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There’s No Stopping the Rain in Bangkok

Staff Reporter 24.10.2009
There’s No Stopping the Rain in Bangkok

Even over four million sandbags that were prepared as temporary embankment walls in preparation for the floods in Bangkok could not stop the effects of 148 millimeters of rain.

Hua Lumpong train station in Bangkok, the busiest station in Thailand.

Train workers have been on a strike for nearly a week causing 13 trains to stop operating. Train drivers are refusing to drive the trains because they feel that the trains do not meet safety standards.

Skytrain from Bangkok to Airport Free in October

Test runs for the Airport Rail Link is now up and running and the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) is giving away free tickets.

Koh Larn Land Management Reorganization

Woraphan Akaboot 07.09.2009
Military and Police Officers filled up Bangkok’s Dusit District Area

Despite the cancellation of the Red Shirt rally, the Thai Cabinet recently imposed the Internal Security Act (ISA) from Saturday 29 August - Tuesday, September 1, to perform in the area of Dusit District. This was due to the plans of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) to gather up and hold a rally.

Officials discuss Koh Larn Land Management Reorganization regarding pricing of leases.

Pattaya City rents government land on Koh Larn, which is an island in Pattaya City limits, to Thais and Thai companies. However, a recent meeting was held at City Hall because the rental rates are so low they encourage speculators, which is contrary to the rental program.

 
Thailand plans $900m tourism rescue package

THAILAND is planning a $964 million tourism industry rescue package in a bid to rebuild the country’s image abroad, after a crippling airport blockade.