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Trade promotion agency launches ‘Wonders of Thai Jewels’ global branding campaign

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP), Ministry of Commerce of Thailand, announces the launch of “Wonders of Thai Jewels”, a new global marketing campaign celebrating the intellectual prowess of Thai artisans behind Thailand’s famous high-quality jewellery-making flair.


The campaign aims at creating global awareness and establishing Thailand as the trading hub for the world’s gems and jewellery industry.

“Gems and jewellery rank as one of Thailand’s most exported products, creating over 664,000 jobs. As a major industry of the country, the government has worked towards making Thailand a gems and jewellery hub and a major jewellery manufacturer, from upstream to downstream,” said Phusit Ratanakul Sereroengrit, DITP director-general.

He added: “As one of the world’s largest jewellery exporting countries, Thailand has an outstanding tradition of high-quality jewellery production. Global jewellery brands have recognised the skills of Thai artisans, and some have made Thailand their manufacturing base for decades. They have benefited from the strong infrastructure, accessible raw material suppliers and, the most important factor — high-quality craftsmanship from a skilled workforce.”

Gems and jewellery making is one of the highest forms of art; Thailand has a long history of gems and jewellery-making dating back millennia. As a result, the country has been a trusted manufacturing base for global jewellery brands for decades, he said.

The “Wonders of Thai Jewels” campaign captures the essence of Thailand’s gems and jewellery industry with a series of fashion jewellery films, featuring Aokbab-Chutimon, the internationally acclaimed Thai fashion model-turned-actor, he added.

The campaign highlights the key advantages of Thailand’s gems and jewellery industry:

● Heritage – The knowledge of jewellery-making has been passed on from generation to generation.

● Craftsmanship – Thai artisans embody the cognitive abilities to perform sophisticated tasks of high jewellery-making.

● Creativity – Unbounded imagination of Thai designers that makes Thai jewellery unique.

● Audacity – Skills and creative judgement of Thai artisans for gemstone enhancement, polishing and cutting.

● Natural resources – The country’s supply of precious materials from pearls to gemstones.
The “Wonders of Thai Jewels” campaign will feature spots across over-the-top media, digital, social media (such as. YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Weibo) and directly engage with potential buyers across the world via Thai Trade Centre, the overseas offices of the DITP and the Ministry of Commerce.

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Drug stores ordered to have at least one pharmacist on duty from next month

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

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The Pharmacy Council of Thailand has warned all drug stores to have at least one pharmacist on duty starting from October 1 or their licences would be revoked.

Assoc Prof Kitti Pithaknitinan, president of the council, said on Thursday that the council had issued a circular to all drug stores.

Kitti said the warning was issued because the leniency for drug stores to have pharmacists on standby for at least three hours a day would expire at the end of this month.

The Pharmacy Act enacted in 1967 required all pharmacies to have at least one pharmacist on duty. But a legal amendment was issued in 1979 granting leniency that allowed the pharmacies to have one pharmacist on standby for three hours.

A pharmacy can operate with a registered pharmacist in the shop. If a drug store does not have a pharmacist on standby while it is open, the pharmacist in charge of the shop will see his or her pharmacist licence suspended or revoked by the council, Kitti said. The revocation will automatically cancel drug sale licence of the drug store, he explained.

The law also requires all pharmacies to carry the name tags of pharmacists on standby at all times, Kitti added.

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Storm Noru leaves a trail of flooding, lashing several Northeast provinces

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Tropical storm Noru hit several provinces on its path while moving westwards across Thailand on Thursday, causing flash floods in many areas.

Among the provinces affected were Nakhon Ratchasima, Surin, and Nakhon Nayok, which is located just east of Bangkok.

Other northeastern provinces that were hit by the storm between Wednesday night and early Thursday, included Ubon Ratchathani, Amnat Charoen, Si Sa Ket, Roi Et, Yasothon, Kalasin, and Maha Sarakham.

Water levels in the Lam Takong canal of Nakhon Ratchasima rose rapidly following hours of heavy downpour.

The northeastern province’s Maharat Nakhon Ratchasima Hospital was partly inundated. Soldiers were dispatched to the hospital to install water pumps and build a wall of sandbags to protect it from water overflowing in the adjacent canal.

In Surin, Noru brought heavy rains throughout the previous night, causing severe flooding in many districts of this northeastern province. Many villages and residential areas, as well as large areas of rice fields and plantations, were affected.

Overflowing water from reservoirs flooded many nearby districts.

Some roads were under 50-70 centimetres of high water, with sections being destroyed by floodwater.

Several areas of Nakhon Nayok, including its downtown Muang district, became flooded due to a flash flood from the national park on the Khao Yai mountain.

Rescue teams were ordered to be on standby for possible evacuation of affected areas.

Earlier in Ubon Ratchathani, more than 4,000 people were evacuated from villages where flooding was expected to worsen.

Flooding occurred in the Chi and Mun river basins of the Northeast, covering over 65,000 hectares of land, about 38,000 hectares of them are rice fields, according to satellite images released by the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency.

