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Cheap gas for Cambodians rationed

Published: 9 Feb 2013 at 18.18
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SA KAEO - Heavily subsidised prices for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and natural gas for vehicles (NGV) in Thailand draw dozens of cars daily from Cambodia to refill their tanks in this Thai border town.

But complaints that too many Cambodians are getting a free ride, or rather a very cheap one, have led to authorities rationing gas to drivers from the neighbouring country.

LPG, which accounts for most of the sales to Cambodian drivers, costs 18.13 baht a kilogramme in Thailand. The price is scheduled to rise to 24.82 baht in April but that's still far less than the 45 baht the fuel costs in Cambodia.

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mibaaa
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Discussion 3 : 10 Feb 2013 at 23.343
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250 per day,lets say 200 come for gas,if the border is open for 10hours and lets say they have 2 gas stations then that's 10 cars per gas station, per hour,Thais are really stingy or paranoid
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Discussion 2 : 10 Feb 2013 at 16.312
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If Thais are importing Cambodian rice to put in the TS pledging scheme, then why can't
they give them some cheap fuel??
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Discussion 1 : 10 Feb 2013 at 11.211
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...Police are now keeping careful records of cars from Cambodia passing through the checkpoint, and they're allowing only vehicles with one gas tank to pass. Vehicles with extra tanks are believed to be used by smugglers.... Yeah police are very good at keeping a careful record of smugglers. This is the procedure:
Somchai: Good morning. What are all those gas cylinders doing on your truck?
Maung: They are chickens. Here is 2000 baht.
Somchai: Drive on
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