A house damaged by a severe storm and a construction site of a 50-billion baht shopping mall were featured events on March 30, 2016.
30 MAR 2016

A day in photos

A house damaged by a severe storm and a construction site of a 50-billion baht shopping mall were featured events on March 30, 2016.

PHOTOS: Bangkok Post
 
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Two hunters arrested for killing protected wildlife, a deer, at Sai Yok National Park, Kanchanaburi. - Piyarat Jongcharoen
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An aerial view of the construction site of Icon Siam, a new 50-billion-baht shopping mall on the bank of the Chao Phraya River, Bangkok. - Krit Phromsakla Na Sakolnakorn
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A nurse vaccinates a Thai Muslim at the National Administration Centre for Islamic Affairs Chalerm Phrakiat, Bangkok. The Ministry of Public Health is providing health checks and vaccinations for Thai Muslims who plan to travel to Saudi Arabia for the hajj in September. - Pattanapong Hirunard
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Workmen inspect one of three houses damaged by a severe storm in the southern province of Narathiwat. There were no injuries. - Waedao Harai
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Constitution Drafting Committee chairman Meechai Ruchupan checks the time on his phone as he presents the draft constitution to National Legislative Assembly members at the parliament in Bangkok. - Pattarachai Preechapanich
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Police show 285kg of seized crystal methamphetamine, with a street value of 600 million baht, at a media briefing at the Narcotics Suppression Bureau, Bangkok. Two Malaysian men were arrested in Songkhla province as they attempted to smuggle the drugs across the border to Malaysia. - Pattarapong Chatpattarasill
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Passengers wait from their train at Hua Lamphong railway station, Bangkok. - Somchai Poomlard
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Spanish Gordon Lake poses for a photograph after he arrives for his trial at the Central Juvenile and Family Court, Bangkok. Spanish-American same sex couple Gordon Lake and Manuel Santos are fighting for the rights of their surrogate baby, after permission for the couple to leave Thailand with the baby girl was withdrawn because the surrogate mother refused to sign the documents required. The couple started the surrogacy process in March 2014. Thailand banned commercial surrogacy on July 30, 2015. - EPA
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A man fixes electricity lines along a street in Bangkok. - AFP
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Buddhist monks look at an almost dried up Mae Chang reservoir in the northern province of Lampang. Thailand is facing water shortage caused by the worst drought in decades due to El Nino phenomenon combined with seasonal hot weather which have critically hit water storage as the water levels in the country's biggest dams are lower than 10%. Other major reservoirs are below 50% of their water capacity. The drought, which currently has affected agriculture across country, has taken Thailand's economy growth down by 0.6 to 0.85%. - EPA
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President Htin Kyaw (left) receives the presidential seal from outgoing president Thein Sein during the handover ceremony at the presidential palace in Naypyidaw. A close aide to Aung San Suu Kyi was sworn in as Myanmar's president, a role that will see him act as a proxy for the pro-democracy figurehead and carry the hopes of a nation emerging from military rule. - AFP
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A group of students row a boat along the Kallang river in Singapore. - AFP
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Special paramilitary policemen attend a training session in Chuzhou, China. - Reuters