“Ministry donates necessities to Phuket field hospital”
The Tourism and Sports Ministry on Monday donated necessities including towels, fans and toilet paper to the field hospital in Phuket Rajabhat University.
Also on Monday, BMX riders Chutikarn Kijwanichsathien and Nitikorn Rojanaviphat arrived in Phuket after participating in the Tokyo Olympics.
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BMX riders Chutikarn Kijwanichsathien and Nitikorn Rojanaviphat arrivedPanipak WongpattanakitField Hospital
Patty, Ariya hit trouble in Thai quest for Olympic golf medal
Thailand’s bid for a third medal in the Olympic Games TOKYO 2020 got off to a shaky start as major champions Patty Tavatanakit and Ariya Jutanugarn endured a dismal performance after the opening round the women’s golf at the Kasumigaseki Country Club on Wednesday.
2021 ANA Inspiration winner Patty or Paphangkorn swapped two birdies (hole 1 and 12) with two bogeys (hole 6 and 11) to start the tournament with an even par 71 for tied 23rd while 2016 Women’s British Open and 2018 U.S. Women’s Open victor Ariya committed six bogeys for a disastrous 77 that saw her at bottom 58th alongside Tiffany Chan of Hong Kong.
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Thailand is in the hunt for more Games medal after Panipak Wongpattanakit won the gold medal from the women’s taekwondo 57kg and boxer Sudaporn Seesondee is guaranteed with a bronze in the women’s boxing under 60kg.
World No 75 Madeline Sagstorm of Sweden, winner on the 2020 Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio dominated the first round of the par 71 6,648 yard course with a flawless 66, a shot ahead of world No 1 Nelly Korda of the US and Aditi Ashok of India.
Despite a moderate start, world No 13 Patty was content with her form and still believed the gap was not too big to catch up.
Ariya Jutanugarn
“Even I didn’t shoot score, but I’m still in a good position. Playing for Thailand in such a big event makes me so proud. It feels similar to playing for my college,” said the former UCLA Bruins student.
“The course is quite firm and a bit fast. My putter just didn’t work today. I wish I could have support from fans as playing without an audience feels strange,” said the 21-year-old.
World No 21 Ariya who had to retire after two rounds in the 2016 Rio Games due to injuries was no where near her best as she struggled to hit the fairways amidst the extreme condition.
Panipak Wongpattanakit
“It was so hot out there. I didn’t hit the tee shots well which made it difficult for me to play,” said Ariya who won two LPGA titles this season, one at home in Pattaya and the other with her elder sister Moriya at the Dow Great Lakes Bay International in Michigan.
However, unlike playing for herself, representing the country put the former world No 1 under tense which explained why she was struggling on the day.
“Even though this is my second Olympics and I’m honoured, I feel the pressure which is always my problem. I pushed myself too much but the result turned the other way around. I have so much work to do in the next three days. But first thing first, I have to fix my tee shots,” Ariya said.
Only 15% of netizens interested in Olympics, with majority following Covid situation
The Thai public’s interest in the Tokyo Olympic Games came in a far second after the Covid-19 pandemic, the results of a July survey by the Sports Authority of Thailand showed on Tuesday.
During the month, only 15 per cent of Thai netizens, inside and outside the kingdom, showed interest in the Olympics, while 70 per cent closely followed news to do with the escalating Covid-19 crisis.
The survey indicated that there was high active online communication only when Thai athletes competed or received a coveted medal.
Only 15% of netizens interested in Olympics, with majority following Covid situation
Only 15% of netizens interested in Olympics, with majority following Covid situation
Netizens also praised coaches, while the amount of prize money didn’t fail to catch attention. Meanwhile, a lot of criticism was aimed at the uniform Thai athletes were made to wear, with many on social media saying the attire needed to be improved for “better functioning and images”.
Only 15% of netizens interested in Olympics, with majority following Covid situation
Only 15% of netizens interested in Olympics, with majority following Covid situation
Panipak Wongpattanakit bagged a gold medal in the women’s 49kg taekwando competition on the first day of the Games, while Sudaporn Seesondee is guaranteed Thailand’s second medal in the women’s lightweight (60kg) boxing contest. Young Thai female golfers are also hoping to bag medals in their August 4-7 competition.
