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The state enterprise policy committee on Friday approved the National Housing Authority’s house-rental project for the low-income sector.

The Assembly of the Poor (AOP) on Thursday threw its support behind the Free People movement and called on the government to halt prosecutions against young activists, including its own Baramee Chaiyarat who was arrested on Tuesday.

The large number of foreign tourists visiting each year includes a large group that has started to look at condominiums to buy, so they can have a place to stay when they visit Phuket.Some also sought additional rental income when they were not in residence.

Many countries have to deal with income inequality as the gap between rich and poor grows even wider by the year – this despite the fact that a recently released World Bank report notes that 1.9 billion people could no longer be classified as “poor”.

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Re: “Global divide of wealth”, National, Feb 2.

Experts express doubts over new agency set up to tackle poverty under 20 year national plan.

Subsidising only a part of population won’t ease economic disparity: critics

The Sa Kaew Red Cross on Tuesday handed over new houses to three destitute villagers.

Remoteness needn’t be a barrier to enjoying the benefits of e-commerce, as the Chinese example shows

THE HUMAN death toll from rabies in Thailand has soared to 17 so far this year – 54 per cent higher than last year – as poor quality vaccines and a vaccine shortage have hampered efforts to curb the incurable disease.

Lower-income people will be able to use their electronic welfare cards to buy goods from shops that support the QR-code payment system starting next month, Commerce Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong said on Monday.