NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Tuesday 28 March 2023

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3 men from Mongolia were arrest at Suvarnabhumi airport accused of stealing money from travellers bags.
Several passengers had reported the theft of wallets and cash last week, police identified the 3 from CCTV, and saw 2 other women assisting them, they managed to evade police.

Fishing bans and restrictions come into effect off the coast of Phuket from 1st of April. The idea is to protect fish stocks and allow them to recover during the spawning season, which peaks in June.
This year Fishing bans will cover an area of 4,696 square kilometres.
 
Dense air pollution continues to hang over many northern towns. Parts of Chiang Rai measured an air quality index of over 800 which is hazardous to health.

 

A new study shows that thailand's population needs to exercise more, 76 percent of over 78 thousand people surveyed spend 7 hours a day sitting down… while 72 percent do exercise for at least 150 minutes a week, which is sufficient according to the world health organisation. 

 

While songkran will be celebrated next month, Bangkok’s local authority has banned the sale of alcohol, along with the use of high pressure water guns, smearing powder and wearing revealing clothes. 

The Region

China’s new premier Li Quang met Apple computers CEO Tim Cook yesterday as part of a trip to reaffirm the US tech giant’s commitment to the market amid supply chain shifts and geopolitical uncertainties.

Cook ‘s meeting was part of a delegation of executives and scholars from overseas attending the government organised China Development Forum in Beijing.

 

The weather: 

 

Chiang Mai:  Sunny 38
Air quality index is red, purple and brown which could be hazardous across much of the north. 
Bangkok:  Sunny partly cloudy 34
Pattaya: Sunny partly cloudy 33C      
Phuket and the far south: Sunny partly cloudy 32C                                                                                                            
Here in Hua Hin : Sunny, 32C

The air quality index:  yellow to orange  - moderate

 

Credits: Bangkok Post, The Nation, Asean Now, Khaosod English,  Hua Hin Today, Royal Coast Review, Kulsawek Sawekwannakorn, Thainewsroom.com, The Pattaya News, Phuket News, Channel News Asia, South China Morning Post, The Straits Times. The Irrawaddy. Windy.com. Wunderground.com
 

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