NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Thursday 29 June 2023

The Move Forward Party and the Pheu Thai Party have agreed to hold a meeting on Sunday to discuss and find a resolution regarding the allocation of the House Speaker. Parliament is set to reconvene on Monday, with the selection of the new House Speaker likely to take place on Tuesday.

A Taiwanese couple, wanted for a 4 billion-baht fraud in their home country, was arrested in Bangkok's Bang Na district after evading capture for over 20 years. The suspects, known as Golden (aged 64) and Miuki (aged 57), were apprehended by immigration police in a condominium car park while attempting to flee to Singapore.

The arrests followed a  request from the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Thailand. The couple was subsequently sent back to Taiwan. 

The State Railway of Thailand plans to change the purchase of 184 diesel trains in order to prioritize electric trains.  the allocated budget of 1.5 billion baht remains unchanged. The SRT also plans to acquire 182 carriages, where it will consider a new form of procurement including operating a financial lease plan that has not yet been adopted by the SRT but is widely used by the aviation industry.

Bangkok’s City Hall announced yesterday that schools under its supervision must grant students the option not to wear uniforms to school at least once a week. The aim is to reduce the financial burden on parents and provide students with a voice in the matter.

Around the Region:

Asean nations are to produce a set of guidelines on the responsible use of artificial intelligence in the region, their
guide on AI governance and ethics will be released early next year.

China;  Visitors will soon be able to pay for just about anything by using the superapp WeChat, visitor will be able to link their international credit or debit card to their WeChat account, which will give access tens of millions of merchants.

The weather:  Sunny

Chiang Mai and the north: Cloudy thundershowers  34C                    
Bangkok: Sunny..partly Cloudy 35C
Pattaya, bright, cloudy  thundershowers 33
Phuket and the south: Sunny partly cloudy,thunderstorms 29C                                                                                     ‘Hua Hin’ :Sunny partly cloudy this afternoon, isolated shower 33C 

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