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		<title>World Bank projects Thai economy to grow 3.5% this year</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The World Bank has projected that the Thai economy will grow 3.5 per cent this year and 4 per cent next year, rebounding from last year, when it contracted 2.7 per cent. Dr Kirida Bhaopichitr, country economist for Thailand at the World Bank&#8217;s Bangkok office said Thai exports are projected to expand 15 per cent [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swingoutthailand.com&amp;blog=9143446&amp;post=1373&amp;subd=swingoutthailand&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fashion for export: Thai-made Muslim costumes go international</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:09:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How could a decent economy bring stability to local residents in Thailand’s far South when the ongoing southern insurgency continues? The violence that erupted in early 2004 and has continued since has left thousands of people dead in its wake and has severely affected daily life of many of the locals who see their incomes [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swingoutthailand.com&amp;blog=9143446&amp;post=1183&amp;subd=swingoutthailand&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bangkok´s Mandarin Oriental Hotel voted best hotel for the second year</title>
		<link>http://swingoutthailand.com/2009/11/29/bangkok%c2%b4s-mandarin-oriental-hotel-voted-best-hotel-for-the-second-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finance Asia readers have voted Bangkok&#8217;s Mandarin Oriental Hotel and Singapore Airlines as the best in their sectors in an annual Asian business travel survey. The online survey was conducted on 462 Hong Kong-based readers, with the result published in the November issue. The Mandarin Oriental Bangkok, Thailand, was voted the region&#8217;s top hotel for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swingoutthailand.com&amp;blog=9143446&amp;post=1115&amp;subd=swingoutthailand&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Asian Fishing Tournament begins in Ko Chang</title>
		<link>http://swingoutthailand.com/2009/11/28/asian-fishing-tournament-begins-in-ko-chang/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The International Fishing Cup Tournament Asia kicked off on Friday in Ko Chang, Trat province. 15 fishing teams from Asian countries including Thailand have signed up for the competition. Major General Jaraspim Therarak, the manager of the Designated Area for Sustainable Tourism Administration (DASTA), yesterday presided over the opening ceremony of Ko Chang International Fishing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swingoutthailand.com&amp;blog=9143446&amp;post=1036&amp;subd=swingoutthailand&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tourism in high season this year tends to grow</title>
		<link>http://swingoutthailand.com/2009/11/28/tourism-in-high-season-this-year-tends-to-grow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:32:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT) expressed confidence that Thai tourism this high season would recover, with tourists coming individually by their own initiatives. President of TCT, Kongkrit Hirankit, cited that negative factors in the world economy would affect to Thai tourism to some extent this high season. Tourists would travel more by themselves, not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swingoutthailand.com&amp;blog=9143446&amp;post=932&amp;subd=swingoutthailand&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Asian major cities to tackle pandemic and promote tourism</title>
		<link>http://swingoutthailand.com/2009/11/28/asian-major-cities-to-tackle-pandemic-and-promote-tourism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:22:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the 8th Asian Network of Major Cities 21 (ANMC 21), Asia’s eight key cities signed the “Bangkok Declaration” in a bid to eliminate the 2009 flu pandemic and to promote tourism in a sustainable manner. Ms Taya Teepsuwan, Deputy Governor of Bangkok, stated that Asian countries were the most aware of these 2 issues [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swingoutthailand.com&amp;blog=9143446&amp;post=928&amp;subd=swingoutthailand&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>70 year-old Taiwanese nursing scholar received the 2008 Princess Srinagarindra Award</title>
		<link>http://swingoutthailand.com/2009/11/28/70-year-old-taiwanese-nursing-scholar-received-the-2008-princess-srinagarindra-award/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Professor Dr.Yu-Mei Yu Chao, a professional nursing scholar from Taiwan received the 2008 Princess Srinagarindra Award for her significant contribution to nursing and public health. Professor Dr.Yu-Mei Yu Chao spoke after the ceremony, that it had been such an honor receiving the award from HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn at the Grand Palace. Her research [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swingoutthailand.com&amp;blog=9143446&amp;post=867&amp;subd=swingoutthailand&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Marriott plans 21 new Asian hotels amid global downturn</title>
		<link>http://swingoutthailand.com/2009/09/14/marriott-plans-21-new-asian-hotels-amid-global-downturn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hotel group Marriott International announced Wednesday it was planning 21 new hotels in Asia, despite the impact of the global economic slowdown on travel and demand. The company already has 37 hotels under construction across the region, meaning that it will have built 58 new hotels by 2013, creating an estimated 24,000 jobs. &#8220;We are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swingoutthailand.com&amp;blog=9143446&amp;post=659&amp;subd=swingoutthailand&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>International Swan Boat Races</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:47:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Teams compete for prizes in the 21st annual swan boat races at the Bang Sai Royal Folk Arts and Craft Centre, 19 to 20 September. Bang Sai Royal Folk Arts and Crafts Centre, Ayutthaya province, is worth visiting any time of the year, but it has a special fascination for visitors in September, when the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swingoutthailand.com&amp;blog=9143446&amp;post=584&amp;subd=swingoutthailand&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nectec helps overcome language barriers</title>
		<link>http://swingoutthailand.com/2009/09/04/nectec-helps-overcome-language-barriers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:27:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Asian-language translations to follow Thai-English Language barriers &#8211; particularly those between Thai and English speakers &#8211; may soon cease to be a major problem in Thailand, following the development of automatic speech translation technology by the National Electronics and Computer Technology Centre (Nectec). The director of Nectec&#8217;s Human Language Technology Laboratory, Chai Wutiwiwatchai, said a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swingoutthailand.com&amp;blog=9143446&amp;post=533&amp;subd=swingoutthailand&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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