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Only 15% of netizens interested in Olympics, with majority following Covid situationOnly 15% of netizens interested in Olympics, with majority following Covid situationOnly 15% of netizens interested in Olympics, with majority following Covid situation
Day 11 roundup: Thompson-Herah repeats golden double as China remains atop medal standings
With 32 golds, 21 silvers and 16 bronzes in total, China still sits atop the medal tally and exceeds the gains in Rio.
Jamaican sprinter Elaine Thompson-Herah completed a golden double of the 100m and 200m races at the Tokyo Olympic Games on Tuesday, as China claimed three gold medals to equal its second best record at an overseas Olympics.
China now sits atop the medal tally with 32 golds, 21 silvers and 16 bronzes, matching its gold tally at the Athens 2004 Games. With still five days to go, the Chinese stand a chance to close in on their previous best haul – 38 golds from London 2012.
The United States ranks second with 24 gold and 73 medals overall. Host Japan has 19 gold and a total of 36 medals.
Jamaican sprinter Thompson-Herah successfully defended her 200m crown with a time of 21.53 seconds, becoming the first woman to win the 100m and 200m sprint double at two Olympic Games, and the first woman to win four gold medals in individual events in athletics.
“It’s amazing that I have ever seen this day that I could complete another double. I can’t believe it,” said a high-spirited Thompson-Herah, who won the 100m gold on Sunday.
China won its fifth gold in diving when Xie Siyi and Wang Zongyuan made a Chinese 1-2 finish in the men’s 3m springboard. Xie finished first with 558.75 points, followed by Wang at 534.90 points.
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Competing in his first Olympics, Xie burst into tears after his final dive.
“For me, so many things have taken place before I came here,” said the 25-year-old.
“I had to make a psychological adjustment in a short time, whether in training or competing. The fact that I’ve had many injuries along the way is also a factor. At that moment, I felt like all the stress and burden I was carrying has been relieved.”
Xie was the first current world champion in the event to win Olympic gold since 1988.
After paring up with Wang for the gold in 3m springboard synchronised on July 28, Xie became the first male diver to win both individual and synchronised events at the same Olympic Games since China’s Xiong Ni in 2000.
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China has won this event in five of the past six Olympic Games, except the gold in 2012 won by Russia.
In gymnastics, Zou Jingyuan topped the men’s parallel bars competition with 16.233 points, followed by German Lukas Dauser in 15.700 points. Turkey’s Ferhat Arican took bronze in 15.633 points.
23-year-old Zou, who placed first in the qualification, received an unparalleled 9.333 in execution score in the final, securing the second gymnastics gold for China in Tokyo.
China’s You Hao, the silver medalist in the rings final, finished fourth in 15.466 points.
Zou’s teammates Guan Chenchen and Tang Xijing clinched gold and silver medals respectively on the women’s balance beam.
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16-year-old Guan, a balance beam specialist, topped the competition in 14.633 points, trailed by Tang with 14.233 points.
“I actually never expected that I would get a medal. My coach said, ‘this is your first time in the Olympics and no one knows you so just go in and do your best,'” said Guan.
U.S. gymnastics superstar Simone Biles, who dramatically withdrew during the women’s team final last week and was struggling with “twisties,” finally returned and won bronze on the beam.
“The only reason I could do beam was because there was no twisting, so thank god for that,” explained Biles.
“It was just coming off, we weren’t sure what we were going to do or to compete in the final because I had to pull out of all the other finals because of that reason,” she added.
In athletics, Norway’s Karsten Warholm broke the world record to win the men’s 400m hurdles final.
Coming into the race as the favorite after breaking the 29-year-old world record a month ago, Warholm crossed the finishing line first and lowered his own world record of 46.70 seconds by 0.76 seconds.
In cycling, team Germany refreshed the world record for track women’s team pursuit to win the gold.
The German cyclists covered the 4,000m distance in four minutes and 04.242 seconds, shattering the previous world and Olympic record of 4:06.159 set by themselves in the heat earlier on Tuesday, beating Britain to the second place in 4:10.607.