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Air Force promises to reduce closure of air space for parade to greet its new chief

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

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The Royal Thai Air Force on Thursday said that it would try to minimise the air space closure time over Don Mueang International Airport for a traditional and honorary air parade on Friday to avoid disrupting commercial flight schedules.

Royal Thai Air Force spokesman AM Prapas Sonjaidee on Thursday issued an apology to the public over the planned closure of air space above Don Mueang airport on Friday.

He said the air parade to honour a retiring Air Force chief and welcome the successor has been a long-held tradition.

This year, ACM Napadej Dhupatemiya will retire and hand over the post to ACM Alongkorn Vannarot, now assistant commander-in-chief.

The Royal Thai Air Force had earlier announced it would close the airspace over Don Mueang from 1.45pm to 2.45pm on two rehearsal days on September 23 and 27 and on the real parade day on Friday.

Prapas said the air parade was a tradition to display the Air Force’s might and potential that would be handed over to the new Air Force chief to command.

He said the tradition has been held so that the public and Air Force troops would realise the readiness and potential of the Royal Thai Air Force, which would be a way of boosting the morale of the troops and confidence in the force.

“The Royal Thai Air Force would like to express our utmost apologies for the inconvenience caused to the public. We have considered adjusting the time of the air parade and related details to make the ceremony shorter to reduce the impact on commercial flights and minimise impact on the public,” Prapas said.

During the rehearsal of the air parade on Tuesday, 29 flights at Don Mueang airport were reportedly delayed by 30 to 60 minutes. On September 23, 29 flights were also reportedly delayed by 30 to 60 minutes because of the rehearsal.

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University flight simulator centre takes off as aviation sector begins to soar

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

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Dhurakij Pundit University’s (DPU) College of Aviation Development and Training (CADT) opened a flight simulator centre on Tuesday as Thailand’s aviation industry starts to fly high post-Covid.

Introducing the centre, DPU president Darika Lathapipat said it would enable students, aviation staff and other interested individuals to experience piloting a plane using a simulator.

“The centre also aims to enhance aviation education to keep up with modern technologies,” she said.

The university plans to impart aviation education at the bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral levels, as well as international training courses with other aviation partners, Darika said.

She thanked government and private agencies for their cooperation as the centre needed high investment to get off the ground.

Meanwhile, CADT dean Sqn Ldr Wattana Manon said the centre has been established as the aviation industry recovers from the Covid-19 crisis, during which a third of aviation staff had to be laid off.

Wattana said the centre’s three flight simulators – a Boeing 737-800NG and two Cessna 172-G1000s – proved an attraction during the event to introduce the centre.

He noted that Thailand’s aviation industry is recovering quickly after the country fully reopened to foreign visitors.

Wattana expects the number of flights in the fourth quarter to soar.

“Once the aviation industry recovers fully, demand for aviation staff like pilots, cabin crews, ground staff and air traffic controllers will increase,” he pointed out.

He also said CADT had organised a programme to upskill and reskill aviation staff so they can overcome changes in the aviation industry.

Among event participants was student Thanit Meehadsai of Depsirin School. He said the experience provided by the university’s flight simulators is very much real.

“The simulators teach us that decision making and staying focused are important as wrong decisions or lack of concentration may cost us our lives,” he said.

Thanit is sparing no effort in studying aviation because his dream is to become a pilot.

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Bang Sue Grand Station gets official name granted by King

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Thailand’s largest railway hub, currently known as Bang Sue Grand Station, will be officially named “Krungthep Abhiwat Central Terminal”, according to the Transport Ministry.

The name, which literally means “Bangkok prosperity”, was granted by His Majesty the King at the request of the Cabinet Secretariat early this month.

Additionally, the Royal Household Bureau has informed the secretariat that His Majesty also named the State Railway of Thailand’s (SRT) Light Red Line commuter train route “Nakhon Withi”. The route runs from Bang Sue to Taling Chan.

The Dark Red Line commuter train route, linking Bang Sue and Rangsit, received the official name “Thani Ratthaya”.

The 15-billion-baht grand station went into operation last November and now mainly serves passengers of the SRT’s two Red lines. There are currently about 19,000 passengers per day.

Located in Bangkok’s Chatuchak district, it is the largest railway station in Southeast Asia, with 26 platforms and more than 274,000 square metres of usable floor space.

Ten tracks have been built to accommodate future high-speed train connections linking three major airports, while regional routes link the capital with Nong Khai in the Northeast, Malaysia’s Padang Besar in the South, and Chiang Mai in the North.

The station is connected to the Metropolitan Rapid Transit’s Bang Sue station via an underground walkway.

The official opening of the new central terminal is expected to be held early next year, when full services get underway, with a host of shops, restaurants and other facilities.

The “Bang Sue Grand Station” sign prominently placed on the massive building will be replaced with the new name before the official opening, according to a Transport Ministry source.

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Royal Thai Army eyes ending conscription next year

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

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The increasing number of voluntary soldiers this year has given the Royal Thai Army hope it could end its conscription programme next year, and use the incentive of promotions to draw more Thais to join the Army.

