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Fourteen hotels have been registered as Alternative State Quarantine accommodation for foreign arrivals and Thai returnees who don’t want to use state quarantine facilities provided by the government. The government provides free state quarantine for returning Thai nationals at hotels around the country.

Foreigners and Thai nationals returning to Thailand from abroad can choose special services at their own expense during their 14 days of quarantine on arrival.

The Department of Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency has drawn up Bt10 billion budget plan to support its projects during 2020-2024.

No longer at the food fringes, plant-based meats are selling well in supermarkets and emerging as a hot commodity for fast food chains, industrial food companies and Wall Street investors.

Deputy Prime Minister General Chatchai Salikulya would not say directly if the plan to build the controversial Mae Wong dam in order to prevent floods and save the drought-plagued Lower Sakae Krang basin would be scrapped, but he affirmed that concerned parties had at least reached a “resolution” – for now.

Prominent economists called Tuesday for an alternative measure of economic well-being, arguing in an OECD-backed work that the current focus on gross domestic product (GDP) is insufficient.

Initiated by His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the national push for alternative energy must be maintained if we want it to meet one-third of the Kingdom’s total energy demands by 2036, as targeted.