PM orders working committee to tackle illegal narcotics

23 Sept 03:16 Key points summarised by AI

Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin established a working committee, with active military participation, to reduce Thailand's illegal narcotics problem within a year.
The committee will focus on seizing assets from traffickers, combating money laundering, and ensuring the timely destruction of seized narcotics.
The military will play a more active role in preventing drug smuggling, particularly methamphetamine from Myanmar and Laos, across the country's borders.
All relevant state agencies, including the Interior and Public Health ministries, are directed to collaborate in the nationwide crackdown efforts.
The Prime Minister clarified that cannabis use in Thailand is strictly restricted to medical purposes and is not permitted for recreational use.

Thailand secures US$200m World Bank loan for clean energy and low carbon cities

Today 09:24 Key points summarised by AI

Thailand secured a US$200 million loan from the World Bank to significantly invest in clean energy and low-carbon urban development initiatives.
The program aims to drive clean energy funding and low-carbon growth, ensuring a just transition for small and medium-sized enterprises, workers, farmers, and local communities.
Channelled through the Export-Import Bank of Thailand, the loan will fund energy efficiency upgrades in public buildings and industrial areas, including rooftop solar installations and electrical system modernizations, reducing initial capital burdens via Energy Service Companies (ESCOs).