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Nothing to wear

Thieves steal new robes

Monks at a Nakhon Sawan temple have no new robes to wear after thieves stole donations stored at Wat Bang Plamaw in the Bang Phlat district of Bangkok.

Phra Chaicharn Piyathammo, 52, alerted police on February 24 to the theft of donated goods and 30 sets of new robes. They were taken from one of the living quarters.

Phra Chaicharn said that a novice monk was returning from collecting alms when he saw suspicious looking people getting out of a taxi near the living quarters. Shortly afterwards, the items were found to be missing.

In demand

Koh Samui in need of another airport

Tourism businesses on Koh Samui have called on the government to build a second airport on the resort island.

Tourism Promotion Association President Seni Puwasetthavorn said on February 24 that the existing airport is not enough to handle the increasing demands of travellers to the island.

Thai Airways International recently started daily flights to Samui, breaking the monopoly on the route long held by Bangkok Airways.

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Animal farm

Goats to be raised in the South

Authorities want people to raise goats in Southern Thailand. They plan to train 200 farmers to produce 10,000 goats each year.

They think that that raising goats is suited to the way of life in the South.

Dawn of a new era

Workers balance on scaffolding behind one of the guardian giants as they continue restoration work at Wat Arun, the Temple of Dawn, in Bangkok.

	scaffolding (n): metal poles and wooden boards that are joined together to make a structure for workers to stand on when they are working high up on the outside wall of a building robe (n): a long loose outer piece of clothing donation (n): something that is given to a person or an organisation such as a charity, in order to help them quarters (n): rooms that are provided for monks, soldiers, servants, etc. to live in suspicious (adj): making you feel that somebody is dishonest or doing something illegal authorities (n): people who are in charge of a particular area, thing, or government department