Sunday 26 October 2008

26th October, 2008

Today's weather;

It's grey and wet this morning with a current temp of 24.7C.

Yesterday was a nice day with not too much rain, there was some in the evening only. Max temp reached 28.3C.

Big waves damaged a costal road in Surat Thani Saturday morning, the province Samui belongs to, officials said.The waves battered the Ban Pod - Don Sak road and damaged it for over 1 kilometre, making it impassable.Officials warned people living on the coastal lines of the province's Don Sak district to brace themselves for possible more big waves as the sea was rising and rough.
The Thai Metereological Department issued a warning but it seems that Samui is fine for the time being.

In Bangkok fears of political violence and a possible coup d'etat were somewhat reduced yesterday after the supposed plan to surround and dislodge the anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) protesters were denied by its architect, former deputy national police chief General Salang Bunnag. Also, there was an assurance from the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces General Songkitti Jakkabat that there will be no coup.

The People's Alliance for Democracy will evaluate the situation on Monday before deciding whether to besiege the Parliament on Tuesday when the two chambers are scheduled to amend the charter.

People Power Party MP Jatuporn Promphan said former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra would be allowed to talk longer than 20 minutes during a talk show programme on NBT on November 1.

Korn Chatikavanij, a Bangkok MP of the Democrat Party, has written an open letter to ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. It was in response to Thaksin's letter from London, which tried to side-step the guilty verdict over the Ratchadaphisek land deal and blamed the 'elite' for his political downfall.

Camille

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