EABC Weekly E-News 2019 19th Edition

EABC Weekly E-News 2019 19th Edition

27 Jun

19 Jul

24 Jul

15-17 Jan

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For more information, please visit below link;
https://www.eabc-thailand.org/news/let-lufthansa-spoil-you

NEWS CORNER

MEETING WITH HEALTHCARE & LIFE SCIENCES REVIEW

On Tuesday Afternoon (25th Jun), Mr. Karri, EABC Director had a meeting with Ms. Magdalena A. Kantor (Project Director) and Ms. Manon Canicio (Project Coordinator) of the Thailand Healthcare and Life Science Review 2019, discussing the collaboration and commitment of European Companies to Thailand and the potential of Thailand becoming the investment hub in the region.

💡https://www.eabc-thailand.org/news/eabc/meeting-with-healthcare-life-sciences-review/

NON-TARIFF BARRIERS AND THEIR ELIMINATION IN ASEAN

EABC participated in the launch of the Study report by EU-ABC at Four Points Sheraton, Bangkok, on June 22nd, 2019. The seminar included wide-ranging discussions on how to further strengthen EU-ASEAN cooperation, especially on global challenges, such as fair and open trade; reaffirming commitment to strengthen EU-ASEAN relations and cooperation across all areas of mutual interest.

💡https://www.eabc-thailand.org/news/eabc/non-tariff-barriers-and-their-elimination-in-asean/

INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES BUSINESS MISSION

Re: EU Business Avenues in SE Asia – ICT stream June 21 and 22.
For the third year running, EABC played a leading role in providing insights into engaging in the Digital Economy in Thailand and arranging for a select number of Thailand-based, European-connected ICT SMEs to give short overviews of their experience in being established.

The whole event was centred around some 50 visiting European ICT SMEs.

💡https://www.eabc-thailand.org/news/eabc/information-communication-technologies-business-mission/

DIGITAL ECONOMY/ICT GROUP FORMAL MEETING NO. 6/2019

On Wednesday, June 20, EABC Digital Economy/ICT Working Group held a formal meeting at Servcorp office, Park Ventures Ecoplex.

💡https://www.eabc-thailand.org/news/advocacy/digital-economy-ict-group-formal-meeting-no-6-2019/

ADVERTISEMENT OPPORTUNITY POSITION PAPER 2019

This Paper is a resource for the Royal Thai Government’s regulators and policymakers to learn about the issues and to find the best approach, our contribution to improve Thailand’s competitiveness for the mutual benefit of the two economies, and for long‐term European investment in Thailand. The Position Paper also plays an important role in the meeting with the European Embassies and the Bilateral Chambers of Commerce.

Advertisements will be included in this Position Paper which again will be a book. This is an excellent opportunity to make a company known directly to high level officials in the Thai government.

The Position Paper 2019 Launch Event will take place in September 9th, 2019!

For more information, ADVERTISEMENT OPPORTUNITY POSITION PAPER 2019

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.

Some 1,000 issues, regulations or laws are expected to processed by May 2019. The first batch of 370 of these can be viewed on the ‘Simple and Smart License’ site
www.sslicense.go.th/th/page/item/index/id/1

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Please do provide Stakeholder input in the way the issues are proposed to be addressed at
www.sslicense.go.th/th/page/item/index/id/1

For more information – see EABC website

WITH 'LIBRA,' FACEBOOK TAKES ON THE WORLD OF CRYPTOCURRENCY

San Francisco, June 18, 2019
Facebook unveiled plans Tuesday for a new global cryptocurrency called Libra, pledging to bring a stable virtual money that lives on smartphones and brings the "unbanked" billions into the financial system.
The Libra coin plan, backed by financial and nonprofit partners, represents an ambitious new initiative for the world's biggest social network with the potential to bring crypto-money out of the shadows and into the mainstream.

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Jun 24, 2019
France is braced for a heatwave with temperatures forecast to exceed 40C this week – potentially breaking the record for June.

Temperatures were expected to reach 35 degrees or more on Monday, and climb even further until the peak on Thursday and Friday.

The north of the country – including Paris - will be worst affected.

Jun 24, 2019
A powerful, deep 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck off the coasts of East Timor and Indonesia on Monday, and was felt as far away as Australia, but authorities said it did not have the potential to cause a tsunami.

Strong shaking caused alarm in the East Timor capital of Dili prompting people to run out of their houses, a Reuters witness said, but there were no immediate reports of damage, injuries or deaths.

The quake struck in the Banda Sea in Indonesia and was felt across northern Australia.

Click at icons below to see some of the works from our current 12 advocacy working groups on our website.

1. There have been 43 recognized species of dolphins! 38 are marine dolphins and the other five are river dolphins.

2. It has been researched that dolphins are "re-entrants" and actually lived on land before adapting to the water. When studying their fins, scientists have found that they are actually formed like legs and toes. So maybe our closest sea friends were wolf-like land animals once.

3. Images of dolphins have been found carved into the desert city of Petra, Jordan. Petra was established as early as 312 BC, so given that estimation dolphins have been around for quite a long time.

4. Dolphins are the only animals give birth with the baby coming out tail first; the calf would drown if it was the other way.

5. Just a tablespoon of water in a dolphin's lung could drown it, while a human would drown after two tablespoons.

6. The blowhole of a dolphin is actually an adapted nose which has moved to the top of its head.

7. Dolphins can see with sound, they use their tell-tale clicks which travel long distances and bounce off of objects. This allows them to know how far away the object is and the shape, density, movement and texture of it.

8. Dolphin sonar is the best within nature and superior to bats sonar and man-made sonar.

9. While sleeping, a dolphin must stay at the surface so its blowhole is not covered with water and it only switches off one side of its brain to keep breathing and staying alert.

Source:

According to a new report by the Economist Intelligence Unit, the most expensive city in the world for 2019 is split in a three-way tie between Singapore, Hong Kong and Paris.
Top 10 Most Expensive Cities 2019:
1. Singapore, Paris and Hong Kong
4. Zurich
5. Geneva and Osaka
7.Seoul, Copenhagen
and New York
10. Tel Aviv and Los Angeles

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THINGS YOU (PROBABLY) DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT DOLPHINS

MOST EXPENSIVE CITY IN THE WORLD IS TIED BETWEEN THREE MAJOR CITIES