http://enews.mcot.net MCOT News Station Of Thailand TH-th Fri, 09 May 2008 12:19:35 +0700 http://enews.mcot.net http://news.mcot.net/images/head_tna_r1_c1a.jpg 144 33 English News by MCOT.NET http://enews.mcot.net/view.php?id=4186 BANGKOK, May 9 (TNA) Thailand's traditional soothsayers predicted an abundance of food production during the coming year, and an average supply of water -- with plentiful rice yields -- in the royal... Fri, 09 May 2008 11:59:25 +0700 1210310375.jpg 4 http://enews.mcot.net/view.php?id=4180 SURAT THANI, May 8 (TNA) About 300 palm growers have blocked southern highway leading north to the capital in protest against a sharp drop in the price they realise for their palm fruit. ... Thu, 08 May 2008 23:21:02 +0700 4 http://enews.mcot.net/view.php?id=4178 BANGKOK, May 8 (TNA) Thailand and India agreed to link information on tsunami warning buoys in the Indian Ocean to enhance the ability to pool their resources to prevent damage and loss of life from ... Thu, 08 May 2008 21:04:38 +0700 4 http://enews.mcot.net/view.php?id=4176 BANGKOK, May 8 (TNA) -- Thailand's Red Cross is preparing to dispatch nearly 30 tonnes of relief supplies and necessities to Myanmar victims of Cyclone Nargis which hit that country last weekend killi... Thu, 08 May 2008 17:11:17 +0700 1210242220.jpg 4 http://enews.mcot.net/view.php?id=4175 BANGKOK, May 8 (TNA) -- Thailand will export 500,000 tonnes of rice to its neighbour Malaysia as it is facing a severe shortage for domestic consumption, a Thai government spokesman said on Thursday. ... Thu, 08 May 2008 15:16:24 +0700 4 http://enews.mcot.net/view.php?id=4172 BANGKOK, May 8 (TNA) Although the mobile phone ban on drivers was put into effect on Thursday, police in metropolitan Bangkok will issue cautionary warnings to offenders first, with punitive measures... Thu, 08 May 2008 12:05:32 +0700 1210224347.jpg 4 http://enews.mcot.net/view.php?id=4161 BANGKOK, May 8 (TNA) -- Two powerful rice associations Wednesday pledged to buy rice from farmers and want the Thai government to ask banks to provide more lending, according to a senior Commerce Mini... Thu, 08 May 2008 10:04:22 +0700 1210216195.jpg 4 http://enews.mcot.net/view.php?id=4152 BANGKOK, May 7 (TNA) - The Thai Farmers Association (TFA) has urged Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Mingkwan Saengsuwan to explain why local rice prices have declined sharply. ... Wed, 07 May 2008 15:57:30 +0700 4 http://enews.mcot.net/view.php?id=4151 BANGKOK, May 7 (TNA) Thailand's Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) has sent thirty tonnes of medicine, medical supplies, and food to cyclone victims in Myanmar. ... Wed, 07 May 2008 12:10:08 +0700 1210208320.jpg 4 http://enews.mcot.net/view.php?id=4149 BANGKOK, May 7 (TNA) Thailand's industrial production index increased 11.5 per cent in the first quarter of this year, boosted by higher sales of vehicles and electrical appliances, according to the ... Wed, 07 May 2008 10:22:48 +0700 4 http://enews.mcot.net/view.php?id=4145 BANGKOK, May 6 (TNA) - Thailand is now on alert to monitor and prevent the spread of hand-foot-mouth disease currently on sharp rise in China, Thai Public Health Minister Chaiya Sasomsab said here Tue... Tue, 06 May 2008 19:54:57 +0700 4 http://enews.mcot.net/view.php?id=4144 BANGKOK, May 6 (TNA) - The Thai cabinet on Tuesday gave a greenlight to a statement of intention between Thailand and Myanmar regarding a plan to develop a deep sea port in Tavoy, a Thai government sp... Tue, 06 May 2008 18:30:48 +0700 4 http://enews.mcot.net/view.php?id=4141 YALA, May 6 (TNA) A Muslim religious teacher was gunned down in Yala early Tuesday morning. ... Tue, 06 May 2008 16:35:06 +0700 4 http://enews.mcot.net/view.php?id=4140 BANGKOK, May 6 (TNA) -- Thailand's Public Health Ministry will dispatch medicines and syringes worth almost Bt10 million (almost US$314,960) to treat cyclone victims in neighbouring Myanmar and plans ... Tue, 06 May 2008 16:20:49 +0700 1210066023.jpg 4 http://enews.mcot.net/view.php?id=4137 BANGKOK, May 6 (TNA) The market value of cell phone hands-free kits is expected to double this year in the wake of the enforcement of the law banning mobile phones while driving on May 8, according t... Tue, 06 May 2008 15:41:12 +0700 4