Covid hotline for children, elderly, disabled
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published : 10 May 2021 at 14:12
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The Social Development and Human Security Ministry has launched a new 24-hour call-line, hotline 1300, to provide help for children, the elderly and the disabled who are affected by the Covid-19 outbreak, even if they are not themselves infected with the virus.
Government deputy spokeswoman Ratchada Thanadirek said on Monday the new hotline would provide assistance for people reliant on other people who have caught the disease, leaving them helpless.
To help these people, Social Development and Human Security Minister Juti Krairiksh had ordered the opening of hotline 1300 to take calls for help.
Pawnshops will even take ladders during the Covid epidemic
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published : 7 May 2021 at 17:39
4 An aluminium ladder hocked to the pawnshop operated by Hat Yai Municipality in Songkhla. (Photo: Assawin Pakkawan)
SONGKHLA: You can find almost anything at a pawn shop from gold necklaces to a ladder when the coronavirus hits people s purses.
The pawnshop run by Hat Yai Municipality on Friday put on display goods hocked by cash-short customers. They ranged from small items like gold adornments to bicycles, air pumps and even an aluminium ladder.
Manager Taweewong Wongchuay said his staff would normally have rejected stuff like the ladder as collateral for a loan. But in extreme times like this, when many people were strapped for cash because of Covid-19, they had to be more flexible.
Housing rental plan sped up
published : 17 Apr 2021 at 04:00
The National Housing Authority (NHA) has been ordered to speed up the rental housing scheme for low-income earners under the Baan Kheha Sukpracha project.
The State Enterprise Policy Commission chaired by the prime minister, which met virtually yesterday, agreed to order the NHA to hurry the development of 100,000 housing units nationwide under the five-year Baan Kheha Sukpracha project.
Pantip Sripimol, director-general of the State Enterprise Policy Office (Sepo), said the meeting also allowed the NHA to apply for a public-private partnership agreement in order to speed up the project, while assigning the authority to partner to the Social Development and Human Security Ministry to propose details of the development plan at the next meeting of the State Enterprise Policy Commission, which has not been decided.
The State Enterprise Policy Office (Sepo) has urged the National House Authority (NHA) to speed up the development of a rental housing scheme for low-income earners.
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