AWOL Issue 285

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World Cup Wallchart

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issue 2 85 6 June 2014

Weather To Hull And Back Classifieds FLASH! AAH AAH!

on track

dual track railway project to go ahead, but high speed trains in doubt

hua hin, THAILAND In an announcement on Monday, National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha said that the dual-track railway project will go ahead, while the high-speed railway project will be subject to a new cost-benefit study. Other parts of the past government’s transport and infrastructure spending plans are also likely to be reviewed as state agencies were ordered to look again at the budgets set by the last administration. The railway projects of course have a direct impact on Hua Hin, and it is good news that the dual track sttetching from Nakhon Phatom, west of Bangkok, to Padang Besar on the Malaysian border, going via Hua Hin is to be completed. That stretch is expected to cost a total of over 100 billion baht, with some of it underway already and estimated to be completed by 2019. In addition to the review of the high speed links, it was also announced that parts of the 350 billion baht water management scheme previously planned would be under review, while others would continue with the help of the army. In other coup-related news, it was announced on Tuesday that the curfew was being lifted in the key tourist resorts of Phuket, Pattaya and Koh Samui, following appeals from tourism bodies. The Association of Thai Travel Agents urged the coupmakers two weeks ago to relax the curfew in main tourist destinations in the three locations, as well as Hua Hin and Krabi, and it must be hoped that these will be included soon.

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