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46 Myanmar job seekers caught near Malaysian border
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 12/03/2022
» SONGKHLA: A group of 46 Myanmar migrants wanting to get jobs in Malaysia were arrested in Sadao district near the Malaysian border on Friday evening.
Schools seek say in B18bn Chana plan
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 17/08/2020
» SONGKHLA: More than 1,000 students and teachers from Islamic religious schools in the southern provinces have petitioned Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to allow them a say on community development under the government's plan to develop an 18-billion-baht industrial estate in Chana district.
Malaysia-bound migrants caught
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 15/06/2019
» SONGKHLA: Eighteen illegal Myanmar migrant workers were arrested yesterday after having gone four days without food while waiting in a forest for transport to Malaysia.
Thai-Malaysian rail line revival proposed
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 03/05/2019
» Authorities are hoping to revive train service between Sungai Kolok and Kelantan, which was halted two decades ago, in order to improve Thai-Malaysian connectivity.
PM mulls canal plan but army brooks no delay
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 30/10/2018
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) and Office of the National Security Council (NSC) to look into a proposed canal project connecting the Gulf of Thailand to the Andaman Sea.
Farmers urge foreign investor control
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 29/11/2017
» Songkhla: The farmers council is calling on the government to formulate a policy to regulate foreign investors from using Thais as their nominees to dominate the agricultural sector.
Farmers call for sacking of rubber chief
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 04/11/2017
» A network of rubber planters and tappers is gathering 50,000 signatures to petition the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) to impeach the governor and board members of the Rubber Authority of Thailand (RAT), blamed for falling rubber prices.
Bridge over the river Moei a 20-year success story
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 16/08/2017
» Thai and Myanmar officials marked the 20th anniversary yesterday of the Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge over the Moei River, a transport link that has played a key role in boosting border trade and tourism worth millions of baht.
PM urged to halt falling latex prices
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 09/07/2017
» Rubber planters have called on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to invoke powerful Section 44 of the interim charter to mobilise state projects making use of rubber to combat the tumbling price of the commodity.