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“Transportation for A Better Life:
Smart Mobility for Now and Then”

23 August 2019, Bangkok, Thailand

warmness of cooked food. Secondly, the cost of the been as well thought out and conducted. We also like
proposed delivery option can be cheaper than current to thank all the respondents for their active
delivery methods. Delivery companies are not participation.
delivering to the homes of customers, but to fixed
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