284 Three ministers have welcomed the first group of Chinese tourists, arriving at Suvarnabhumi Airport on Monday after China reopened its border on Sunday.
245 The Department of Pollution Control warns people in Bangkok and surrounding provinces to brace for higher levels of hazardous particulate matter smaller than 2.5 microns (PM2.5) as stagnant air will intensify tomorrow.
112 Point deduction begins today on the drivers who violate traffic rules.
344 A student was fatally stabbed at Ban Lao Witthayakhan School in Nong Kaew sub-district of Muang district.
276 An automotive painting plant caught fire and its damage was estimated at about 100 million baht.
169 Surachai Sutthitham, president of the Swine Raisers Association of Thailand, said the ex-farm prices of pigs would rise by 2-4 baht per kilogram on Jan 14 on higher costs.
106 The first flight from China after the COVID-19 pandemic will land in the country on Jan 9 with about 200 visitors from Xiamen and they will be among 300,000 arrivals from China expected in the first quarter of this year, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand.
120 Prime Minister and Defence Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha expressed his condolences for the death of one soldier and the serious injury of another during their demining mission near the Thai-Cambodian border in the Northeast.
537 Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said Thailand was well prepared to welcome visitors from around the world including those who would start to arrive from China next week while relevant officials would be monitoring the COVID-19 situation.
112 Local tourism-related operators said they were not concerned about the expected arrivals of Chinese visitors but they urged authorities to arrange for adequate flights and guarantee safety.
189 Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob signed an order to form a fact-finding committee to investigate a project to change the nameplate of the Bang Sue Grand Station and the logo of the State Railway of Thailand (SRT).
75 Officials are hunting for the owner of a sailboat which damaged coral in the Hat Nopparat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park.
