Bangkok Post and AFP
The government is studying whether to enforce the Internal Security Act in the resort district of Hua Hin to secure the safety of leaders attending the Mekong summit next week.
Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwon yesterday said he would consult all armed forces commanders about measures for the summit, including the ISA.
"I wanted to plead with all groups not to rally against the summit," the minister said.
The Mekong River Commission summit will take place from April 2 to 5. The commission is made up of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. Burma and China have agreed to send observers to the meeting in Prachuap Khiri Khan.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen is due to attend the meeting in what will be his first visit to Thailand since the neighbours downgraded ties in a row over former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in November last year.
Cambodian cabinet spokesman Phay Siphan said Hun Sen would focus purely on the Mekong issue and there were "no plans at all" for a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.
The leaders of all four countries would address the severe drought that has lowered levels on important waterways including the Mekong River.
Drought here in Thailand continues to affect Udon Thani, Prachuap Khiri Khan and Trang.
In Udon Thani's Non Sa-at district, the Sokrang reservoir, which is the main source of tap water in the province, has dried up, posing the threat of a water shortage for 1,600 households in Non Sa-at and Nong Waeng districts.
The Kumphawapi Waterworks that supervises tap water production in Non Sa-at has decided to make tap water available only from 5am to 10am and from 3pm to 8pm.
In Prachuap Khiri Khan, tap water is no longer available in six villages in Bang Saphan Noi district. The Pak Phraek Tambon Administration Organisation has had to distribute up to 60,000 litres of water a day to houses in six villages, said Sathaphon Somchit, the Pak Pharek TAO president.
In Trang, drought has affected more than 22,000 families and almost 10,000 rai of farmland.
Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwon yesterday said he would consult all armed forces commanders about measures for the summit, including the ISA.
"I wanted to plead with all groups not to rally against the summit," the minister said.
The Mekong River Commission summit will take place from April 2 to 5. The commission is made up of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. Burma and China have agreed to send observers to the meeting in Prachuap Khiri Khan.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen is due to attend the meeting in what will be his first visit to Thailand since the neighbours downgraded ties in a row over former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in November last year.
Cambodian cabinet spokesman Phay Siphan said Hun Sen would focus purely on the Mekong issue and there were "no plans at all" for a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.
The leaders of all four countries would address the severe drought that has lowered levels on important waterways including the Mekong River.
Drought here in Thailand continues to affect Udon Thani, Prachuap Khiri Khan and Trang.
In Udon Thani's Non Sa-at district, the Sokrang reservoir, which is the main source of tap water in the province, has dried up, posing the threat of a water shortage for 1,600 households in Non Sa-at and Nong Waeng districts.
The Kumphawapi Waterworks that supervises tap water production in Non Sa-at has decided to make tap water available only from 5am to 10am and from 3pm to 8pm.
In Prachuap Khiri Khan, tap water is no longer available in six villages in Bang Saphan Noi district. The Pak Phraek Tambon Administration Organisation has had to distribute up to 60,000 litres of water a day to houses in six villages, said Sathaphon Somchit, the Pak Pharek TAO president.
In Trang, drought has affected more than 22,000 families and almost 10,000 rai of farmland.
1 comment:
Again, Chinese always put their people, no matter what; Chinese has already done it and planned it. They have already built their three or four major damp or rivers to stock water up for their own needs before it comes down to others needs. Chinese never care about rights or justices, all they care is making sure they get what they want first without consulting others around them. So, when this summit comes, it will make no different as they already planned. You see, Chinese is a supper power country and is the richest country in the world. Why? because chinese has never involved in war but to use secret tactic to kill people around the world, like selling arms and let them kill their own people just like Khmer killed Khmer, but you ask where do guns or others artillery come from? China,> So, just be careful, don't make a fool of yourselves. The only thing we need to do is, do the same as they do! try to build our damps as well. Wisdom
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