Published on December 13, 2005

TRAFFIC: Thousands of extra police assigned to ease holiday road congestion in city

More than 9,000 police have been called up to ensure that the traffic on Bangkok’s roads flows freely over the New Year season, PM’s Office Minister Newin Chidchob said yesterday.

Newin, in charge of easing the traffic in the capital, said the situation should improve over the New Year period because more than 9,000 police from other divisions would temporarily be called to help the 5,800 traffic police.

Each newcomer would get Bt2,000 in extra pay for their service from today until January 15, he said. Police officers’ regular shifts end at 7-8pm, he said, but they would not be allowed to go home until traffic in their areas flowed freely.

CH KARNCHANG CHAIRMAN: Thavorn dies, aged 79

Thavorn Trivisvavet, chairman of Ch Karnchang Public Co Ltd, died on Sunday at Siriraj Hospital. He was 79. Thavorn was one of the founding members of Ch Karnchang, one of the largest construction companies in Thailand.

An abhidharma ceremony will be held at Pavilion 14 of Debsirin Temple at 7pm from today until Saturday. A Kong Tek (Chinese-style mourning ceremony) will be held on Sunday.

SUKHOTHAI: Funds sought for campus upgrade

Sukhothai will ask the mobile Cabinet meeting next week for Bt517 million to upgrade the local branch of Ramkhamhaeng University (RU) to become a fully fledged campus to support nearly 10,000 students in the lower North.

More than 200 students in the province held a rally yesterday to request the upgrade, which would make the Sukhothai branch the third full RU campus.

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