NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Thursday 14 March 2024

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Bangkok’s local authority the BMA will have to pay a debt of more than  23 billion baht to the sky train operator the ‘BTS company’ this follows a publication of a statement in the Royal gazette.

The debt arose from hiring and installing machinery and electrical systems for the second extension of the Green Line,
Councilors earlier approved using a financial reserve to pay the debt following a year-long delay.

 

A Juvenile Court fined the parents of a group of teenagers 5,000 baht each, the teens were accused of killing a 47-year-old intellectually disabled woman on the  12th January. The parents said the court had fined them 10,000 baht each, reduced by half due to their confessions,  This was the first time the parents of teenagers who have committed serious crimes have received legal punishment. 

Bangkok's local authority the BMA is considering the idea of a new law to offer compensation to owners of land needed for improving public infrastructure. This would include widening pavements and adding ramps for wheelchairs, the current law does not currently include offering compensation, many land owners have agreed to the local authority proposals. 

And Prime minister Sretha Thavasin features on the cover of this month's TIME Magazine. With the headline Salesman! Thailand is open for business, in a country that feels short changed by his election.

 

Around the region

Hong Kong
A larger of power utility  plans to increase its imports of nuclear power from mainland China as the electricity supplier seeks to achieve its greenhouse gas emissions goal for 2030 by increasing the share of clean energy in its product mix,
The idea is to meet science-based targets to align with the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to below 2 degrees C above pre-industrial levels, 

 

WEATHER 

Chiang Mai and the north: sunny, 37C

Bangkok: Sunny partly cloudy,  36C

Pattaya: bright, cloudy 32C

Phuket and the south: Sunny, partly cloudy 33C

Hua Hin: Sunny, light cloud, winds light from the South East 35C

 

AQI Yellow moderate, Orange High,      
Green clear, yellow moderate, Orange High, Red unhealthy.  

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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