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Local news Name changeOld airport gets new spelling As the old airport prepared to reopen for domestic flights on March 25, a question emerged about how to spell its name. Signs at the domestic terminal now read Don Mueang instead of Don Muang. Airport director Pinit Saraithong insists that Don Mueang is the correct way to spell the name using Roman letters. Pinit turned to linguistic experts, including the Royal Institute and Chulalongkorn University�s faculty of arts, to get some advice on the English spelling of the airport�s name. �All experts I spoke to at these and other language institutes agreed that it should be Mueang, not Muang,� he said. Legal limitGroups have high hopes for alcohol bill Anti-drinking groups are pinning their hopes on a proposed alcohol consumption control bill in their fight to reduce the number of new drinkers. The bill raises the legal age for buying alcoholic beverages to 20, imposes an around-the-clock advertising ban and calls for provincial committees to control alcohol consumption. [EASY NEWS FOR M1-3] Book beginningPrincess launches her first novel Princess Ubolratana launched her first novel, Ruang Sun Thi Chan Kid (When the Miracle Happens), on March 22. The 145-page book was inspired by the Princess� journeys to a small hilltribe school. The story is about a mother, Pimdao, and her daughter, Pat. The daughter hopes to work as a volunteer teacher in a hilltribe village. Princess Ubolratana said that she hoped to inspire readers to explore the world and do good things. Cold challenge
Pairat Wattanaviboon, 47, takes a mouthful during an ice cream-eating contest at a department store on Rama III road on March 24. Pairat was the winner, managing to force down a kilogramme of ice cream in 5.4 minutes.
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