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Some 3,000 workers march from the Democracy Monument to Government House on May Day to demand the government to hike the daily minimum wage rates for unskilled labourers. They gathered at the monument at 9 am and arrived at Government House at 10 am.
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Students are made to wait yet another day for exam results
Another delay means O-Net and A-Net (Ordinary and Advanced National Educational Test) scores will be announced at 9am today, a day after the deadline, because 19,000 misplaced answer sheets were "discovered" on Saturday night.






Workers set to push demand for higher wages, better conditions
To mark May Day today, labour groups will submit demands for an increase in the daily minimum wage to Bt233 and better welfare benefits including the right to vote where they work.






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