Kuala Lumpur ranked as most affordable city in ASEAN for expatriate workers Kuala Lumpur is one the least expensive cities in ASEAN for expats, a new survey has revealed. According to the 2021 Cost of Living Survey by global human resources consultancy firm Mercer, Kuala Lumpur ranked in 152nd place out of 209 cities surveyed. […]
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Laos’ Covid-19 cases rise as migrant workers return from Thailand Covid-19 cases in Laos has spiked, reportedly due to migrant workers returning home from Thailand, bringing the virus with them. In Thailand’s latest wave of infections over the past several months, many of the workers had lost their jobs while others returned to their home […]
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Time to accept we can’t beat Covid-19, rethink Covid-19 strategy Chartchai Parasuk, FREELANCE ECONOMIST If the Thai government does not wish to see a collapse of society, it must rethink its Covid-19 strategy. First, it must admit that the Covid-19 outbreak is not controllable after the outbreak has changed from the cluster level (individual […]
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Cambodian migrant construction return home ahead of Bangkoks’ camp closures Cambodian Workers Return Home Cambodian workers crossed the border at the immigration checkpoint of this northeastern province to return to the homeland as Thailand started sealing off construction worker camps in Greater Bangkok and four southern border provinces today. The Center for Covid-19 Situation […]
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Construction site workers confined to camps during 30-day closure of construction sites and workers’ camps in Bangkok and surrounding provinces The Interior Ministry has ordered all provincial governors to tighten controls to prevent the movement of workers following the 30-day closure of construction sites and workers’ camps in Bangkok and surrounding provinces. The surge in […]
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Mass exodus from Bangkok after closure of construction sites for 30 days Thai media was full of stories about the mass exodus from Bangkok to beat the authorities after they closed construction camps in the Thai capital. Channel 7 said it was so busy on the roads and at bus stations that it was like […]
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Thailand’s troops and police seal 600 worker camps – workers from leaving for 30 days Fears infected employees will spread virus Government has imposed closures of risky places, particularly workers’ camps, in Bangkok and its surrounding provinces and four southern provinces of Pattani, Yala, Songkhla and Narathiwat for 30 days, starting on Monday 28 July 2021, […]
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Lack of cooperation and defiant workers stymie Covid-19 control in Bangkok Lack of cooperation is thwarting efforts to control the increasing number of Covid-19 clusters in Bangkok, a senior government spokeswoman said on Friday. Apisamai Srirangson, spokeswoman for the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, said that “bubble and sealed” disease control measures had proved successful […]
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Bangkok avoids total covid-19 lockdown to prevent virus transmission – construction worker camps will be closed for a month Selective closures to be imposed Monday construction projects will also have to be temporarily halted and construction contracts will be allowed to be extended 26 JUN 2021 The government has decided to close off infectious and […]
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Lyle ‘Horace’ Hutley, the last British soldier to have worked on Kanchanaburi’s Bridge on the River Kwai, has died aged 104 THE last World War 2 British soldier to have worked on the Bridge on the River Kwai in Kanchanaburi has died aged 104. Lyle “Horace” Hutley was captured in the fall of Singapore in […]
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