Understanding the processes involved in palm oil mills from FFB to CPO and later in palm oil refineries to cooking oil and all products produced from Palm Oil (Goldern Fruit)

see the videos made available from YouTube:

the traditional ways of extracting palm oil from palm nuts-must see how hard some people worked just to get few litres of palm oil-see below

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Let’s Study,Analyse and Find Great Solutions for Bangkok to turn a normal city again or Transform to a New Bangkok that is free of great flooding,peaceful living and prosperity to all her inhabitants!This is Ramli’s Love4ASEAN Thoughts!

Bangkok as analysed by Ramli:(facts and datas made available from the NET and other sources)

Geography of Bangkok

Geography of Bangkok is marked by the presence of Chao Phraya River which elongates to a length of 372 km along the length of the country. The river basin, and area around Bangkok are actually river plains and deltas. So it can be said Bangkok Geography is mostly identified of low-lying terrains with the deltas and river basins ultimately leading in to Bay ofBangkok .

Bangkok is situated only 2m above sea level and is located in the heart of Thailand on the low flat alluvial plain of Chao Phraya River. The city extends from 13.45” N latitude to 100.28” E longitude.

The city encompasses an area of 1562 sq km and Bangkok is rated 68 th in the 76 provinces of Thailand but at the same time it has the highest population and greatest density of population as well in Thailand.

Bangkok is bordered by Samut Sakhon and Samut Prakan in the south, Nakhon Pathom to the west, Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani and Nakhon Nayok in the north, and Chachoengsao to the east and has a 4.4km long coastline.

The city is marked with natural and artificial canal called ‘klongs ‘crisscrossing the length and breadth of its area. All these canals are connected to Chao Phraya River . The presence of so many canals and the major river here is the reason why Bangkok is called ‘ Venice of the East’.

 

Bangkok Weather

Bangkok experiences tropical monsoon type of climate and has three distinct seasons;The Cool Season, the Hot Season and the Rainy Season.

Bangkok Weather is characterized by heat and humidity .

You will find weather of Bangkok at comfortable level during the Cool Season which begins from November and continues till March. But its only for a week when you can feel a bit of chill with day time temperature hovering around 28 degree Celsius , the exact chilly weather is not experienced here.

The Hot Season(March-June) finds the temperature soaring and then weather of Bangkok is really uncomfortable with high percentage of humidity coupled with heat. Mercury soars to 40 degree Celsius as well at this time.

The Rainy Season brings the much needed respite from the heat in Mid June- October. But due to low-lying terrain floods occur. The downpour can be torrential but it last for an hour or so in the afternoon during this time.

The Bangkok weather is most pleasant during the Cool Season, try visiting Bangkok during this time though the Rainy Season is also not a bad time as well considering you can enjoy many activities at this time associated with the rain.

Bangkok Population

Bangkok the capital of Thailand is also the largest city. It is the chief port as well as cultural,educational , political and economic hub of Thailand. Bangkok Population officially on December 31, 1999 stood at 5,662,499, just under 10% of the country’s total and there were 6, 355144 registered residents here according to 2000 census which increased to 8,160,522 when 2007 census was done.

The half of population of Bangkok has Chinese ancestry in some way. The huge influx of immigrants, expatriates have contributed to make a Bangkok’s population a vibrant one.

The population of Bangkok comprises of Chinese, Japanese, Indians , Americans,Europeans, Taiwanese ,South Koreans, as well as Nigerians, Malaysians, Singaporeans , Bangkok is indeed a mini world so to say.

Bangkok in fact has the record of highest citizenship of Europeans in any city in Asia after Singapore and there are 45000 Europeans residing here while there are 30000 Japanese in Bangkok. This is another remarkable figure as this is the highest percentage of Japanese staying anywhere in Asia apart from Japan.

