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Petrochems keep staff, seek more experts

By The Nation
Published on December 30, 2008

The petrochemical industry not only has no plans to lay off workers but also still needs more experts to develop the business, the Federation of Thai Industries said yesterday. The FTI has joined hands with educational institutions, such as Chulalongkorn University, to produce more petrochemical experts to serve demand.

Veerasak Kositpaisal, head of the FTI's Petrochemical Club, said yesterday that the industry still needed local workers for plants, particularly those in Rayong.

"We want to develop human resources to serve the country's long-term strategy to focus more on energy saving," he said.

Extra THAI flights

Thai Airways International has laid on extra flights to Krabi and Khon Kaen from last Saturday to this Sunday.

Acting president Narongsak Sangapong said yesterday that passenger demand during the New Year's holidays had increased after the airline said it would schedule more flights and change to larger aircraft on the Bangkok to Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Phuket and Krabi routes.

Therefore, THAI will add eight flights to better serve passenger travel demands, with details as follows:

Bangkok-Krabi gets one more flight per day.

Bangkok-Khon Kaen is increased by one flight per day for tomorrow and the weekend.

The total extra flights for this holiday season is 38 serving five main domestic routes from Bangkok as follows:

Chiang Mai, 12 additional flights

Chiang Rai, two additional flights

Phuket, 12 additional flights

Krabi, nine additional flights

Khon Kaen, three additional flights. - The Nation

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