News from Thailand – August 18, 2012
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News from Thailand – August 12, 2012
The provinces in central Thailand can expect heavy rains next month. The southwest monsoon, which has caused flooding in many northern provinces, is moving south.
News from Thailand – July 20, 2012
When there is as much rain this year as last year, the same areas of Bangkok will flood again. If it rains less, which is expected, Bangkok will remain dry, but the provinces of Lop Buri and Ayutthaya will be faced with considerable flooding. This says Seree Supradit, director of the Climate Change and Disaster Center at Rangsit University.
News from Thailand – July 10, 2012
After 2 years, the negotiations between Thailand and the European Union on a free trade agreement (FTA, Free Trade Agreement) are in their final phase. The FTA will be presented to parliament next month.
Flooding occurs in Thailand every year, usually resulting in hundreds of deaths. The rainy season is now in full swing and the first reports of new floods are already coming in.
The government's water management plan focuses too much on construction work and pays too little attention to area management and non-structural measures to prevent flooding. That, in a nutshell, is analysts' harsh criticism of the government's plans.
News from Thailand – April 1, 2012
Only 10 percent of rivers and canals in areas at risk of flooding have been dredged so far. But the Water Resources Department is confident the work will be done when the rainy season begins.
Floods: Low confidence Japanese companies
Japanese investors have serious doubts about the government's ability to prevent floods like last year. Some labour-intensive companies could move abroad because of the increase in the minimum wage as of April 1.
News from Thailand – March 24, 2012
Prime Minister Yingluck has 5.000 songs, both Thai and foreign, loaded onto her iPod. She likes to listen to it when traveling or under pressure. This is what the prime minister answered questions from journalists during a meeting with the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand on Friday evening.
News from Thailand – March 14, 2012
State Secretary Atsma (Infrastructure and the Environment) will visit Bangkok today and tomorrow, together with representatives of Dutch companies and knowledge institutions from the water sector. During the working visit, Atsma will discuss with the Thai government the possibilities of using Dutch knowledge to support Thailand in protecting against flooding.
News from Thailand – March 12, 2012
To avoid a repeat of last year, the government had promised to raise the water level in the major reservoirs to 45 percent by May 1, but is now backing away from that.
News from Thailand – March 11, 2012
Good news from the weather gods. La Nina, the weather phenomenon responsible for much of last year's rains, will die out at the end of this month. Every three to five years, La Nina comes along for a year and then brings a lot of rain. Without La Nina, flooding in the northern and central provinces this year is expected to be manageable.
TU Delft is investigating flooding problems in Thailand
Commissioned by the Expertise Network for Water Safety (ENW), a network of experts in the field of water safety, a TU Delft delegation visited Thailand to investigate the flooding problem in Thailand together with experts from the local Kasetsart University.
News from Thailand – March 8, 2012
There will be no repeat of last year's flood fiasco this year. Prime Minister Yingluck had that optimistic message for Japanese investors yesterday at a press conference during her 4-day visit to Japan.
News from Thailand – March 5, 2012
The Fico Place building on Asok Road is a no-go zone until the building has been inspected. On Saturday, a fire destroyed seven floors of the building, which houses 30 offices (yesterday the newspaper reported 20).
News from Thailand – February 24
A teacher instructs his Matthayomsuksa 4 (Grade 10) students to write an essay on red shirt compensation payments and compare them to those paid to troops in the South. He shouldn't have done that, because the assignment has aroused the anger of red shirts who are demanding his transfer.
News from Thailand – February 23
After a long time, the yellow shirts stir again. The People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) threatens legal action and mass rallies if the government goes ahead with its plan to amend the constitution