Bangchak quality push 90% complete

President Anusorn Sangnimnuan yesterday said that on completion of the programme, Bangchak's refining capacity would be 120,000 barrels a day, from the current 80,000, with a higher ratio of diesel and petrol.

Bunker oil production will fall from 30 per cent of output to 9 per cent.

 To increase sales revenue, Bangchak plans to launch Euro IV-standard diesel during a roadshow organised by Deutsche Bank and Tisco Securities in Singapore next month. - The Nation

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Rose Media reaches out to cartoon buffs

Rose Media and Entertainment is trying to entice cartoon enthusiasts using offline and online channels with the opening of its first Gang Cartoon Shop in Chiang Mai on July 5 and at www.gangcartoon.net.

Jirat Bovornwatana, Rose Media vice chairman, said that while the website offers information on comics, the shop was intended to be a gathering place where enthusiasts can buy CDs, DVDs, clothes and toys as well as refreshments.

Six more shops will be opened in The Mall in Bangkok, a plaza in Khon Kaen and CentralWorld in Phuket. - The Nation

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CPF to work with BMA on food safety

Teerasak Urunanon and Virachai Ratanabanchuen, executive vice presidents of Charoen Pokphand Foods, have signed an agreement with Bangkok Metropolitan Administration deputy governor Wanlop Suwandee for a meat traceability system in a bid to build confidence in CPF's food safety controls.

Teerasak said that with CPF's vision of being a "Kitchen of the World", the agreement was aimed at reinforcing confidence in its meat products. Consumers can trace the source back through the Internet or SMS. - The Nation

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Mun accepts NBTC law panel proposal

Twenty-two media and educational organisations yesterday proposed to Information and Communications Technology Ministry the setting up of a committee to revise the draft law governing the establishment of the National Broad- casting and Telecommunica- tions Commission (NBTC).

They cited concerns of political interference in the appointment of commissioners.

ICT Minister Mun Patanotai said he was ready to set up the committee as proposed.

Under the NBTC's selection process, relevant parties will be invited to submit a combined list of 20 representatives for the ICT Ministry's consideration. The ministry will pick 10 of them and forward their names for Cabinet approval and appointment. - The Nation

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Labour protest in front of Parliament

About 1,000 labourers plan to gather in front of Parliament today to press for the government's assistance in alleviating the burden from soaring consumer-goods prices.

Wilaiwan Sae-Tia, chairman of the Thai Labour Solidarity Committee, said they would ask the government to intervene in prices and distribute cheap items to the public, adjust the nationwide minimum wage - preferably to Bt316 per day - and ensure better welfare for labourers.

The committee will also detail hardships faced by the poor.

She insisted the gathering was not part of the People's Alliance for Democracy ongoing rally. - The Nation