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A year-long effort by residents of Bang Saphan to preserve the Mae Ramphueng swampland is about to bear fruit. The national environmental policy office has agreed to nominate the site as a national wetland. The villagers kicked off the campaign to register the 4,000-rai peat swamp, said to be Prachuap Khiri Khan's last pristine swampland, as a wetland of national importance last year. The move was part of a protest against plans by the steel giant Sahaviriya Group to build a smelting plant near the swampland.

A year-long effort by residents of Bang Saphan to preserve the Mae Ramphueng swampland is about to bear fruit. The national environmental policy office has agreed to nominate the site as a national wetland. The villagers kicked off the campaign to register the 4,000-rai peat swamp, said to be Prachuap Khiri Khan's last pristine swampland, as a wetland of national importance last year. The move was part of a protest against plans by the steel giant Sahaviriya Group to build a smelting plant near the swampland.

The Government is offering a monthly subsidy of around Bt5,000 per worker for employers who need to retrain staff during these tough economic times.
"The subsidy will be granted for a period of two to six weeks," Deputy Prime Minister Korbsak Sabhavasu said yesterday, "By applying for the subsidy employers must agree not to lay off their workers during the next 12 months". He was speaking after he chaired a meeting on the Bt6.9billion project to empower unemployed people.

The Government is offering a monthly subsidy of around Bt5,000 per worker for employers who need to retrain staff during these tough economic times.
"The subsidy will be granted for a period of two to six weeks," Deputy Prime Minister Korbsak Sabhavasu said yesterday, "By applying for the subsidy employers must agree not to lay off their workers during the next 12 months". He was speaking after he chaired a meeting on the Bt6.9billion project to empower unemployed people.

The Government is offering a monthly subsidy of around Bt5,000 per worker for employers who need to retrain staff during these tough economic times.
"The subsidy will be granted for a period of two to six weeks," Deputy Prime Minister Korbsak Sabhavasu said yesterday, "By applying for the subsidy employers must agree not to lay off their workers during the next 12 months". He was speaking after he chaired a meeting on the Bt6.9billion project to empower unemployed people.