university on March 26‚ 1917 and named it Chulalongkorn University as a memorial to his father. He furthered "Westernized" the nation by making the Thai calendar conform to the Western models. He created last names for the people‚ and graciously invented some of them. This was a great change for the country because in the past only first names were used. Thai women wore Western hair styles and skirts in place of shorter hair and the pha-nung or Jongkaben (waist-cloth)with the end pulled between their
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Centre for Language Studies National University of Singapore Factors Affecting Language Learning Strategy Reported Usage by Thai and Vietnamese EFL Learners Attapol Khamkhien (faasapk@ku.ac.th) Kasetsart University‚ Thailand Abstract This paper is a report on an investigation into the relationship between three variables and language learning strategy use by Thai and Vietnamese university students using Oxford’s 80 item Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL). Two main objectives
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Executive Summary Thai motorcycle industry entered in Thailand since 1964. There are four main players in this industry including Honda‚ Yamaha‚ Kawasaki‚ and Suzuki. Even there are not much competitors but the competition among them are fierce. Thai market for motorcycle is in maturity stage. This makes the players have to use strong strategies to possess market share. The dominant player in this industry is Honda For customer analysis‚ among four leader players they quite focus customer similar
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initiative launched by the Thai government in 2001. It aims to promote the unique products made by local communities‚ by utilizing their indigenous skills and craftsmanship combined with available natural resources and raw materials. * The Thai government provides communities with valuable assistance with regard to product development and opportunities to market products in a global arena. This project is also an important way to preserve traditional skills and ancient Thai heritage‚ which have been
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4.5 The unfulfilled high-speed railway development Continuity of domination by the capitalist class and road-oriented policy Since 1990s when Thailand has become one of the newly-industrialized countries‚ the capitalist class has been in the dominated status‚ as its members have been able to capture the state and adjust national interests to compatible with its interest. During the 1990s‚ the bunch of provincial capitalists directed the legislative process in the parliament as elected members (Pasuk
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SUPPLY CHAIN AND LOGISTICS IN THAILAND Abstract Supply chain and Logistics management has become an emergent strategy for a developing country‚ like Thailand‚ in this new economy. Low labour cost – as a competitive advantage factor - is no longer sufficient for surviving under this high pressure and competitive economy. However‚ at the time that the concept plays a key role in Thailand industry and a number of researches have been conducted‚ all the knowledge in the field are still not effectively
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spread throughout several Asian countries. The beginning of the Asian financial crisis can be traced back to July 2‚ 1997‚ with many believing the start of the crisis was triggered in Thailand (King 439). On this day‚ the Thai government floated their currency‚ the Thai Baht‚ and it also went to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for “technical assistance.” One by one‚ South-East Asian countries such as Thailand‚ Indonesia‚ South Korea and Japan saw their economies crash in the wake of heavy
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VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE April 27th‚ 1975‚ North Vietnamese soldiers had finally reached the outskirt of the southern capital‚ Saigon. The war in Viet Nam that lasted 20 years is about to come to an end with communism taking over. It was all over‚ Saigon was surrounded by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops. Presiden Nguyen Van Thieu resigned as president and gave his farewell speech and denounced the United States for failing in aiding the South before the North would later come into the city
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market share of Thai rice decrease. In Asia now Vietnam is the first rank in exporting rice but because of Thai rice has a great quality‚ good taste and be tastier for Singaporean so the statistic of imported rice from Vietnam in Singapore still lower than from Thailand. As Thailand export Thai Hom mali Rice and Fragrant Rice‚ Vietnam also focusing on develop the quality of rice‚ packaging by named it “Fragrant Rice” and sell cheaper around 4-5 SGD (5 kg packed) that makes Thai rice market share
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The Wat Phra Kaew (Thai: วัดพระแก้ว‚ RTGS: Wat Phra Kaeo‚ IPA: [wát pʰráʔ kɛ̂ːw]‚ Pronunciation‚ English: Temple of the Emerald Buddha; full official name Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadaram‚ Thai: วัดพระศรีรัตนศาสดาราม‚ IPA: [wát pʰráʔ sǐː rát.ta.náʔ sàːt.sa.daː.raːm]) is regarded as the most sacred Buddhist temple (wat) in Thailand. It is a "potent religio-political symbol and the palladium [safeguard] of Thai society".[1] It is located in the historic centre of Bangkok (district Phra Nakhon)‚ within
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