As part of contingency plans and emergency measures taken to cope with the pro-Thaksin Shinawatra group's mass rallies from Friday, text messages will be sent to tell members of the Secretariat of the Cabinet on early Sunday as to whether they would be excused from work on Monday.
Officials working in Government House will be excused from work after noon on Friday should the red-shirt protesters disrupt activities. Alternative offices have been made available for officials working out of Government House off Chaeng Wattana Road in northern Bangkok and other nearby areas.
Alternative venues have been made available for government operations such as the Cabinet meeting, which will be held at the Royal Thai Armed Forces headquarters.
The National Anti-Corruption Commission will work from an office on Sanam Bin Nam Road in Nonthaburi. Commissioners have been given phone numbers of police officers for protection and emergencies, and all important files containing investigations and cases have been moved from the commission's regular office across from Government House.
The Office of Civil Service Commission and the Office of the Public Sector Development Commission are also ready to evacuate their offices.
Bomb hoaxes yesterday resulted in officials at the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation being evacuated in the morning and the Justice Ministry in the afternoon. Bomb disposal efforts also resulted in traffic jams.
The first bomb hoax turned up a doll and a parcel containing tea leaves, and the second hoax an empty tennis ball can with electrical wires protruding from it.
