Day: December 3, 2021

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Miss Universe Thailand’s unorthodox but traditional costume

Miss Universe Thailand 2021, Thai-Australian Model Anchilee Scott-Kemmis, will wear an unorthodox Thai costume based on that of an ancient Thai female combatant, featuring rope-bound hands instead of boxing gloves, at the 70th Miss Universe pageant in the Red Sea resort town of Eilat in Israel on December 12th.

The costume is called “Woman of Steel”, or “Nang Kad” in Thai which literally means a woman whose hands are bound in rope.

The avant-garde designer, Jaturon Raepetch, said that his costume design for Anchilee is inspired by a Thai traditional costume worn by female combatants in the ancient martial art which is the predecessor Muay Thai.

He said that he adapted the traditional martial art costume to blend with internationalism, to illustrate women’s power, courage and beauty, adding that it reflects more than just beauty, but also the unique identity and fighting spirit of the Thai people.

Source: Thai Public Broadcasting Service

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Thailand Sees Rising Investment In Eco-Friendly BCG Projects

BANGKOK, Thailand saw rising investment demand in environmentally-friendly Bio-Circular-Green (BCG) projects, in the first nine months of the year, amid the government’s efforts to boost sustainable recovery from COVID-19, according to official data.

During the Jan-Sept period, the country’s Board of Investment (BOI) received 128.4 billion baht (about 3.8 billion U.S. dollars) worth of investment applications for the BCG projects, surging from 49.3 billion baht during the same period of last year.

As of Sept, the total value of BCG investment applications, filed by both local and overseas investors, amounted to 677.2 billion baht, according to the BOI data.

The strong growth this year came, following the BOI unveiling a series of measures and mechanisms, to promote the BCG investment, as the Thai government declared the BCG as a national agenda and the core of the country’s post-COVID-19 economic recovery.

According to the BOI, Thailand expects the BCG sectors to make up around 24 percent of its GDP over the next six years.

“The BCG economy model is very much consistent with Thailand’s international commitment and also our goals,” BOI Secretary General, Duangjai Asawachintachit said. “We need to set out to promote measures in both public and private investment, in a number of targeted sectors, as key drivers to meet this objective.”

Thailand vows to reduce its greenhouse gas emission by 20-25 percent by 2030, and aims for carbon neutrality by 2050.

Source: Nam News Network

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Thai PM has no objection to holding New Year countdown event

Thailand’s Centre of COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) has been assigned by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to discuss with businesses how a New Year countdown event can be held in a way which will not lead to a COVID-19 resurgence.

The prime minster told the media that he is pleased with the slowdown in new infections over the past several weeks which, he said, is a healthy sign and that the government is preparing to ease lockdown restrictions further, citing the New Year countdown event as one example.

He said that he has told the CCSA to try to conclude talks with the private sector about the New Year event within a week and that it must be held outdoors with measures taken to prevent a new round of infections.

Although the Omicron variant has not been detected in Thailand yet, the prime minister said that he has instructed officials to try to track down the remaining travellers from eight African countries already in Thailand for RT-PCR tests, to make sure they are free from the Omicron variant.

Source: Thai Public Broadcasting Service