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The Cabinet yesterday approved a Bt3.39-billion project to construct another bridge over the Chao Phraya River. Located on Nonthaburi 1 Road, the project will be under the Department of Rural Roads.
The Cabinet also approved setting up Rubber of Thailand to replace the Office of the Rubber Replanting Aid Fund, which was dissolved.
It will be an independent organisation to manage Thai rubber from upstream to downstream. The country’s rubber industry has waited for more than 10 year to see such an organisation set up.

Shell ups share of lubricant market
Shell reinforced its strong leadership of the lubricant market last year by boosting sales volume by 8 per cent and market share to 32 per cent.
By focusing on technology leadership, partnership, customer excellence and marketing activity, the company says it is confident it can achieve more than 10-per-cent growth in sales volume this year.
Emmanuel Mignot, general manager of lubricants for Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam and Korea at the Shell Company of Thailand, said yesterday that the company’s sales volume last year expanded at double the rate of the whole market. – The Nation