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HISTORICAL FACTS: Songkhla - The Untold Story

Claims that the government failed to support flood-hit Hat Yai are false, says Deputy Transport Minister Sanphet Bunyamanee.

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New Sadao checkpoint linking Malaysia opens on Saturday

SONGKHLA - A new Sadao checkpoint compound and road linking southern Thailand and northern Malaysia has been slated to open for users on Saturday after the prime ministers of both nations officiated its launch on Friday.

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Songkhla flood plan gets nod from govt

The government has approved a flood preparedness plan for Songkhla province, including fast-tracked funding to repair damaged infrastructure and restore the southern commercial hub of Hat Yai within 100 days after devastating floods late last year.

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Phiphat to meet Songkhla businesses over Hat Yai flood concerns

Deputy Prime Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn has scheduled travel to Songkhla on Friday to meet local business leaders and discuss measures to prevent a repeat of the devastating floods that struck Hat Yai late last year, as concerns mount ahead of the coming rainy season.

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Hoteliers: Online car registration needed to reduce queues at Sadao border

SONGKHLA - The president of the Hat Yai-Songkhla Hotel Association wants the government to allow Malaysian visitors to register their vehicles online prior to travelling, to reduce the long queues at Thai immigration checkpoints.

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Songkhla demands aid schemes after flood

Amid a slump in Malaysian tourists and an uneven recovery from last year's severe floods, Songkhla tourism operators are calling for stimulus measures such as soft loans, land tax cuts, new tourism events, and eased entry at land checkpoints, with the cabinet set to convene in the province in June.

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Hat Yai on edge over floodwall

SONGKHLA: Residents along a major canal draining storm water from Hat Yai city are again living on the edge, with last year's damaged floodwall still unrepaired ahead of the return of the annual wet season in the South.

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Canal walls unrepaired, Songkhla residents fear fresh flooding

SONGKHLA - Residents along a major canal draining storm water from Hat Yai city are again living on the edge, with last year's damaged floodwall still unrepaired ahead of the return of the annual wet season in the South.

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Hat Yai school gunman captured

Police have arrested a gunman who seriously wounded a school director and injured two students before taking hostages in Hat Yai district of Songkhla on Wednesday afternoon.

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Right-angled running track draws flak in Songkhla

A new 30-million-baht sports complex in Songkhla province has drawn sharp public criticism for a sharply angled running track that is not safe or practical for use.

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Footage shows rescue boat sinking amid Thailand’s fatal floods

Footage shows a rescue boat sinking in Songkhla while Southern Thailand faces fatal flooding, with at least 145 dead and Hat Yai’s main hospital badly hit.

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Hospital building, airport terminal also being built by discredited Chinese company

A new building at Songkhla Hospital is being built by the same Chinese company constructing the 30-storey State Audit Office building that collapsed during the earthquake last Friday.

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Birthday kids lose parents when customer shoots up restaurant

A boy celebrating his birthday and his young sister lost both their parents when a customer annoyed by a waiter fired several shots inside the busy restaurant, in Songkhla on Sunday night.

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Lecturer's death spurs probe

Songkhla: An investigation is underway to find out who should be held responsible for the death of Narun Nattharom.

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17 hurt as tour bus hits truck

A Malaysian tour bus hit a trailer truck in Sadao district in Songkhla on Monday, injuring 17 Malaysian tourists and a Thai tour guide.

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Jellyfish warning for Songkhla beach

Authorities are warning tourists against swimming on Chala That Beach in Songkhla province following sightings of Portuguese man-of-war jellyfish.

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Two killed as truck crashes into students

The son of a former politician has been charged with reckless driving causing death and drug use after he hit a group of students in Songkhla on Wednesday, killing two and injuring 13 others.

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Three killed, one seriously injured in family shooting

A 39-year-old man shot and killed his wife, daughter and himself in an incident that left another daughter seriously injured in Songkhla on Wednesday.

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Illegal job seekers caught en route to Malaysia

SONGKHLA: Twenty illegal Myanmar migrants hoping to get jobs in Malaysia were arrested at a deserted house in Sadao district of this southern border province.

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Money expo travels to Hat Yai

The Money Expo 2023 will head south to bring special deals to entrepreneurs, business owners and the general public at Central Festival Hatyai, Songkhla province, from Friday to Sunday.

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Two Vietnamese fishing boats seized, 11 crew arrested

SONGKHLA: Marine police on Thursday seized two Vietnamese fishing boats and arrested 11 crew members in the waters off the southern provinces of Pattani and Nakhon Si Thammarat.

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Four Thais arrested with 19 Bangladeshi migrants

SONGKHLA: Immigration police arrested four Thai nationals and 19 illegal Bangladeshi migrants after intercepting five cars in Bang Klam district of this southern province on Thursday.

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Understanding 'self-determination'

At the seminar entitled "Self-determination and Patani Peace" at Prince of Songkla University in Pattani on June 7, mock referendum ballots were distributed to the attendants to explore the possibility for a referendum for a "Patani State", or the secession of Yala, Pattani, Narathiwat and four districts of Songkhla --…

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Four seaside surf festivals for June and July

Four seaside locations in Phangnga, Phuket, Songkhla and Prachuap Khiri Khan are the venues for four exciting festivals under the Amazing Ultimate Festival by the Tourism Authority of Thailand in June and July.

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Thai driver, 13 illegal migrants arrested in Songkhla

SONGKHLA: A driver arrested along with 13 illegal migrants from Myanmar in Rattaphum district of this southern province on Thursday admitted the financial reward drove him to take the job – even though he had been arrested for the same offence three times before.

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