NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Tuesday 3 September 2024

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The Minister of Transport announced that the Southern Land Bridge megaproject will proceed as the government drafts the necessary Southern Economic Corridor bill. This one-trillion-baht project aims to create a shipping shortcut between Ranong and Chumphon, providing an alternative route for cargo ships between the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand. The SEC Act is expected to come into effect by September next year.

Phuket's Royal Forest Centre will close the site of a large Buddha statue on a hill near Karon Beach due the risk of further landslides, following the deaths of 13 people on August 23rd. An inspection revealed that five of the 20 rai of land used for the statue were outside the permitted area.. Officials have seized six temple buildings, filed a police complaint against the foundation that built them, and posted seizure notices on the encroached land, fearing further landslides.

Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra told media that she aims to finalise her cabinet line-up this week, before submission for royal assent. The new Cabinet is expected to retain the current finance and foreign ministers but will likely see 11 new ministers and deputy ministers. 

A Rayong court has ordered a recycling company to pay 1.7 billion baht in compensation for environmental rehabilitation after industrial waste leaked from its storage facility since 2011. The company violated the law by failing to recycle hazardous waste and instead discharged it into the environment. Local residents have been complaining about the pollution since 2013.

 

Around the region 

South Korea's health ministry said it was deploying military doctors to assist in some hospital emergency rooms due to a shortage of medical staff, but disputed a warning by some physicians that the system was on the verge of collapse.

 

Adding that reports that some major hospitals had suspended ER operations were false. Thousands of trainee doctors, walked off the job in February to protest against a plan to increase medical student numbers by 2,000 a year to meet what authorities project will be a severe shortage of doctors.

Todays  Weather  

 

Chiang Mai and the north:  Thunder showers 32 32C degrees celsius

Bangkok: sunny, Thunder showers 32

Pattaya:  Heavy rain for most of the day  30

Phuket and the south:  Bright with thundershowers 30

Hia Hin: Cloudy with rain on and off most of the day 30C

Much the same over the weekend .

 

AQI: green which is good 
Green clear, yellow moderate, Orange High,  Red unhealthy.  

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

 

 

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