Red Shirts File Petition With Governor Over Rising Prices

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Red shirts file petition with Governor over rising prices

Nopniwat Krailerg

Members of the Red shirts in Chiang Mai submitted a petition Governor ML Panadda Diskul to pass on to Prime Minister Abhisit Vejajiva to help solve the problems faced by rising commodity prices.

About 60 Red shirt people led by former police Senior Sergeant Major Vichit Tamool moved from the city to the City Hall on January 19 in a motorcade to file the letter with the Governor through Deputy Governor Surachai Chongrak. Using loudspeakers at the rally, they complained of the high cost of living as well as the high prices of consumer goods and products, noting the high cost of eggs at 6 baht each as well as the high prices of petrol, agricultural products and more. They requested the government take action by January 31, 2011.

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[chiangmaimail]23/01/2011[/chiangmaimail]

[billd766]

Eggs at 6 baht each?

I went to the market yesterday and large hens eggs were 34 baht for 10 and went down in 2 baht increments according to size and large duck eggs were 32 baht for 10.

There were plenty of buyers at that price and no complainers that I saw or heard.

I paid the same price as Thais as it was written on a card on the trays.

I live in a small village at Klong Lan 65 km southwest of Khampaeng Phet.