Topography and drainage

See also: River Systems of Thailand

The most conspicuous features of Thailand’s terrain are high mountains, a central plain, and an upland plateau. Mountains cover much of northern Thailand and extend along the Myanmar border down through the Kra Isthmus and the Malay Peninsula. The central plain is a lowland area drained by the Chao Phraya River and its tributaries, the country’s principal river system, which feeds into the delta at the head of the Bay of Bangkok. The Chao Phraya system drains about one-third of the nation’s territory. In the northeastern part of the country the Khorat Plateau, a region of gently rolling low hills and shallow lakes, drains into the Mekong through the Mun River. The Mekong system empties into the South China Sea and includes a series of canals and dams.

Together, the Chao Phraya and Mekong systems sustain Thailand’s agricultural economy by supporting wet-rice cultivation and providing waterways for the transport of goods and people. In contrast, the distinguishing natural features of peninsular Thailand are long coastlines, offshore islands, and diminishing mangrove swamps.

Area

• Total: 514 000 km²
  • Land: 511 770 km²
  • Water: 2 230 km²

Thailand uses a unit of land area called the Rai (unit), which is 1,600 square metres (0.40 acre).

Extreme points

• Northernmost point: Myanmar border, Mae Sai District, Chiang Rai Province, at 20°28′N 99°57′E
• Southernmost point: Malaysian border, Betong District, Yala Province, at 5°37′N 101°8′E
• Easternmost point: Laos border, Khong Chiam District, Ubon Ratchathani Province, at 15°38′N 105°38′E
• Westernmost point: Myanmar border, Mae Sariang District, Mae Hong Son Province, at 18°34′N 97°21′E

Elevation extremes

• Highest point: Doi Inthanon, 2,565 m, at 18°35′32″N 98°29′12″E
• Lowest point: Gulf of Thailand, 0 m

Regions

Map of the six geographical regions of Thailand

Main article: Regions of Thailand

The National Research Council divides Thailand into six geographical regions, based on natural features including landforms and drainage, as well as human cultural patterns. They are, namely: the North Region, the Northeast Region, the Central Region, the East Region, the West Region and the South Region of Thailand. Although Bangkok geographically is part of the central plain, as the capital and largest city this metropolitan area may be considered in other respects a separate region. Each of the six geographical regions differs from the others in population, basic resources, natural features, and level of social and economic development. The diversity of the regions is in fact the most pronounced attribute of Thailand’s physical setting.

Northern Thailand

During the winter months in mountainous Northern Thailand, the temperature is cool enough for the cultivation of fruits such as lychees andstrawberries. These high mountains are incised by steep river valleys and upland areas that border the central plain. A series of rivers, including theNan, Ping, Wang, and Yom, unite in the lowlands to form the Chao Phraya Watershed. Traditionally, these natural features made possible several different types of agriculture, including wet-rice farming in the valleys and shifting cultivation in the uplands. The forested mountains also promoted a spirit of regional independence. Forests, including stands of teak and other economically useful hardwoods that once dominated the North and parts of the Northeast, had diminished by the 1980s to 130,000 km². In 1961 they covered 56 % of the country, but by the mid-1980s forestland had been reduced to less than 30 % of Thailand’s total area.

Northeastern Thailand

Main article: Isan

The Northeast, with its poor soils, is not favoured agriculturally. However, sticky rice, the staple food of the region, which requires flooded, poorly drained paddy fields, thrives and where fields can be flooded from nearby streams, rivers and ponds, often two harvests are possible each year. Cash crops such as sugar cane and manioc are cultivated on a vast scale, and to a lesser extent, rubber. Silk production is an important cottage industry and contributes significantly to the economy.

The region consists mainly of the dry Khorat Plateau which in some parts is extremely flat, and a few low but rugged and rocky hills. The short monsoon season brings heavy flooding in the river valleys. Unlike the more fertile areas of Thailand, the Northeast has a long dry season, and much of the land is covered by sparse grasses. Mountains ring the plateau on the west and the south, and the Mekong delineates much of the northern and eastern rim. Some varieties of traditional medicinal herbs, particularly of the Genus Curcuma, family Zingiberaceae, are indigenous to the region.

