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EABC Weekly E-News 2019 7th Edition
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UPCOMING EVENTS
PARTNERS & MEMBERS EVENTS
27 Mar
28-29 Mar
4 Apr
MEMBER NEWS
ROSEWOOD BANGKOK OPENING
Opening 31 March 2019, Rosewood Bangkok, located in the prime business and retail district of Ploenchit, the ultra-luxury hotel will embrace a striking, contemporary architectural design and will be home to 159 guestrooms. Featuring the Rosewood brand’s A Sense of Place® philosophy, carefully curated interiors, dining and spa experiences will be an amalgam of contemporary sophistication and touchstones of Thailand’s heritage and customs. Four restaurants and lounges will be complemented by recreational facilities including Sense, A Rosewood Spa; a Fitness Studio; and indoor-outdoor saltwater swimming pool.
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NEWS CORNER
CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT MEETING
On Mar 20th, EABC led by Mr. John Quarmby, Mr. Roderich Hoffmann, Mr. Chaladbhum Temkasem, and Ms. Charanya Nopnukulvised, had the opportunity to meet with the Director of Legal Affairs Bureau of the Customs Department, Mr. Manoch Rodsom, to discuss about the EEC Investment, Free zone, and distribution center.
STCC'S MULTI CHAMBERS NETWORKING NIGHT 20/3
Please click at the above picture to see pictures taken at STCC's wonderful Multi Chambers Networking Night event from last week!
GUILLOTINE PROJECT
The Guillotine Project is a fast track way of reviewing laws and regulations and removing unnecessary or unwanted laws and regulations, or revising them, according to a process.
Please do submit proposals for change or removal of any laws or regulations which are about licences or permits of any kind.
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A BRITISH AIRWAYS FLIGHT FROM LONDON TO GERMANY TOOK OFF IN THE WRONG DIRECTION AND LANDED IN SCOTLAND
A British Airways flight bound to Düsseldorf, DE from London accidentally landed in Edinburgh, Scotland, instead, 525 miles from where it should have been. British Airways said in a statement to Business Insider that the plane ended up in Edinburgh after the flight paperwork was submitted incorrectly.
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DID YOU KNOW?
WHAT DOES YOUR COUNTRY'S PM DO ON WEEKEND?
Bhutans Prime Minister Lotay Tshering works as Prime Minister on weekdays, and he works as freelance doctor on weekends and performs major surgery. Prime minister of Bhutan is one of the best surgeon in Bhutan.
PM Lotay Tshering is a Bhutanese Doctor-turned-politician who is the current Prime Minister of Bhutan, in office since 7 November 2018. He graduated from Mymensingh Medical College under the Dhaka University, Bangladesh and received a degree of MBBS in 2001. In 2007 he studied Urology at the Medical College of Wisconsin, United States under his World Health Organization fellowship. Upon his return to Bhutan, he was the only practicing trained urologist in his country. In 2010, he obtained a fellowship in Endourology at Singapore General Hospital, Singapore and Okayama University, Japan. He received a Master of Business Administration degree from University of Canberra, Australia in 2014.
About Health care in Bhutan, the citizens of Bhutan and any travelers in the Kingdom enjoys absolute FREE HEATH CARE.
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ADVOCACY TOPICS
Click at icons below to see some of the works from our current 12 advocacy working groups on our newly designed website.
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IN GERMANY, CONSUMERS EMBRACE A SHIFT TO HOME BATTERIES
A growing number of homeowners in Germany are installing batteries to store solar power. As prices for energy storage systems drop, they are adopting a green vision: a solar panel on every roof, an EV in every garage, and a battery in every basement.
Today, one out of every two orders for rooftop solar panels in Germany is sold with a battery storage system. The home furnishing company Ikea even offers installed solar packages that include storage capacity. Battery prices have plummeted so dramatically that Germany’s development bank has now scratched the battery rebates — covering about 30 percent of the cost — that it offered from 2013 to 2018.
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