Area more modern than Singapore planned in the wasteland known as Cobra Swamp. The government is planning to spend more than Bt400 billion to establish a new province encompassing the country’s new international airport, which will be named “Nakhon Suvarnabhumi”.

Fans rally behind BBC Thai radio

Former PM Chuan, academics, news mavens launch campaign to save service. Prominent fans of the British Broadcasting Corporation’s Thai-language radio service – including former prime minister Chuan Leekpai – pledged yesterday to join a campaign to try and stop it being discontinued as part of a cost-cutting plan.

Power rates look likely to rise by up to Bt0.20 a unit

The government is expected to make a decision today on how much to increase nationwide electricity tariffs, Energy Minister Viset Choopiban said. Viset gave no indication of what the new fuel tariff (Ft) rate would be, but earlier reports said it could go up by as much as Bt0.20 per kilowatt-hour (unit) without the state’s intervention.