In men’s football, Brazil advanced to the final for the third straight time after seeing off Mexico through a penalty shoot-out. Spain scored an extra-time winner to beat host Japan 1-0 in the other semifinal.
Georgian shot putter Benik Abramyan has been provisionally suspended from the Tokyo Olympics after returning a positive doping test, according to the International Testing Agency.
Abramyan tested positive for dehydrochloromethyl-testosterone and metandienone, and tamoxifen in an out-of-competition sample conducted on July 31, his 36th birthday.
He was barred from the shot put qualifying but has the right to request the testing of his B-sample and appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Xie Siyi (Rear) and Wang Zongyuan of China hug each other after the men’s 3m springboard final of diving at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 3, 2021.
Zou Jingyuan of China poses for photos during the awarding ceremony for the artistic gymnastics men’s parallel bars final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 3, 2021.
Guan Chenchen (C), Tang Xijing (L) of China and Simone Biles of the United States react during the awarding ceremony after the artistic gymnastics women’s balance beam final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 3, 2021.
Simone Biles of the United States competes during the artistic gymnastics women’s balance beam final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 3, 2021.
(From L to R) Silver medalist Rai Benjamin of the United States, gold medalist Karsten Warholm of Norway and bronze medalist Alison dos Santos of Brazil pose for a photo on the awarding ceremony of the men’s 400m hurdles at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 3, 2021.
Patty, May have eyes on gold as they tee off today at Tokyo Olympics
Thai golfing pros Paphangkorn “Patty” Tavatanakit and Ariya “May” Jutanugarn are hitting the course at the Tokyo Olympics as they vie for a gold medal in the women’s individual category on Wednesday.
They will need to bag 72 holes across four days at the 6,648-yard, par 71 Kasumigaseki Country Club in Saitama prefecture.
Paphangkorn, who is ranked 13th in the world, is in group 15 together with Australia’s Minjee Lee, the winner of the Evian Championship, and Germany’s Sophia Popov.
She tees off at 10.14am local time, or 8.14am Thailand time.
Meanwhile, Ariya, who is ranked 21st in the world, will be in group 16 together with South Korea’s Kim Hyo-joo and Spain’s Carlota Ciganda.
She will take the course at 10.25am local time, or 8.25am Thailand time.
Golfers who are the favourites to win gold include world No 1 Nelly Korda from the US and world No 2 Ko Jin-young from South Korea.
The other contestants capturing media attention are South Korea’s Inbee Park, gold medal winner at the Rio Games 2016, and host Japan’s Nasa Hataoka.
Daikin teams up with Mahidol University to test the efficacy of Streamer technology in some of Daikin’s air conditioners and air purifiers
Daikin teams up with Mahidol University to test the efficacy of Streamer technology in some of Daikin’s air conditioners and air purifiers and confirms its ability to deactivate 99.9% of novel corona virus in Thailand
Mr. Akihisa Yokoyama, President of Siam Daikin Sales Co. Ltd, one of the world’s leading firms in air conditioning technologies, reveals that the firm has recently formed an official academic partnership with Faculty of Medical Technology at Mahidol University to evaluate the efficacy of Daikin’s patented Streamer technology in deactivation the novel corona virus (SARS-CoV-2) that is causing the current pandemic. This is to ensure the Thai consumers of Daikin’s wellbeing enhancing feature in its products and strengthen its position as the world’s leader in air conditioning technologies.
Earlier in July 2020, Daikin Industries (Japan) announced scientific test result with the University of Tokyo and Okayama University of Science in Japan which confirms that Streamer technology can deactivate 99.9% of SARS-CoV-2 after 3 hours of use. The test was conducted to instill confidence among Thailand consumers.
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Daikin teams up with Mahidol University to test the efficacy of Streamer technology in some of Daikin’s air conditioners and air purifiers
Siam Daikin Sales collaborated with Faculty of Medical Technology at Mahidol University to test the efficacy of Streamer technology against the SARS-CoV-2. The test, which was conducted with SARS-CoV-2 samples harvested from current outbreak areas in Thailand, confirms that the Streamer technology can deactivate 99.9% of SARS-CoV-2 that is spreading in Thailand. The test result from Mahidol University aligns with the one previously conducted in Japan.
