Hat Yai, Thailand News

Despite floods in Songkhla province gradually subsiding, royally granted relief bags being delivered and charity kitchens being set up, some locals were complaining yesterday that no state agencies had provided them with any assistance.

The joy of eating street food is rooted not only in the flavors, but also in the experience.

Severe flooding is threatening to shut down Hat Yai, the commercial centre of the lower South, as days of heavy downpours have deluged areas close to downtown.

Flooding has halted the Hat Yai to Kuala Lumpur train services as heavy rainfall continued in several southern provinces.

Downpours have triggered a second round of flooding in the southern provinces of Songkhla, Phatthalung, Trang and Narathiwat, while Kalasin in the Northeast is so cold that some residents have fallen ill.

Malaysia's reluctance to receive opposition Puea Thai Party chairman Gen Chavalit Yongchaiyudh with open arms has prompted the general to change his travel plans.

Local people who are affected from heavy floods in Songkhla's Hat Yai district receive survival bags donated by HRH Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn on Thursday.//Thoranit Pirunla-ong An evacuation plan is underway until Monday for villagers in two tambons of Yala's Bannang Sata district because of a landslide threat; while Pattani province has ...

Supalai plans to launch at least 10 residential projects worth more than Bt10 billion combined, including two low-cost housing projects, next year.

Quarrels over charter amendments are overshadowing another crucial part of the constitution which calls for a transfer of power from the central government to local administrations.

Flood-affected districts in Narathiwat, Satun, Trang, Songkhla and Phatthalung were yesterday declared disaster zones as the South was hit by torrential rain.

Heavy flooding halted train operations in the lower South on Sunday. The services of southern-route trains, including Sungai Kolok-Bangkok, were suspended since Saturday.

Eight peope were missing after a landslide in the southern province of Narathiwat as heavy rains continued, causing extensive flooding in the region.

Transport Minister Sohpon Zarum has denounced Deputy Interior Minister Thaworn Senneam's move to mediate with Hat Yai railway staff and union members to end their strike.

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva vowed yesterday to implement a policy of "the economy before the military'' as part of the plan to curb violence in the restive South.

The six State Railway of Thailand staff at Hat Yai station dismissed from their jobs earlier this week for their involvement in strike action yesterday met the prime minister and called on him to help.

A helicopter was watching over a train moving along a southern border province yesterday.

The six train staff fired by the State Railway of Thailand said on Thursday they would seek help from the State Enterprises Relations Confederation and fight to the end for justice.

Hat Yai to host the Hat Yai Party Festival this Halloween> Posted By tcnt 1 hour, 19 minutes ago in Style > Hat Yai city in Songkhla targets tourists from Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore to join Hat Yai Party Festival on October 31, the Halloween Night.

The State Railway of Thailand yesterday evening fired six of its workers stationed at Hat Yai Junction for allegedly instigating a strike and disrupting train service, throwing into doubt the relaunch of normal services today.

Railway Police and volunteers free this train to become the first to run from Songkhla's Hat Yai to Pattani in the past 10 days./Nation/Santipap Ramasutra Train to Pattani resumes service; businesses hit The weeklong lockdown of Hat Yai Junction was broken yesterday afternoon when more than 100 armed Railway Police and volunteers surged past ...