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BANGKOK, Feb 16 (TNA) - An international seminar on health insurance will be held on 24-25 February in Thailand's northern province of Chiang Mai, a senior government official, Sa-nguan Nittayaramp, told TNA on Tuesday.

The seminar, 'International Conference on Cost Containment in National Health Insurance Systems', is expected to work out international solutions to help reduce costs in national health insurance systems and to reduce lawsuits demanding punitive damages against doctors.

The participants include medical workers and officials from China, Taiwan, Singapore, South Korea, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Great Britain.

The meeting will be jointly organised by the European Union (EU) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

The two-day session will be held at Duang Tawan Hotel in Chiang Mai.

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BANGKOK, Feb 10 (TNA) – The Thai government has imposed a three-month fishing ban in the Gulf of Thailand, from 15 February-15 May, to help protect breeding mackerels, the Director-General of the Department of Fisheries, Sidthi Boonyaratpalin, told TNA on Wednesday.

Fishing will be banned in a 26,400 square kilometre area, covering the southern coastal provinces of Prachuap Khiri Khan, Chumphon and Surat Thani.

The ban covers all fishing methods, including the use of dragnets, trammel nets and push nets attached to fishing boats longer than 16 metres, Mr. Sidthi said..

Home-made fishing tackle and small-sized nets will be permitted during the restriction period, he added.

A ceremony to officially mark the start of the fishing restrictions will be held on 15 February at the provincial master pier in Chumphon's Muang district attended by fishing boat owners and government officials, Mr. Sidthi said.

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