Taxi drivers to be given English-speaking crash course

Pink Toyota Corolla taxi-meter in Bangkok. Photo: Ilya Plekhanov.
Taxi drivers at Suvarnabhumi international airport will be the first group of cabbies to be given a crash course in English conversation and basic writing free of charge.
The training courses would be provided by the Thailand Professional Qualification Institute under a cooperation agreement signed Friday (April 20) with the Skill Development Department and Airports of Thailand.
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