In Brief
TRIUMPH ROW / Body Fashion Thailand (BFT), the manufacturing arm of undergarment giant Triumph International, yesterday denied it has agreed to pay back-wages to sacked labour union leader Jitra Kotchadej.
A statement issued by the company said the labour union and the BFT management had agreed that reconsideration of Ms Jitra's dismissal can only come through the legal means afforded by the court.
The statement said all employees who joined the protest in support of Ms Jitra were considered to be back in work as of Sept 13.
The workers had never been fired and therefore it would not have to rehire them, as was reported.
It also said it will not punish them for participating in the protest action.
The company and the union have already signed an agreement to settle the disruption at its factory in Bang Phli district of Samut Prakan, the statement said.
Ms Jitra, 36, was sacked after wearing a T-shirt with a slogan supporting the right not to stand when the royal anthem is played in cinemas when she made a TV appearance in April. She appeared on a show as a union representative, not as a BFT employee.
MRTA loan rethink
SUBWAY The Mass Rapid Transit Authority (MRTA) is interested in taking a Japanese soft loan at 0.1% interest for its 80-billon-baht subway extension project, but will ask the lender, Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), to alter some requirements favouring Japanese suppliers and contractors.
MRTA chairman Supoj Saplom said yesterday that on Sept 24 representatives of the state enterprise and the bank would discuss lending conditions for the Blue Line project, which will stretch 27 kilometres from Hua Lamphong to Bang Kae and from Bang Sue to Tha Phra.
The MRTA wants the JBIC to drop the requirement that Japan supply 30% of construction materials and that its contractors lead the construction.
The MRTA will accept Japanese materials only for the project and prefers to use local materials for civil engineering works. It also wants Thai contractors to lead the construction.
Ethanol plant
TAK Construction of a 2.5-billion-baht ethanol plant is more than 80% complete and is expected to start operations by December, Mae Sot Clean Energy general manager Damrong Putipat said yesterday.
Mr Damrong said the plant comprises three main buildings on 614 rai of land in Mae Sot district.
Once completed, it will be the first ethanol plant in Southeast Asia.
Mae Sot Clean Energy is a joint venture between Padaeng Industry Plc, Thai Oil Plc and Petrogreen Co.
The plant can produce 600,000 tonnes of ethanol per year. Raw materials are supplied by sugarcane plantations nearby.
Mr Damrong said around 2,000 farm households would earn regular income from sugarcane growing and up to 10,000 workers would be hired in the harvest season.
Rare dolphin killed
SONGKHLA A dead Irrawaddy dolphin has been found on Songkhla lake, having been trapped in a fishing net, the Marine and Coastal Research Centre in the lower Gulf of Thailand reported.
The carcass of the critically endangered animal was spotted floating nine kilometres off the coast. It was a female, about 12 years old and about 1.9 metres long. It had a deep cut to its belly and is believed to have died three days earlier
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