Assistant Professor Dr. Hatairat Lerdsamran and research team at Faculty of Medical Technology at Mahidol University revealed that the efficacy test of Streamer technology was conducted with Daikin air purifiers MCK55TVM6, MC55UVM6 and MC40UVM6 and Daikin’s latest air conditioner model, ZETAS, to determine whether Streamer technology can deactivate SARS-CoV-2 that is presently spreading in Thailand. The test was done with SARS-CoV-2 sample harvested from COVID-9 positive patients, which was then cultured, categorized, and intensified to test the efficacy level of Streamer technology in Daikin products. The test result was scientifically confirmed that Streamer technology in three models of Daikin air purifiers MCK55TV6, MC55UVM6 and MC40UVM6 and Daikin ZETAS air conditioner can deactivate 99.9% of SARS-CoV-2 within 4 hours after 6 hours of operation (reference: test result dated 18 June 2021).
The test was conducted with SARS-CoV-2 in biosafety level 3 laboratory. One 31-litre acrylic box was fitted with Streamer technology from Daikin MC40UVM6 air purifier while the other was not. The SARS-CoV-2 viral solution was placed on 6-well plate (0.5ml each well), then on a centrifuge with 12times per/minute speed within the two acrylic boxes.
The Streamer equipment released plasma through the air to the 6-well plate where viral solution is being shaken on the centrifuge. The research then collected the viral solution from the well every 1,2,3 and 6 hours and counted the surviving live virus with Plaque method with Vero E6 cells and TCID50 process.
Mr. Akihisa Yokoyama says that the efficacy test confirms Streamer technology’s ability to effectively deactivate SARS-CoV-2 in Thailand under the Thai environment, and hence sets new benchmark in the air conditioner and air purifier industry. The effort also firmly professes Daikin’s mission to “Perfecting the Air” for all of its Thai consumers.
The collaboration between Siam Daikin Sales and Mahidol University also raises the standard of air conditioner industry in Thailand and further improves the tried and tested innovation to offer effective technologies to the consumers.
Streamer technology had been constantly developed by Daikin Industries (Japan) and was first introduced in the market in 2004. The technology releases Streamer discharge that has the ability to deactivate harmful matters and purify the air with stable, high-speed electrons – a technology which was difficult to harness and put into practice at the time. The efficacy is successfully achieved by Streamer technology’s oxidation method that deactivates harmful matters, which is 2-3 times more powerful than the commonly used glow discharge method.
Moreover, when combined with the air’s molecules, these high-speed electrons deactivate harmful matters with oxidation process, allowing it to rid the air of unpleasant odors, bacteria and in-door air pollutants such as formaldehyde among others.
Linden Cogeneration Announces Hydrogen Fuel Blending Arrangement Reducing CO2 Emissions by 10%
EGCO Linden II has invested in Linden Topco, a company that operates the Linden gas-fired power cogeneration project in the United States.
Electricity Generating Public Company Limited or EGCO Group through its subsidiary EGCO Linden II has invested in Linden Topco, a company that operates the Linden gas-fired power cogeneration project in the United States. The operating company has concluded an agreement with Phillips 66, a major oil refiner in the United States to receive refinery produced fuel gas containing hydrogen.
The operating company will modify the existing gas turbine of Linden Unit 6 so that refinery produced fuel gas containing the hydrogen, supplied by Phillips 66’s Bayway Oil Refinery adjacent to the power plant, can be mixed and co-fired with natural gas. After completion of this modification in 2022, Linden Unit 6 will be capable of mixed combustion with up to 40% hydrogen, reducing CO2 emissions by as much as 10% of the regular annual CO2 emissions from Linden Unit 6.
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Mr. Thepparat Theppitak EGCO Group’s President
Mr. Thepparat Theppitak, EGCO Group’s President, said, “Specialists in the power and fuels industry like our partners at Linden Topco from JERA Americas are working on advancements to make hydrogen a viable fuel option for power and transport. EGCO Group has also invested in the Gangdong fuel cell power plant in South Korea which uses hydrogen as its primary feedstock for power and heat generation. Through investments such as Linden Cogen and Gangdong, EGCO Group aims to accumulate technological know-how and experience that it can apply more broadly to its domestic and international projects in the future as the technology matures.”
