The Thai Cabinet has endorsed the Ministry of Finance’s proposal to
allocate 3.9 billion THB from the 2014 budget for free bus and train
services.
According to the Thai Prime Minister Office
spokesperson Thossaphon Serirak, 2.436 billion THB will go to the State
Railway of Thailand to help its operation of 164 “social service”
trains, and 1.524 billion THB will be given to the Bangkok Mass Transit
Authority to help it run 1,562 no-fare buses.
The Cabinet
also endorsed the Ministry of Commerce’s proposal to regulate trade in
used vehicle tires. A time frame will be established to force businesses
making recycled tires from melting used tires to export the ‘new’
products within an acceptable period after manufacture.
The Department of Foreign Trade will be able to confiscate any tire not exported within the allowed time frame.-VNA