On behalf of the Nobel Foundation, I would like to welcome you to this year's Nobel Prize Award Ceremony. I would especially like to welcome the Laureates and their families to this ceremony, whose purpose is to honour the Laureates and their contributions to science and literature. We send our warmest regards to Professor Nambu, who was unable to come to Stockholm.

BANGKOK, Thailand -- The Bank of Thailand (BOT) on Thursday said in the worst case scenario, if the gross domestic product stop to grow, the unemployment rate would rise to 3.7 percent or around 1.4 million people, including newly graduates and farmers after cultivating, would be jobless.