“EGCO Group is in the forefront of Thailand’s plans to promote the use of hydrogen as a clean fuel for power generation. We are committed to promoting the adoption of cleaner fuels and the pursuit of excellence in new cutting-edge power generation technologies”, concluded Mr. Thepparat.
Linden Cogeneration Announces Hydrogen Fuel Blending Arrangement Reducing CO2 Emissions by 10%About Linden Cogen Facility
The Linden Cogen Facility consists of Linden Unit 1-5 (800MW) selling energy, capacity and ancillary services into the New York System Operator (NYISO-Zone J) and Linden Unit 6 (172MW) selling energy and capacity to PJM PS North power market in New Jersey. These are two of the most congested and capacity constrained power markets in the United States. The Facility also enjoys long-term process steam and electricity sales contracts with large investment grade industrial off-takers in the co-located Bayway refinery anchored by Phillips 66. The Facility gets the advantage of fuel supply resulting from its physical location in the city of Linden, New Jersey, and access to abundant sources of natural gas via multiple pipelines. Linden Cogen is owned by JERA Americas (50%), EGCO Group (28%), DBJ (12%), GS-Platform Partners (10%).
Huawei to invest US$100 million in Asia Pacific startup ecosystem over 3 years
Huawei has been helping Singapore build the first startup hub in APAC since 2020, and has expanded the program to Hong Kong, Thailand and Malaysia in the past year. At the summit, Huawei also announced that this program would focus its efforts on developing four additional startup hubs
Huawei announced its plan to invest US$100 million in startup support today at its inaugural Spark Founders Summit, which took place simultaneously in Singapore and Hong Kong. Huawei said the investment would go towards its Spark program, which aims to build a sustainable startup ecosystem in the Asia Pacific region over the next three years.
Huawei has been helping Singapore build the first startup hub in APAC since 2020, and has expanded the program to Hong Kong, Thailand and Malaysia in the past year. At the summit, Huawei also announced that this program would focus its efforts on developing four additional startup hubs – in Indonesia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam – with the overarching aim of recruiting a total of 1,000 startups, out of which 100 are scaleups, into the Spark accelerator program.
In Thailand, Huawei Thailand collaborated with depa, NIA and other well-known partners to kick start “Spark Ignite 2021 – Thailand Startup Competition” in June 2021, calling for tech startups across Thailand to join this competition for a chance to enter the Huawei Spark Accelerator programme. This competition, aiming to be one of Thailand’s biggest and most influential start-up events, will highlight key aspects Thailand’s start-up ecosystem, feature 10 high potential startups from the whole country, and connect founders, venture firms, corporations and government.
The Spark Founders Summit was attended by representatives from many prominent Asian startups, academia, various industries and governments, and the media, as well as more than 50 regional top venture capitalists and over 300 startup founders. Speeches and panels at the event focused on the social value of this startup ecosystem and how startups can promote technological and ecosystem innovation, to contribute to local communities and drive socioeconomic development.
Three additional startup-related initiatives were launched by Huawei at the event: The Spark Developer Program, which aims to nurture a developer ecosystem powered by HUAWEI CLOUD in the Asia Pacific region; the Spark Pitstop Program, designed to onboard and support startups on HUAWEI CLOUD to accelerate product development; and the Spark Innovation Program (SIP), focused on facilitating enterprise innovation through the Spark startup ecosystem.
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Huawei Senior Vice President and Board Member Catherine Chen opened the summit by emphasizing how important startups are to social advancement and what Huawei is doing to support startups: “We all know how brilliant startups and SMEs are. They are the innovators, disruptors, and pioneers of our times. These companies account for two-thirds of jobs worldwide, create two-thirds of new jobs, and generate almost 50% of global GDP. 34 years ago, Huawei was a startup with just 5,000 dollars of registered capital. Recently, we have been thinking: How can we leverage our experience and resources to help more startups address their challenges? Doing so would allow them to seize the opportunities posed by digital transformation, achieve business success, and develop more innovative products and solutions for the world.”
