Public and private sectors asked to let staff work from home next 3 days

[webfact]

 

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) have sought cooperation from both the public and private sectors in and around Bangkok by allowing their employees to work from home until this weekend, as air pollution has deteriorated to a health-threatening level.

 

The BMA’s Line Alert service at 6pm today showed PM2.5 reaching the Red level in 31 out of the 50 districts in the capital.

The Air Pollution Mitigation Centre reported excessive PM2.5 in the atmosphere of 55 provinces.

 

• In northern provinces, PM2.5 levels range from 18 to 83.2µg/m³
• In central and western provinces, PM2.5 ranges from 51.5 to 110.1µg/m³
• In eastern provinces it’s from 39.2 to 81.3µg/m³
• In north-eastern provinces, 22.5 to73.7µg/m³
• In Bangkok and its vicinity, PM2.5 ranges from 58.3 to 105µg/m³
• In southern provinces, its between from 14.6 and 37.8µg/m³

 

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2024-02-15

 

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[flyingtlger]

This is like a band aid covering a much more serious problem.

The government needs to address the cause of the pollution, not make superficial fixes....

[GammaGlobulin]

I love to work from home.

 

This is a good idea:  Work from Home!

 

In addition, working from home is what we have been used to, since 2020.

 

I hope this does not change.

 

 

[hotchilli]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) have sought cooperation from both the public and private sectors in and around Bangkok by allowing their employees to work from home until this weekend, as air pollution has deteriorated to a health-threatening level.

How very sad.... the Bangkok governor should resign in shame.

[hotchilli]

57 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

I love to work from home.

 

This is a good idea:  Work from Home!

 

In addition, working from home is what we have been used to, since 2020.

 

I hope this does not change.

 

 

So how does this help all the factory workers, schools, hospitals and all the others who have to work away from home with no choices.

This does not help anyone and does not solve the problem.

[GammaGlobulin]

25 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

So how does this help all the factory workers, schools, hospitals and all the others who have to work away from home with no choices.

This does not help anyone and does not solve the problem.

 

Those who are unable to work from home should be paid triple-time wages.

This is fair.

 

[bkk6060]

Working from home naked is awesome.  Really feel like you are getting one over on your boss.  Also, have a beer or smoke a joint wonderful way to make a living.

[GammaGlobulin]

17 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

Working from home naked is awesome. 

 

Yes.

 

[Lenthai]

air pollution is getting worser now here in Pattaya every day.

Do they really want all tourists and ithers here stay in their hotel rooms or condos and not go out anymore, till they have finally solved  this hugh problem?

[RobU]

I suppose the rationale is that there will be less commuter traffic and hence less pollution from exhausts 

[Tarteso]

A Clean and Lovely Country

 

Edited February 15 by Tarteso

[edwinchester]

Here in Kanchanaburi the air quality has been absolutely dreadful for weeks. Sugarcane burning goes on and seems even worse than the last couple of years when it improved with more use of the mechanical cutters but crazily we're not seeing so many of those this year. Rice fields are going up in flames everywhere in anticipation of the canals opening and being able to grow a new crop and flames seem to be devouring every hillside for miles around. Thoroughly depressing and nobody with the power to actually solve the problem gives a flying <deleted>.

[Captor]

9 hours ago, flyingtlger said:

This is like a band aid covering a much more serious problem.

The government needs to address the cause of the pollution, not make superficial fixes...

 

Edited February 15 by Captor

[Captor]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

 

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) have sought cooperation from both the public and private sectors in and around Bangkok by allowing their employees to work from home until this weekend, as air pollution has deteriorated to a health-threatening level.

 

The BMA’s Line Alert service at 6pm today showed PM2.5 reaching the Red level in 31 out of the 50 districts in the capital.

The Air Pollution Mitigation Centre reported excessive PM2.5 in the atmosphere of 55 provinces.

 

• In northern provinces, PM2.5 levels range from 18 to 83.2µg/m³
• In central and western provinces, PM2.5 ranges from 51.5 to 110.1µg/m³
• In eastern provinces it’s from 39.2 to 81.3µg/m³
• In north-eastern provinces, 22.5 to73.7µg/m³
• In Bangkok and its vicinity, PM2.5 ranges from 58.3 to 105µg/m³
• In southern provinces, its between from 14.6 and 37.8µg/m³

 

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2024-02-15

 

- Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here.

 

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