Alcohol to be banned at temples,schools
An ad-hoc committee in the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) yesterday approved the Alcohol Control Bill's clause to outlaw the promotion of alcohol sales.
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IN BRIEF
Loans :Student defaulters warned as Bt2.67 bn still to be repaid
A total of Bt2.67 billion owed by students to the Income Contingency Loan (ICL) has not been paid, ICL manager Thittima Wichairat said yesterday.
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Giant Swing celebrations in August
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will organise a two-day celebration for the new Giant Swing in August, Bangkok Governor Apirak Kosayodhin said yesterday.
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Beggars can be choosers: UN agency
The "begging business" is so profitable that a beggar can earn up to Bt10,000 a month, prompting many Cambodian beggars to come to Thailand, the UN Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (UNIAP) said yesterday.
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Ministers' U-turn over bill
Social Development and Human Security Minister Paiboon Wattanasiritham and his deputy Poldej Pinpratheep yesterday backed away from their threat to resign if the Local Community Organisation Council Bill was not passed.
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US patent for Thai scientists
A team of Thai scientists led by Science Minister Yongyuth Yuthavong has been awarded a patent licence by the United States for their discovery of chemical compounds and the structure of a malarial parasite's enzyme, which could lead to a new direction in designing effective anti-malaria drugs.
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