Central Thailand

The “heartland”, Central Thailand, is a natural self-contained basin often termed “the rice bowl of Asia.” The complex irrigation system developed for wet-rice agriculture in this region provided the necessary economic support to sustain the development of the Thai state from the 13th century Sukhothai kingdom to contemporary Bangkok. Here the rather flat unchanging landscape facilitated inland water and road transport. The fertile area was able to sustain a dense population, 422 persons per square kilometer in 1987, compared with an average of 98 for the country as a whole. The terrain of the region is dominated by the Chao Phraya and its tributaries and by the cultivated paddy fields. Metropolitan Bangkok, the focal point of trade, transport, and industrial activity, is situated on the southern edge of the region at the head of the Gulf of Thailand and includes part of the delta of the Chao Phraya BTS

Eastern Thailand

Eastern Thailand lies between the Sankamphaeng Range, which forms the border of the Northeastern plateau to the north and the Gulf of Thailand to the south. The geography of the region is characterised by short mountain ranges alternating with small basins of short rivers which drain into the Gulf of Thailand.

Fruit is a major component of agriculture in the area, and tourism plays a strong part in the economy. The region’s coastal location has helped promote the Eastern Seaboard industrial development, a major factor in the economy of the region.

Western Thailand

Thailand’s long mountainous border with Myanmar continues south from the North into Western Thailand with the Tenasserim Hills. The geography of the western region of Thailand, like the North, is characterised by high mountains and steep river valleys.

Western Thailand hosts much of Thailand’s less-disturbed forest areas. Water and minerals are also important natural resources; the region is home to many of the country’s major dams, and mining is an important industry in the area.

Southern Thailand

Southern Thailand, part of a narrow peninsula, is distinctive in climate, terrain, and resources. Its economy is based on rice cultivation for subsistence and rubber production for industry. Other sources of income include coconut plantations, tin mining, and tourism, which is particularly lucrative on Phuket Island. Rolling and mountainous terrain and the absence of large rivers are conspicuous features of the South. North-south mountain barriers and impenetrable tropical forest caused the early isolation and separate political development of this region. International access through the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand made the South a crossroads for both Theravada Buddhism, centered at Nakhon Si Thammarat, and Islam, especially in the former Pattani kingdom on the border with Malaysia.

Provinces

Main article: Provinces of Thailand

Thailand’s regions are further politically divided into a total of 77 provinces,such as Ratchaburi,Petchaburi etc. plus Bangkok, which is a special administrative area. The country’s provinces have the same names as their respective capitals.

Climate

Most of Thailand has a Tropical wet and dry or savanna climate (Aw) according to the Köppen climate classification, while the South and the eastern tip of the East have a tropical monsoon climate (Am); countrywide, temperatures normally range from an average annual high of 38 °C(100.4 °F) to a low of 19 °C (66.2 °F). During the dry season, the temperature rises dramatically in the second half of March, spiking to well over 40 °C (104 °F) in some areas by mid April when the Sun passes the Zenith. Southwest monsoons that arrive between May and July (except in the South) signal the advent of the rainy season (ruedu fon), which lasts into October and the cloud covering reduces the temperature again but the high humidity is experienced as ‘hot and sticky’. November and December mark the onset of the dry season and night temperatures on high ground can occasionally drop to a light frost. Temperatures begin to climb in January, and a hot sun parches the landscape. The dry season is shortest in the South because of the proximity of the sea to all parts of the Malay Peninsula. With only minor exceptions, every area of the country receives adequate rainfall, but the duration of the rainy season and the amount of rain vary substantially from region to region and with altitude. The Northeast experiences a long dry season although the dry 2007/2008 season lasted only from late November through mid March. Its red,(laterite) dense clayey soils retain water well, which limits their agricultural potential for many crops but is ideal for keeping the water in the paddy fields and local village reservoirs. The well drained, loose sandy alluvium of the Mekong flood plain is very fertile, the main crops being tomatoes on an industrial scale, tobacco, and pineapples.

