
Knowledge Park opens in Yala

HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn yesterday inaugurated a new Thailand Knowledge Park (TK Park) in this southern province.
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Cut Map Ta Phut pollution now: expert

A specialist on occupational diseases has urged agencies to urgently eliminate pollution in Map Ta Phut for the sake of the workers and residents.
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Historians back academic in defamation case

Leading historians have launched a campaign to protect academic freedom in support of Morakot Jewachinda who is facing a defamation charge filed by the former rector of Thammasat University (TU), Khunying Nongyao Chaiseree.
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Gruesome murders

A villager was brutally murdered while two others were shot dead in separate incidents as the violence continued in the Muslim majority south yesterday.
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Fire trucks payment out today?

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration will have to arrange to pay Bt845 million as first payment for fire trucks supplied by Austrian manufacturer Steyr Daimler & Puch tomorrow if the firm insisted on it, Bangkok Governor Apirak Kosayodhin warned yesterday.
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Social welfare plans get Bt3-bn boost

The Cabinet yesterday approved a budget of Bt3 billion a year for a five-year strategy to develop social welfare for Thai society, the Social Devel-opment and Human Security Minis-ter Paiboon Wattanasiritham said.
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Numbered poultry for Chinese New Year

Consumers are being urged to look for the "Safe poultry. Chinese New Year 2007 celebration" sticker when buying poultry for the annual festival.
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Health Ministry to buy HIV drugs if only prices are reduced

The Public Health Ministry said it would consider buying the original drugs for treating HIV and heart disease only if the manufacturers bring their prices more in line with generic drugs.
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