"Govt urged"

Experts demand better policies to end monoculture maize farming in North

TO IMPLEMENT a successful national policy on adoption of electric vehicles (EVs), governments need proper mechanisms to ensure competition drives the EV market growth, Dr Chunyuan Gu, ABB’s president for Asia, Middle East and Africa, said.

CIVIL SOCIETY groups have called on the government to extend the |special privileges it is offering to investors in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) to local business activities and sustainable development.

CLAIMING THE authorities had failed to protect citizens from PM2.5 smog, especially the underprivileged in urban slums, academics have called for a clean-air act and an independent environmental protection agency (EPA) to safeguard the “people’s right” to a healthy atmosphere.

MORE THAN 22 million Thais suffer from ailments due to high salt and sodium consumption and each year 20,000 of them die from one of four main related diseases, costing the country huge losses estimated at Bt98.9 billion a year.

UPGRADING VOCATIONAL education will be the key to boosting the country’s competitiveness and helping it step out of the middle-income trap, the Future Innovative Thailand Institute (FIT) has advised.

Allowing smoke-free products seen as more effective in discouraging tobacco smokers than plain packaging.

Private operators must shift focus from profits to patients, say consumer groups

Hacking of two banks’ computer systems seen as an urgent wakeup call.

THE PRIVATE sector in Cambodia has called on the government to speed up enacting the organic food law, which is currently languishing in the draft stage. Having the law, it said, will provide product recognition.

Reform panel sees action within 2 years

Pheu Thai Party secretary-general Phumtham Vejjachai on Tuesday urged the government not to use people’s problems as an excuse to prolong its stay in office, as the best guarantee for resolving their issues is the return of democracy so that their voices can be heard and reflected through participation-based policies.