Alamak!Another serious accident involving Malaysian Buses,Why?The MM (Malaysian Mentality) of some Top Officials who do not understand the importance of Zero Defect (in this case Zero Accident) relating to major accidents of buses on Malaysian Roads!Stop all these “nonsense management” styles and start managing The Right Way!

The quantum of road accidents in Malaysia is increasing day by day and more so when there are festivals or holiday seasons!This is a fact because Malaysia have recorded an increase in her total population to about 28 million people and definitely people will travel by road,by air and even by sea for all their holiday requirements and doing business all over the country.

In fact the influx of Foreign Tourists from ASEAN especially Thailand,Singapore,Indonesia,Brunei are all increasing day by day and they too will be travelling especially by Road to all the popular destinations inn the country.They are our visitors when they arrive into Malaysia and leave as our Guest when they return home like the Malaysian Airlines taglines in their Highway Billboards.

The recent bus tragedy at 15KM of the Cameron Highlands -Simpang Pulai Road near Ipoh,Perak involving a Malaysian Bus that killed 25 Thai Nationals and 2 Malaysians again with many more seriously injured at Ipoh Hospital indicate or signal Malaysia’s weakness in Managing our Roads at World Class Standards and many “loopholes” still exist in the Management of Safety of Passengers using Malaysian Public Transport.

Today’s newspaper reported that the bus involved in the accident should only be driven for city tours and not on hilly terrain like going up to Cameron Highlands Resort.Malaysian Institute of Road Safety officials,who inspected the scene at the country’s worst road tragedy,doubts the stability of high decked buses for travel on hilly terrain and at high speeds!They are also probing if there had been overloading of passengers on the top deck of the bus,making it even more unstable.

All these Malaysian Road Authorities or Experts actions are basically CORRECTIVE ACTIONS where things have happened and now we come out with corrective measures as to not allow the same accidents to happen again.This type of action by Management is NO GOOD.The best action plan for Management is always PROACTIVE ACTIONS  where we always ensure that no accidents will happen anytime anywhere since all the important guidelines and precautions are understood,implemented effectively,monitored continually and reviewed time to time for best results!THIS KIND OF TOP MANAGEMENT THINKING AND ACTIONS ARE NOT DONE 100% IN MALAYSIA.

Always when tragedy like this in Cameron Highlands-Simpang Pulai Road strikes and killed so many innocent lives that we now take actions and speak boldly that this kind of poor control must stopped!We now become very enthusiastic and make statements of how we will punish the culprits and never allow such similar accidents to reoccur,but sooner or later such worst accidents can reoccur because Top Management do not stick to the ZERO DEFECT philosophy and the famous Malaysian “TIDAK APA” attitude will be the norm.

All these ways of thinking and actions are what Ramli called NONSENSE MANAGEMENT that leads to big problems,major errors,huge amount of money and lives wasted plus a host of other bad outcomes!

Here,the main culprit is the Top Management who do not work PROFESSIONALLY AND WITH GREAT WISDOM.

They allow the system to fail and cause damages in terms of human lives and assets or resources (like buses,emergency rescue aids that cost lots of money from the GOVT etc..)

The worst damage is when people like our Asean Neighbours will start thinking how safe will they be if they travel on Malaysian buses or other vehicles when they visit Malaysia.Nobody wants to come to holiday in Malaysia and finally landed up in a  box (coffin)!

There are so many lessons to learn from this kind of worst road accident BUT what is key here is are we doing the right actions and making sure the situation or crisis will become ZERO ACCIDENT  the next time around?This actions now mainly rest with Malaysian Top Management or Officials incharged.

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