesterday raided the home of an official from Chaiyaphum's Tambon Wang Takhe Administrative Organisation. Prajak Khonglaem is believed to have been involved in the exam-cheating scandal by arranging for answers to be signalled via cell-phones and getting others to sit for the exam in exchange for Bt400,000. Prajak, who could ...
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Two foreigners arrested for fraud
An Italian man was nabbed in Chiang Mai for allegedly stealing millions from Italian financial institutions, while a French woman was arrested in Surat Thani for allegedly defrauding 1 million euros in construction payments in her country. Deputy chief of Immigration Police Pol Maj-Genenral Chitsanupong Yuktathad said Stefano Raccaqni, 38, was arrested on Tuesday at a request from Interpol for ...
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Operations back to normal
AIT graduates' degrees valid, school chief says The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) said yesterday that the difficulties surrounding its legal status had been resolved following a decision in December to bring back its old charter. The announcement meant 499 students from more than 30 countries were able to attend their graduation ceremonies, without worrying about the validity of ...
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Hidden agenda to privatise GPO Wichai
The dismissal of Dr Witit Artavatkun, chief of the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation, occurred due to political intervention with the hidden agenda to privatise the organisation, ex-GPO board chairman Dr Wichai Chokewiwat alleged. "The end of good governance practised at the GPO is next, before a possible privatisation," he added. Citing an interview by the unnamed head of a ...
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Egat power purchase plan for South delayed
A plan to acquire additional electricity from Malaysia to cope with the shortage in South may have to be delayed until next year due to continuing violence in the region, an official at the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) said yesterday The 1,320-kilovolt will be delivered to a power station in Narathiwat's Sungai-Kolok district, in addition to another supply purchased ...
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PM drums up yen for Dawei rail plans
Yingluck gives Abe details of port, water and infrastructure projects Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has invited Japanese investors to join the Dawei Deep Sea Port project in Myanmar, while Japanese businesses have expressed an interest in bidding for satellite and high-speed rail projects in Thailand, the PM's secretary-general said yesterday. Suranand Vejjajiva said Yingluck met her ...
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Water dept may step in
Royal Irrigation Department might take over parts of Bt350-bn flood scheme; Technical round is next hurdle as WFMC studies details of four bidders' proposals The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) might take over parts of the Bt350-billion water-management and flood-prevention project if there are no winners in the technical round of the bidding process, a source said yesterday. Deputy ...
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3G will boost mobile tablet sales to a record 25 million
A record-high 25 million mobiles and tablets are expected to be sold this year on the back of faster wireless broadband and a tremendous shift in demand to third-generation (3G) smartphones. Industry executives say annual sales have been coming in at 18 million units. Despite the boom in smartphones, price competition for the devices and mobile data tariff packages will not be strong due to ...
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New Rice Route Thailand Bound
Bangkok, May 23 (Prensa Latina) The Thai government issued a positive sign for the world rice trade when calling on rice entrepreneurs, buyers and experts to participate in a new route towards the 2013 Rice Convention. Thailand seeks to become the rice center for Asean and the world, announced an official communiqu referring to the meeting that will be held in May 26-28 in Chiang Mai, 700 ...
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Scientists family seeks US Congress Thai experts help
SINGAPORE (AFP) - The parents of a US scientist found hanged in Singapore last year said Thursday they will seek a US congressional inquiry and tap a celebrity Thai pathologist to prove their son was murdered.Mary Todd, mother of the late researcher Shane Todd whose death in June 2012 was ruled a suicide by the Singapore police, indicated the family did not expect the US government to intervene ...
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Baht slides on Fed movements
The baht fell by its biggest margin in almost two weeks Thursday as speculation the US Federal Reserve will scale back its bond buying dampened demand for emerging-market assets. The retraction of the baht's movements has come after it dropped below 30 per dollar for the first time since January, and the latest movement occurred after a report showed China's manufacturing is ...
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DSI `surprised at more people in CentralWorld blaze
The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) on Thursday said it was surprised at the Metropolitan Police Bureau's revelation that it was seeking six additional people believed to have been involved in the CentralWorld arson case. Deputy chief Pol Lt Col Wannapong Kocharak said the DSI had not been informed by the MPB that it was preparing to seek arrest warrants for the six. The DSI did ...
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The Moon Rises in the Heat of Bangkok
Bangkok--23 May--Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square As the Full Moon rises, set the wild inner-self free, let it rise from your soul during the Full Moon Party held at Concept CM2 of Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square on Friday June 21. Go wild as the beat, ambiance and excitement of the tropical Koh Pa Ngan's Full Moon beach party hits downtown Bangkok. The international gathering of musicians, ...
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NMG reports good response to share issue as it raises funds for digital TV
Nation Multimedia Group is looking forward to successful fund mobilisation to finance its bid for digital TV licences after receiving an overwhelming response from shareholders to subscribe to newly issued shares, president Duangkamol Chotana said Thursday. NMG last month said it planned to increase registered capital by Bt1.79 billion from Bt873.3 million by issuing 3.38 billion new shares at ...
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Egat forced to delay electricity supply to deep South
A plan to acquire additional electricity from Malaysia to cope with a shortage in the deep South may have to be delayed until next year due to continuing violence in the region, a senior official at the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) said Thursday The 1320-kilovolt supply will be delivered to a power station in Narathiwat's Sungai-Kolok district, in addition to another ...
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AIT operations back to normal following return to old charter
The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) said Thursday that the difficulties surrounding its legal status had ended following a decision in December to bring back its old charter. The announcement meant 499 students from more than 30 countries will be able to attend their graduation ceremonies, without worrying about the validity of their degrees. "We have now returned to normalcy after ...
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Yingluck drums up Japanese investment for Dawei rail projects
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has invited Japanese investors to join the Dawei Deep Sea Port project in Myanmar, while Japanese businesses have expressed an interest in bidding for satellite and high-speed rail projects in Thailand, the PM's secretary-general said Thursday. Suranand Vejjajiva said Yingluck met her Japanese counterpart, Shinzo Abe, on Wednesday and discussed bilateral ...
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Bangkok’s reputation under threat
Bangkok has long-been the site of political instability for the country, but this has rarely escalated into full-scale violence, now as talks between government and protests breakdown, and acts of violence increase, the city faces a difficult situation.
There is currently a days-long standoff between the government and anti-government protestors who claim the present government headed by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejajjiva was supported by the military when they came to power fifteen months ago. Read more
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