Masked man
An artist performs a mask-changing show, a famous Chinese art, during the 2015 Thai-Chinese Festival at Central World shopping mall, which ended on March 29.
Furious company
Film release put on hold
Sahamongkol Film International announced on March 27 that it had obtained a court injunction stopping the theatrical release of Fast and Furious 7, which was due to premiere on March 25.
The Thai company has filed a lawsuit against Tachakorn Yeerum (also known as Tony Jaa), a martial arts actor who has a minor role in the Hollywood film. Sahamongkol claims the actor violated a contract by appearing in Fast and Furious 7 without permission. The court is set to hear the case on April 16.
Free passage
City Hall urged to build bridge
City Hall has been urged to build a permanent pedestrian bridge near Wutthakat skytrain station.
Speaking after an inspection of the station, the city council’s subcommittee on public works and city planning said on March 27 that it will propose a plan for a permanent bridge to City Hall. A temporary structure should be built until the permanent bridge gets the go-ahead.
Bangkok Mass Transit System, the skytrain operator, has been accused of using the lack of a pedestrian bridge to make money by not allowing free passage for those who need to cross the canal, according to Nirunde Praditkul, chairman of the city council’s subcommittee on public works and city planning.
EASY NEWS FOR M1-3
Off the rails
Passengers hurt in collision
Fifty-two people were injured when two trains collided. Three people were seriously hurt. It happened in Ayutthaya’s Phachi district on the night of March 26. The accident occurred between Map Phrajan and Phra Kaeo railway stations.
Vocabulary
- violate (v): to go against or refuse to obey a law, an agreement, etc.
passage (n): a way through something
collide (v): if two vehicles, etc. collide, they crash into each other
