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The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has opened a tourist assistance centre in order to help and advise travelers during the anti-government demonstrations by UDD, held between March 12-23, Thailand's Tourism and Sports Ministry said. The TAT has also launched a 24-hour call centre, which can be reached by tel. no. 1672.

Exports of Mazda 2 five-door hatchbacks built at the AutoAlliance Thailand plant in Rayong will begin next month to Asean and Australia.

THERE is only so much a 10-minute plus introduction can do. Besides the first impression one gets from quickly giving the once-over of the subject involved, one normally gets to find out a wee bit about it such as the cursory what they do, where they come from and why is the meeting taking place.

A Ford-Mazda joint venture on Monday unveiled a 500-million-dollar factory for small passenger cars in Thailand, but stopped short of announcing when production will start. Auto-Alliance Thailand (AAT), a joint venture between Ford and Mazda that started in 1995 to produce pickup trucks, is expanding manufacturing capability at its Rayong plant to produce the Ford Fiesta and Mazda2 models, both small fuel-efficient passenger cars.

Beating rhythmically underneath the hood is the heart of the the RX-7 and RX-8 — a Wankel rotary engine. Wankel is such a funny sounding name, but the rotary engine (originally conceived and developed by Dr. Felix Wankel) is much more energy efficient than a typical combustion engine with pistons and cylinders.