Complaints hit northern rail projects
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Bidding process stirs up controversy
published : 10 Jul 2021 at 06:00
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Bidding for the two double-track railway projects worth 128 billion baht in the North and Northeast could be marred by alleged irregularities, a seminar was told.
The issue was discussed during an online seminar held by the Anti-Corruption Organisation of Thailand (ACT) on Thursday.
At the centre of the controversy are the 323-kilometre northern section from Den Chai to Chiang Rai s Chiang Kong and the 355-km northeastern section between Khon Kaen s Ban Phai and Nakhon Phanom.
The Den Chai-Chiang Khong project, valued at 72.9 billion baht, is made up of three construction contracts while the northeastern Ban Phai-Nakhon Phanom route, worth 55.4 billion baht, has been split into two contracts.
Complaints hit northern rail projects
Bidding process stirs up controversy
published : 10 Jul 2021 at 06:00
Bidding for the two double-track railway projects worth 128 billion baht in the North and Northeast could be marred by alleged irregularities, a seminar was told.
The issue was discussed during an online seminar held by the Anti-Corruption Organisation of Thailand (ACT) on Thursday.
At the centre of the controversy are the 323-kilometre northern section from Den Chai to Chiang Rai s Chiang Kong and the 355-km northeastern section between Khon Kaen s Ban Phai and Nakhon Phanom.
The Den Chai-Chiang Khong project, valued at 72.9 billion baht, is made up of three construction contracts while the northeastern Ban Phai-Nakhon Phanom route, worth 55.4 billion baht, has been split into two contracts.
Hard times for owner of elephant that killed tourist
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published : 21 May 2021 at 13:46
7 Local officials take a look at Cherry the unemployed elephant, in Satuk district of Buri Ram on Friday. The sign on the tree warns people not to approach her. (Photo: Surachai Piragsa)
BURI RAM: Peng Yimram has had a hard time making ends meet since his elephant - he calls her Cherry - killed a man at a jungle hotel in the Khao Yai area last month.
Mr Peng, 51, and his 28-year-old elephant returned to their home in Satuk disrict, in the north of Buri Ram province, after the management of the hotel where they worked said they were no longer welcome.
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Plucky teens, city scrape, bike blues, ghostly flicks
published : 7 Mar 2021 at 04:00
Teens with a point to prove
Three Nakhon Nayok teens won praise for asking staff at a roadside checkpoint to test them for drugs, after their teacher questioned their honesty.
The lads, aged 15, turned up on March 1 at a checkpoint set up by the Ban Na district office and volunteer defence corps. The staff were calling over motorists to take a drugs test as part of the district s policy to keep youngsters clean of drugs and send users to rehab.
Staff at the checkpoint were stunned when the youngsters, who attend a school nearby, asked if they could test their urine for drugs.