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When Khun Vivat Antaprasit, CEO of Asia Paper Bag Co Ltd. visited a paper bag factory in Sweden in the early 1970’s he got the idea to establish a similar product in Thailand. Today Khun Vivat looks back at 30 successful years of paper bag manufacturing in Thailand. His factory was back then the first…

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Jakarta International Container Terminal (JICT) has dicided to implement a complete human resources solution from the Swedish software supplier IFS. The IFS purchase is part of the terminal’s commitment to develop and improve labour relations. JICT, who signed the contract with IFS in September, is the largest container terminal in Indonesia with an annual handling capacity of 1.85…

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The Swedish FDA has issued a report warning that recent samples of spices from Thailand have been contaminated with salmonella (Typhoid?!). The positive tests were made in shipments of coriander, long beans and basil…Full story in Swedish as published by Syd Svenska Dagbladet: 26/9 2002 Salmonella i kött och thaikryddor Livsmedelsverkets nya undersökning visar att vart…

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Don’t be surprised if the stamp on the next postcard from Thailand shows an image of the Royal Castle in Stockholm. Or a picture of the Grand Palace in Bangkok is on the stamp on your next letter from Sweden. The stamps are a result of a postal cooperation between Thailand and Sweden. The two…

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Sweden will provide 24.5 million Swedish krona (US$2.5 million) in non-refundable aid to Vietnam to help the latter implement a ten-year socio-economic development strategy (2001-2010) and study anti-corruption solutions. Two agreements to this effect were signed in Hanoi yesterday by Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Vu Huy Hoang and Swedish Ambassador to Vietnam Marie…

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Mr. Jarkko Harmala, Finnair’s new Sales Manager for Thailand and Australia, will be going more actively for among others the local business community flying frequently to Scandinavia. “One of my goals is to make Scandinavian and Thai business travelers discover, experience and use Finnair’s new business class to Europe. It is the best one available…

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Phuket remaintains a top spot for Swedish travellers according to reports from Swedish tour organizers. In an interview with Star Tours, Thai daily Poochatgarn writes that this operator alone brought some 30,000 Scandinavian tourists to Phuket during the last high season from November 2001 until April this year. Star Tours’ Phuket bookings for this season…

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Khun Pichet Sathirachawal, Deputy Minister of Industry, on Thursday 26 September told the Thai daily Matichon that on Friday 27th September a board meeting will be held at Potash Asean Co Ltd, an Asean project to let Thailand operate a potash mine that will produce some 1.1 million tonnes annually of potash fertilizer.  In order…

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IKEA in Singapore is more crowded than ever, especially around lunchtime on weekdays, despite not being located downtown. The popular restaurant is so packed at noon that IKEA has posted walkie-talkie equipped queue handlers to speed up the process of getting people to the tables. “It works just fine, a few minutes and you are…

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