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Japan helps fund Loei farm project The Japanese government is providing a grant of Bt3.49 million for the Project to Promote Integrated Farming and Product Processing for Income Generation in Loei's Phu Kradung district.
The target sites of this project – 16 villages in Si Than, Pha Nok Khao and Phu Kradung subdistricts – touch national parks and a wildlife sanctuary.
Because of limitations on utilising resources in these preservation areas, people need to decrease their dependence on forest resources and convert to production activities on farmland.
Chiang Rai resort manager lauded
Justin Malcolm, manager of Le Meridien Chiang Rai Resort, has been recognised as a young tourism professional in the Asia-Pacific region by the Pacific Asia Travel Association.
The "Face of the Future" award ceremony will take place during the opening of PATA’s annual conference on April 21 at The Royale Chulan hotel in Kuala Lumpur.
The Australian native has accumulated 17 years of experience with Starwood Hotels & Resorts in the Asia-Pacific region.
He also became the first chairman of the newly established PATA Chiang Rai chapter last year.
IATA to focus more on air cargo
The International Air Transport Association will work more closely with industry partners to enhance the safety, security, sustainability and competitiveness of the air-cargo value chain.
Tony Tyler, director general and CEO, said yesterday that IATA was striving to modernise the cargo agency programme in close cooperation with the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations.
It was made a priority for IATA. Air cargo is critical to global business. By value, more than 35 per cent of goods traded internationally are handled by air. But this accounts for just 0.5 per cent of global volumes traded. – The Nation
