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Papua New Guinea government is looking at strengthening a Strong Trade and Investment Relationship with Thailand for a change in the country. Minister for International Trade and Investment, Richard Maru says Thailand investors can help PNG develop its vast agriculture, fisheries, and manufacturing industries to world-class standards. Minister for International Trade and Investment, Richard Maru Minister for International Trade and Investment, Richard Maru revealed these when providing a brief to the media about the Ministry’s trip to Thailand recently. Minister Maru says the relationship will be a game changer for Papua New Guinea. Mr. Maru envisions that if PNG follows the same part as Thailand, the country’s economy can be transformed in 20 years’ time. The Minister for International Trade and Investment is inspired and has no doubt about cementing the relationship with Thailand, the greatest contribution of the Marape/Rosso Government to secure a brighter and better future for PNG ...

A car that chats to you as you drive along could well sound like the ultimate automotive distraction, but that’s the premise of a presentation by BMW at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, writes Brian Byrne. The car is embodied with the name Dee, sounds cute but is really an acronym for Digital Emotional Experience. Using augmented reality and artificial intelligence, Dee is presented as its owner’s ‘ultimate companion’ that ‘gets to know you better every day’. The presentation even includes actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, kind of stopped in his tracks when the car converses with him and suggests a ‘digital hug’. It’s all a bit twee, and somehow like driving in the middle of a TikTok movie, but I can see how CES-goers would enjoy it. Motorheads, not so much. You don’t have to go to Las Vegas to meet Dee, just click here .