Rice to dust
Pledged rice turns to dust in Chachoengsao
CHACHOENGSAO — Inspectors checking supplies of rice stockpiled under the former government’s failed rice-pledging scheme opened a locked warehouse here to find bags of dust mixed with insect waste. Authorities said they were disappointed to find that a substantial portion of rice at the Marketing Organisation for Farmers (MOF) facility in Chachoengsao's Phanom Sarakham district had deteriorated, spoiled and been eaten by weevils. Inspector-general of the Interior Ministry Wasiwa Sasisamit said MOF had been storing 88,005 sacks of government rice since 2012. The inspection team, which included soldiers from the 111th Infantry Regiment, arrived to find a scattered pile of rice sacks that supposedly contained 5% broken white rice.
According to the Vientiane Times, the first draft of the new national anthem is now complete, with the updated version to be played at a symposium on Friday to seek the opinion of various sectors within the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism
Many of the news items are quite familiar to Thai readers. Like their Thai counterparts, Lao students seeking to enter a university take a set of national examinations.
"This year's exams include physics, mathematics, chemistry, literature, geography and history which are set to run for 90-120 minutes," reports the Vientiane Times.
"The exams will finish up today, with the students receiving their results by the end of this month."
About 6.000 of the 16,000 exam-takers will get university places. The Lao newspaper quoted a high-ranking government official as saying that lower scoring students would be encouraged to take on other fields of study at other institutions. The other options available to them include studying for a diploma at a private or public vocational training institute or heading to a teacher training college or other school. (So, it seems the teaching profession does not rank highly in Laos either.)
Compensation for land lost to economic development projects is an issue in Laos as well as Thailand. Villagers seem hesitant to make complaints, however, so the story of one resident who did complain to the National Assembly is a newsmaker today.
Here in Vientiane, the Mekong river is very high after the recent heavy rains, so it is not surprising that some provinces are experiencing flooding. Champassak province has been the worst hit.
Finally, the Vientiane Times reports that an official Lao font for smart-phones is almost ready. Judging from my riverside walks, smartphones are a big hit here as well as just about everywhere else in the world. More troublesome I expect for this city is the popularity of motor vehicles. Traffic jams are becmong a part of city life .
Rice to dust
Pledged rice turns to dust in Chachoengsao
CHACHOENGSAO — Inspectors checking supplies of rice stockpiled under the former government’s failed rice-pledging scheme opened a locked warehouse here to find bags of dust mixed with insect waste. Authorities said they were disappointed to find that a substantial portion of rice at the Marketing Organisation for Farmers (MOF) facility in Chachoengsao's Phanom Sarakham district had deteriorated, spoiled and been eaten by weevils. Inspector-general of the Interior Ministry Wasiwa Sasisamit said MOF had been storing 88,005 sacks of government rice since 2012. The inspection team, which included soldiers from the 111th Infantry Regiment, arrived to find a scattered pile of rice sacks that supposedly contained 5% broken white rice.
According to the Vientiane Times, the first draft of the new national anthem is now complete, with the updated version to be played at a symposium on Friday to seek the opinion of various sectors within the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism
Many of the news items are quite familiar to Thai readers. Like their Thai counterparts, Lao students seeking to enter a university take a set of national examinations.
"This year's exams include physics, mathematics, chemistry, literature, geography and history which are set to run for 90-120 minutes," reports the Vientiane Times.
"The exams will finish up today, with the students receiving their results by the end of this month."
About 6.000 of the 16,000 exam-takers will get university places. The Lao newspaper quoted a high-ranking government official as saying that lower scoring students would be encouraged to take on other fields of study at other institutions. The other options available to them include studying for a diploma at a private or public vocational training institute or heading to a teacher training college or other school. (So, it seems the teaching profession does not rank highly in Laos either.)
Compensation for land lost to economic development projects is an issue in Laos as well as Thailand. Villagers seem hesitant to make complaints, however, so the story of one resident who did complain to the National Assembly is a newsmaker today.
Here in Vientiane, the Mekong river is very high after the recent heavy rains, so it is not surprising that some provinces are experiencing flooding. Champassak province has been the worst hit.
Finally, the Vientiane Times reports that an official Lao font for smart-phones is almost ready. Judging from my riverside walks, smartphones are a big hit here as well as just about everywhere else in the world. More troublesome I expect for this city is the popularity of motor vehicles. Traffic jams are becmong a part of city life .
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