Sai Mai residents oppose garbage truck depot amid homes
Residents of Bangkok's Sai Mai district say they will petition the Administrative Court if city officials refuse to stop a garbage-truck depot being built in the heart of their community.
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and Sai Mai residents will meet today to discuss the Bt1.68-billion project.
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IN BRIEF
College student, 18, shot in brawl
An 18-year-old student was shot and seriously injured during an early-morning brawl yesterday, police said.
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Medical assistance rushed to Nan
The Public Health Ministry has dispatched 70 medical teams to assist Nan villagers who were affected by heavy flooding, caretaker Public Health Minister Pinij Charusombat said yesterday.
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Safari slammed for 'wildlife laundering'
An attempt by Chiang Mai Night Safari to export to China animals classified as endangered, including species not native to Thailand, has provoked allegations of "wildlife laundering" from conservationists.
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Child labour problem persists
Nearly half of all child labourers in Thailand were exposed to bad working conditions, a non-government organisation said yesterday.
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BMA rejects 'biased' rape panel's findings
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) yesterday ordered its fact-finding committee to re-investigate allegations that two teachers raped five primary students, after it came up with a one-sided result.
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Bird flu 'may mutate too fast for us to track'
A leading microbiologist expressed concern yesterday that the killer bird-flu virus could mutate faster than experts could track it.
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EDUCATION
15,000 schools fail quality check
Watchdog says 4.5 million pupils suffer from alarmingly poor standards
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