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Bangkok Governor declares metropolis a disaster zone

  BANGKOK Governor Chadchart Sittipunt this afternoon (March 28) declared Bangkok a disaster zone after a powerful earthquake measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale centred at Myanmar’s Mandalay city rattled the metropolis with tremors also felt across the country, Naewna newspaper said  He said the earthquake at 1.20 p.m. had damaged many buildings in the

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Business

Cabinet nod for unrestricted alcohol sales at Eastern Aviation City’s entertainment zone

  THE CABINET today (Aug. 29) approved a draft royal decree setting up an entertainment zone within the Eastern Aviation City being built around U-Tapao Airport in eastern Rayong province where nightclubs will be allowed to stay open all 24 hours and no restriction imposed on sale of alcohol, Matichon newspaper said. Ms. Traisulee Trisoranakul,

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