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The First National Economic Development Plan continually emphasized development in Thailand. The Second National Economic Development Plan continually emphasized the development of infrastructure in such areas as communication and transportation. The Third Plan was named, the National Economic Development Plan, as it combined social economic development along with economic development in efforts to improve the quality of life for all Thais.
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November 20th, 2008 | Posted in World Affairs | No Comments
The Second Plan (1967-1971): The Foundation of the Infrastructure
The Thai economy was now in a new era of development since the initiation of the First Plan. Toward the end of the First Plan. Toward the end of the First Plan. Thailand had an increase in political conflict. Both internally and externally. These conflicts led to higher government expenditures for bureaucratic administration and for strengthening of internal affairs in order to pro... Read More
November 20th, 2008 | Posted in World Affairs | No Comments
Economic Background for Investment in Thailand
Until quite recently, Thailand had a reputation for being primarily a country which relied heavily on commodity exports, it used to be the world’s largest rice exporter.
However, this is no longer true, the agricultural exports used to represent more than 40 percent of the country’s export in the mid-80s. Now its share of the total export has dropped to only around 20 percent. The pace of... Read More
November 20th, 2008 | Posted in World Affairs | No Comments
Why is the U.S. the most loved and the most hated country in the world at the same time?
It is the country that people love to hate because of its wealth, power, kindness and resilient spirit. Although the United States of America is often criticized, when there is a problem, they are usually the ones other countries come to for help.
With their country known as one the world’s “super powers,” Americans often come under fire for... Read More
November 13th, 2008 | Posted in World Affairs | No Comments
For decades the people and government of the U.S.A. have worried and obsessed over occupation or disaster brought on from the outside. The Cold War was all about the fear of annihilation by the Communists and Russia (the Soviet Union). We have so obsessed over that fear that we often forget the truth behind the rule that great societies such as ours do not usually get destroyed from the outside—they fall apart from within. How does the U.S.... Read More
November 11th, 2008 | Posted in World Affairs | No Comments
Benji, the computer entity, was guiding the exploration of Saturn’s moons by Capt. Marcos and his team of spatons (space robots) with his space ship ‘Napolean.’
Napoleon was roving about ‘Find 68’ mapping the region for radio activity carefully. It was not long before Capt. Marco sent message to Benji that the radio active (RA) source pinpointed to what looked like a bundle of Chinese noodles floating the outermost o... Read More
November 7th, 2008 | Posted in World Affairs | No Comments
The amount of warning time a tsunami warning system can provide depends on the distance between your location and the location of the undersea event. A tsunami can travel 500 to 600 mph in deep water, slowing as it approaches shore. If the undersea earthquake that starts the tsunami is 500 miles offshore in deep water, for example, and the tsunami is headed your way, local authorities will be notified within minutes of the event and will have a... Read More
November 6th, 2008 | Posted in World Affairs | No Comments
It is a matter of record that both President Dryden of the Prudential and President Knapp of the Metropolitan were close students of the Prudential of London. Both went to London and witnessed the functioning of the business at first hand. In fact, Mr. Knapp and the Metropolitan’s Attorney, Stewart L. Woodford, and an expert they took with them, were shown every courtesy. They brought back with them a clear conception of the details of mana... Read More
November 6th, 2008 | Posted in World Affairs | No Comments
The Worldwide General News (WGN) TV channel was inundated with questions about the danger from the LHC which was commissioned. They decided to devote their next ‘Space Talk’ program to this subject. For the purpose, they invited Albert Burman and Kalpa, the experts to their Studio.
On the appointed day and hour, Larry Newton the presenter of the show appeared on the screen. “Good Evening viewers. I am happy to welcome our distin... Read More
November 6th, 2008 | Posted in World Affairs | No Comments
Is Australia’s present drought a sign of global warming?
In our examination of the international controversy that is climate change and global warming, we’ve looked at the positions of both parties - the Scaremongers who fully support the theory, and the Idealists who want more concrete evidence. However in Australia much of the so-called support for the ‘Yes’ case is based on distorted information, untruths, and naked lie... Read More
October 29th, 2008 | Posted in World Affairs | No Comments