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• TRANSPORT Safety push for public minivans

  06/02/2012 : The Transport Ministry will tighten regulations to ensure the safety of public service minivans which have been involved in a rising number of accidents in recent years.

• New 'protection' for motorbike taxis

  30/01/2012 : A son of Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung, Wan, will be assigned to coordinate with police to protect motorcycle taxi operators from extortion, Transport Minister Charupong Ruangsuwan said on Monday.

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• Passenger van-truck crash, 14 hurt

  13/01/2012 : A passenger van ran into a 10-wheel truck on Rama II road, injuring 14 people, with one in a critical condition, police said Friday.

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  TRANSPORT

  New Eastern rail line gets on track

  13/01/2012 : A new 78-kilometre train line along the Eastern Seaboard linking Chachoengsao, Si Racha and Laem Chabang was opened yesterday to support the government's goal of reducing logistics costs.

• SUVARNABHUMI

  Security bar to be raised after porn filmed at airport

  13/01/2012 : Suvarnabhumi Airport will find out if it can prohibit passengers or film crews filming in the airport without permission following the dissemination of a pornographic video clip in which the airport was used as a location.

• TRANSPORT

  Train assembly plant backed

  13/01/2012 : Transport Minister ACM Sukumpol Suwanatat backs calls for an electric train assembly facility to supply trains for the country's mass-transit rail projects.

• Oil Fund levies return

  12/01/2012 : PTT and Bangchak Petroleum announced on Thursday that they are raising pump prices by 0.50 baht a litre for petrol and diesel and 0.30 baht for gasohol E85, following the Energy Ministry's decision to bring back the fuel levies.

• Oil Fund levies return

  12/01/2012 : The National Energy Policy Council has approved the resumption of Oil Fund levies on petrol, gasohol and diesel, starting on Jan 16, and resolved to raise the price of compressed natural gas by 0.50 baht per kilogramme.

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  THAI AIRWAYS

  Sukumpol denies chief faces the axe

  12/01/2012 : Transport Minister ACM Sukumpol Suwanatat has dispelled rumours that Thai Airways president Piyasvasti Amranand is facing the axe.

• Dem MP wanted for questioning

  11/01/2012 : Provincial Police Region 7 has sent a letter to the Royal Thai Police Office asking it to submit a request that the House of Representatives allow Democrat Party MP Khanchit Thapsuwan to meet police investigators, police spokesman Piya Uthayo said on Wednesday.

• Red shirt leader confronts protesters

  10/01/2012 : A red-shirt leader from Surin province on Tuesday asked police to arrest the chairman of the transport organisation who led a protest against an increase in the price of gas that paralysed traffic on Vibhavadi Rangsit Road for several hours on Monday.

• PM approves free-travel extension

  10/01/2012 : Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra supports the Transport Ministry’s proposal to extend the limited free travel scheme on Bangkok public buses and third-class trains for another three months, Transport Minister Sukumpol Suwanatat said after a meeting with her on Tuesday.

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