Zhang Ping’an, CEO of Huawei’s Cloud Business Unit, noted, “Since its launch in 2017, HUAWEI CLOUD has been the world’s fastest-growing cloud, and has driven the growth of countless startups. Last year, we launched the Spark Program in Asia Pacific. Through this program, we are working with local governments, leading incubators, well-known VC firms, and top universities to build support platforms for startups in many regions. Now 40 startups are participating in our program.”
Zhang continued, “Starting today, we are stepping up our support for startups through four new initiatives, aimed at cloud-plus-cloud collaboration, continuous tech innovation, global and local services, and high-quality business ecosystems. Today, we launched our Cloud-plus-Cloud Collaboration and Joint Innovation Program, through which we will support startups with US$40 million worth of resources. Half of that investment is coming from HUAWEI CLOUD, half from Huawei Mobile Services (HMS). In 2021, our plan is to support 200 startups in the HMS ecosystem, and share our network of channel resources with developers worldwide who together serve 1 billion Huawei device users. In addition, we will open an HMS Developer Innovation Center to support 100,000 HMS cloud-native developers.”
More and more startups are pursuing end-to-end digitalization as they move towards a fully connected, intelligent world. HUAWEI CLOUD infrastructure works in conjunction with Huawei Mobile Services to support startups from all industries. Huawei’s cloud offerings help developers and partners to unify accounts, development platforms, and app distribution and operation. HMS is now the world’s third largest mobile app ecosystem, and is helping many startups expand their global influence. Currently, 4.5 million developers from over 170 countries and regions rely on HMS.
Huawei recognizes startups as key partners in creating social value and contributing to communities around the world. At the Spark Founders Summit, Huawei unveiled the latest data on its innovation research programs with startups. The data shows solid relationships between Huawei and more than 2,000 partners from across the Asia Pacific region, with ongoing initiatives to build support platforms in close partnerships with governments, top VCs, and leading universities in Hong Kong and Singapore.
Huawei rounded off the series of announcements with plans to give developers access to its global network of channel partners, including the world’s top 50 telecom carriers and local banking institutions. Finally, in terms of talent development, Huawei will build an HMS Developer Innovation Center to cultivate future talent in cooperation with 210 leading universities across the Asia Pacific region.
“‘In Asia Pacific, for Asia Pacific’ has been our unchanged commitment for the past two decades,” said Jeffery Liu, President of Huawei Asia Pacific, “Leveraging Huawei’s global customer base and full-stack technologies, the Spark Program will invest over $100 million in the next three years, and provide comprehensive support to build a sustainable startup ecosystem and create new value for the dynamic region.”
As the 1st global cloud vender who established local region (physical data centers) to provide REAL local services in Thailand, HUAWEI CLOUD is committed to help Thailand realize the visionary blueprint of Thailand 4.0 and to cultivate a digital ecosystem in the digital age. Huawei has launched online training series called Cloud Diary, which joined hands with local customers and partners from every industry to share best cloud-based experiences in agile innovation, reaching more than 700,000 total views among developers, universities students, teachers and enterprise employees. In 2021, it will continue sharing digital era’s necessary knowledge in the most close-to-life way.
Meanwhile, the HUAWEI CLOUD Warrior Workshop is operating monthly to cover IT practitioners from various enterprises including SMEs and Startups. Trending topics like Security and Compliance, Server and Database Migration to Cloud, Machine Learning, Enterprise Intelligent and Data Platform on Cloud, are hands-on practiced under professionals’ step-by-step instruction. Currently around 30 SMEs and startups are joining each session.
In November 2020, during POWERING DIGITAL THAILAND: HUAWEI CLOUD & CONNECT, the first Cloud Developer Contest of HUAWEI CLOUD Thailand is held. It encouraged participants to develop and deploy solutions that benefit Thai people and society at large by leveraging HUAWEI CLOUD’s basic and advanced services. As Mr. Abel Deng, CEO of Huawei Thailand emphasize, “Thailand is already a forerunner in Cloud, AI, and 5G adoption which will be the major driving force to implement cloud and intelligent transformation in various industries. The readiness of infrastructure is considered to be foundations for a digital economy. Therefore, we aim to bolster Thailand to become the Digital Hub of ASEAN to achieve Thailand 4.0 strategy.”
