In Ageing Thailand, Developers Race to Supply Locals and Elderly Expats

... rapidly growing population of old people. Not only is Thailand ageing faster ... services. Together with China, Thailand is aging much faster than ... a quarter of the expected population. That's partly due ... offspring. But the changing population balance as well as a ...

Ensuring Economic Prosperity Through Comprehensive Sexuality Education: a Crucial Challenge for Asean

... falling fertility rates and ageing populations. We must get ... Cambodia, the Philippines and Thailand. National surveys reveal that ... the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development, the ICPD ... of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). He ...

Asean at 50: Youth, Technology and Growth

... and Thailand are already ageing). Having a young and growing population creates a ... dividend. As the working-age population grows in number, it will ... that the region’s online population is expanding by 124,000 ...

Green and Healthy, or Dirty and Dangerous? East Asia's Cities Grapple With Growth

... a conference in northern Thailand to discuss the challenge ... city with an ageing population - a challenge Thailand is predicted to ... which analysed satellite imagery and population models to chart urbanization. ... of East Asia's population currently lives in urban ...

Thai Cabinet Approves Measures to Care for Elderly

Bangkok. Thailand's cabinet on Tuesday (08/ ... as the population ages. Thailand's 68 million people are ageing at one ... Asia, with the working-age population expected to shrink by 11 ... at least 20 percent of Thailand's population would be over 60 ...

Firms in Ageing Thailand Bet on Demand Surge for Robots and Diapers

... country where the working-age population will decline this year - ... droid, he said. Thailand's population swing toward the elderly comes ... diaper maker DSG International Thailand PCL has seen adult ... operating officer. "We see Thailand moving in the direction ...

Rapidly Ageing Thailand Tells Businesses to Hire More Elderly

... become more common in Thailand as its population rapidly ages, unlike its ... among the reasons it is ageing more quickly than its neighbors ... soften the impact of the ageing workforce on productivity, as well ... shoulder the cost of our ageing society," he said. The ...