KAMPALA Cheap Ravens Shirts , Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Uganda's national cricket team left for South Africa on Tuesdayfor build-up games ahead of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Division II tournament slated for Jan. 17-24 in Namibia.
The team will camp for six days in Cape Town before connecting to Namibia.
"We are aware of the challenge at the tournament, but we are sure playing some build-up matches in South Africa will make us sharp," team captain Frank Nsubuga told Xinhua before departure.
Uganda will be contesting for the top four slots against Canada, Kenya, Namibia, Nepal and the Netherlands. The East African country needs to win at least two of its five matches for them to be assured of staying in Division II.
The four teams that stay in Division II after the tournament in Namibia will receive over 600 Cheap Ravens Jerseys ,000 U.S. dollar funding from the International Cricket Council.
BANGKOK, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's investment body announced the investment target of 720 billion baht (22.5 billion U.S. dollars) for 2018 after closing the year of 2017 with an investment growth of 22 percent from 2016.
The total investment application value of 2017 was 641.978 billion baht (20.061 billion U.S. dollars), up 22 percent from the previous year and considerably higher than the initial 600-billion-baht (18.750-billion-U.S. dollar) target for 2017, said Duangjai Asawachintachit, secretary general of the Thailand Board of Investment (BOI).
"BOI has experienced a 5-10 percent increase in investment application value every year," said Duangjia Cheap Sam Koch Jersey , who is confident in hitting the 2018 target which will be a growth of 12 percent from 2017.
The new target number was set after a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak, who shared the government's investment promotion policy with BOI's executives.
"We want BOI to continue to give more weight to agriculture, food, digital, logistics, education Cheap Brandon Williams Jersey , tourism, and services industries in 2018 because they are vital to economic growth," said the deputy premier.
"This will cover all value chains related to agricultural activities and tourism services." he said.
To attract more foreign talents and investments in high-tech sectors, the government is launching the "smart visa" program from Feb. 1, which will allow the visa holders to stay in Thailand for up to four years without report to immigration every 90 days.
BOI plans to organize at least 35 international roadshows to target countries such as Japan, China Cheap Brent Urban Jersey , South Korea and Europe with the aim of familiarizing investors in those markets with the government's investment policy.
In Thailand, at least 15 investors' field trips to visit the East Economic Corridor (EEC) will be