Fortune Releases annual fortune global 500 List 2021 Ranking Features 143 Chinese Companies, 122 U.S. Companies, and 53 Japanese Companies
Walmart Maintains Top Spot for 8th straight year; 27 companies make their debut
FORTUNE announced the FORTUNE Global 500 for the 2020 fiscal year, ranking the world’s largest corporations by revenue. Walmart claimed the top spot for the eighth consecutive year, and for the 16th time since 1995. Mainland China (including Hong Kong) once again has the most companies on the list, up 11 from last year with 135. Adding Taiwan, the total for Greater China is 143. The U.S. is up one with 122, and Japan held steady with a total of 53. The companies on the 2021 list are based in 220 cities and 31 countries around the world. This year there are 23 women CEOs of FORTUNE Global 500 companies, nine more than last year.
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FORTUNE Global 500 companies generated revenues totaling more than one-third of the world’s GDP. They generated $31.7 trillion in revenues (down 5%), $1.6 trillion in profits (down 20%) and employ 69.7 million people worldwide. Apple (No. 6) netted $57 billion in profits, and is the FORTUNE Global 500’s most profitable company in 2021, ending Saudi Aramco’s (No. 14) two-year reign.
Of the 2021 rankings, FORTUNE List Editor Scott DeCarlo says, “The radical changes the pandemic has wrought will have long-term implications for businesses worldwide. Using it as a catalyst, the Global 500 showed the world how to adapt, evolve, and reinvent themselves. The Global 500 is a picture of a world we’re rapidly leaving behind and also a guide to the new environment taking shape.”
THE FORTUNE GLOBAL 500 TOP 10 LIST:
1. Walmart (U.S.)
2. State Grid (China)
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3. Amazon.com (U.S.)
4. China National Petroleum (China)
5. Sinopec (China)
6. Apple (U.S.)
7. CVS Health (U.S.)
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8. UnitedHealth Group (U.S.)
9. Toyota Motor (Japan)
10. Volkswagen (Germany)
View the complete ranking here.
Explore a data visualization of the history of the Global 500.
In his foreword to the Aug./Sept. 2020 issue of FORTUNE, Acting Editor-in-Chief Brian O’Keefe writes:
Companies are ranked by total revenues for their respective fiscal years ended on or before March 31, 2021. All companies on the list must publish financial data and report part or all of their figures to a government agency. Figures are as reported, and comparisons are with the prior year’s figures as originally reported for that year.
The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index fell by 1.28 points or 0.08 per cent to 1,544.58 on Thursday morning.
The volume of transactions was THB6.84 billion with an index high of 1,546.56 and a low of 1,542.59.
The 10 stocks with the highest trade value were 7UP, PTT, PSL, GPSC, TTA, SNNP, Gulf, PTTGC, Ace and RCL.
The SET Index closed at 1,545.86 on Wednesday, up 5.35 points or 0.35 per cent. Transactions totalled THB66.89 billion with an index high of 1,548.63 and a low of 1,533.36.
BMX riders Chutikarn Kijwanichsathien and Nitikorn Rojanaviphat arrived
Panipak Wongpattanakit
Field Hospital
Ariya Jutanugarn
Panipak Wongpattanakit
Only 15% of netizens interested in Olympics, with majority following Covid situation
Only 15% of netizens interested in Olympics, with majority following Covid situation
Only 15% of netizens interested in Olympics, with majority following Covid situation
Only 15% of netizens interested in Olympics, with majority following Covid situation
Only 15% of netizens interested in Olympics, with majority following Covid situation
Only 15% of netizens interested in Olympics, with majority following Covid situation
Only 15% of netizens interested in Olympics, with majority following Covid situation
Daikin teams up with Mahidol University to test the efficacy of Streamer technology in some of Daikin’s air conditioners and air purifiers
Mr. Thepparat Theppitak EGCO Group’s President
Linden Cogeneration Announces Hydrogen Fuel Blending Arrangement Reducing CO2 Emissions by 10%About Linden Cogen Facility
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