Army assistant spokeswoman Lt-Colonel Patcharin Chan-arsa said the Royal Thai Army is giving priority to recruiting regular troops via voluntary applications instead of conscription. To facilitate the process, the Army has, for the last three years, opened a website for young Thai men to apply to become soldiers.

She said those who apply voluntarily to become Army privates will be given extra score for taking exams to become non-commissioned officers or to study in the Army Non-Commissioned Officer School after they have completed their service.

Currently, those who apply to become regular troops must be in service for one year, compared to two years for conscripts.

Patcharin said the voluntary recruitment programme has been a success so far, considering the increased number of voluntary recruits.

This year, the Royal Thai Army recruited 58,330 regular troops — 6,101 of them had applied in advance via the website. She said 21,046 more Thais applied voluntarily on the conscription dates, leaving only 30,646 troops to be conscripted. She said the number of conscripts had reduced from the previous year by 18,749.

The spokeswoman said the Army has started recruiting regular troops for the 2023 fiscal year. Online applications could be filed on the Army’s website until January 29, she said.

She said the number of regular troops to be on duty for the 2023 fiscal year would be reduced by 10 per cent, so the Army would reduce the number of new privates by 12,000. This would be a good opportunity for the Army to try to recruit all soldiers through voluntary applications, she added.

Patcharin said the Army this year recruited non-commissioned officers through its one-stop service exam method, which also used IT technologies to screen applicants. All types of four non-commissioned officers were recruited through one exam this year, she said. The exam system would expand to cover commissioned officer recruitment next year, she added.

She said the Royal Thai Army promoted some 4,000 regular troops to become non-commissioned officers each year.

She added that the Army chief was also giving priority to welfare and good care of regular troops in service, ensuring they would get nutritious food and remain in good health as well as provide a chance to further their studies or get promotions.

She added that this year Army Commander-in-Chief General Narongpan Jitkaewthae had visited Army conscripts and volunteer soldiers at all camps nationwide.

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20 countries confirm attendance at Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum in Bangkok next month

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

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Up to 20 member countries and observers have agreed to participate in the 30th Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum in Bangkok, Parliament President Chuan Leekpai said on Thursday.

The rotating meeting of parliamentary officials is scheduled to be held from October 26 to 28 at Parliament building in Dusit district. This would be the first meeting of the forum since the Covid-19 outbreak.

He added that there was still about a month left for the other eight members and observers to confirm their participation in the meeting.

“However, we must be prepared in advance to ensure that the meeting will be held smoothly,” he said.

He added that the meeting would focus on preparation in the post-Covid-19 era as it is still a communicable disease even though the situation has improved.

“The discussion will enable parliamentary officials from many countries to exchange opinions to tackle possible outbreaks in the future,” he added.

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Environmental quality of seas around Thailand mostly good in last eight years

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

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Most of the seas around Thailand have been in a good and stable condition during the past eight years, the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry reported.

In its recent sea environment report to the Cabinet, the ministry said the condition of 75 per cent of Thai seas were “good quality”, 22 per cent were “good enough quality” and 3 per cent were “bad quality”.

The ministry reported that from 2014 to 2021, the quality of Thai seas was stable and there was not much change.

Regarding the environmental damage caused by oil spills, the ministry reported that there were 44 oil leaks caused by cargo liners, fishing boats, cruise ships, and oil tankers in Rayong and Chonburi provinces.

The ministry also reported that the authorities had removed 443,987 tonnes of garbage from beaches and coastal areas last year. The report blamed plastic bags found in the sea mainly on food delivery services, which had led to increased use of plastic bags.

On the statistics of tourists being injured by box jellyfishes, the ministry reported that from 1999 to 2021, 46 people were stung by venomous jellyfishes and 10 people were killed; one of them was killed last year in Surat Thani province.

The ministry also reported that there were 25 phenomena of sea water changing colour last year and most of them happened in Chonburi, but not in the Andaman Sea.

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MedPark showcases advanced medical tech, offers free Moderna vaccines

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

MedPark Hospital is demonstrating advanced medical innovations and technology, chiefly its robot-assisted knee replacement system to help surgeons perform tailor-made knee arthroplasty, at a sustainability expo in Bangkok.

A demonstration of the procedure is being carried out at Sustainability Expo 2022, claimed to be Asean’s largest expo of its kind, at Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre between September 26 and October 2.

The system enhances surgical precision and reduces human error. Cyberdyne is an innovative technology that fuses human-robot interface with artificial intelligence.

It can help patients with stroke or spinal cord injury speedily relearn and regain voluntary motor functions.

Meanwhile, at Hall 4 (Better Me Zone), free Moderna vaccines are available for visitors who register. They can get vaccinated at MedPark Hospital on a desired date from today (Thursday) until October 8. Additionally, medical specialists are on site to provide free consultation.

For more information on the event, visit the Facebook page MedPark Hospital for Expats.

MedPark is also featuring its sustainable and environmentally friendly hospital building – from the design and construction stages to material management and operations.

It has received LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) v.4 gold-level certification from the US Green Building Council, achieving the highest score among a handful of LEED-certified hospitals in Southeast Asia.