The soc.culture.thai-FAQ

Subject: G.4) Where can I get the latest news from Thailand?

Some of the latest news in Thai language from Thai News Agency are available for anonymous FTP from ftp.cs.washington.edu (a.k.a. june) in the directory /pub/thaisys/thainews. To read these news, follow the instructions provided in a README file in that directory.

A raw news archive is available at:
ftp://ftp.nectec.or.th/pub/news

Use InfoZIP's unzip5.0p1 (or later) with a command line switch -a to unpack on non-MSDOS platforms or use PKWARE Inc's PKUNZIP 2.04g (or later) to unpack on MSDOS.

News from the Thai News Agency, Mass Communications Organization of Thailand, is provided as a courtesy service from SysOp of the Datanet BBS in Bangkok, Khun Samart Sririangkana (samart@nwg.nectec.or.th).

Besides, news in English is also occasionally posted to soc.culture.thai by volunteer netters in Thailand.

Alternatively, news related to Thailand can be found in the newsgroups clari.news.international.gov and bit.listserv.seasia-l (or the SEASIA-L mailing list)

Subject: G.5) Thai shortwave radio programs

1. BBC Thai language - Short wave Radio Broadcasting from London, UK.

Time is in Bangkok timezone: 7 hours ahead of GMT, no daylight saving.

   6.30-7.00 (morning)
   6.08   7.16  11.865  MHz
    49     41    25     m

   19.30-20.00 (night)
   7.16  9.605 11.92  21.59 MHz
    41     31    25     13  m

   23.15-23.30 (midnight)
   6.065 7.105 9.605  MHz
    49    41    31    m

Subject: G.6) Units of measurement

THAI UNITS OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

-----++++O++++-----

_____________________________________________________________________________
                                  |         Approximately equal to:
   MEASURE OF LENGTH:             |
                                  |       British      |      Metric
                                  |--------------------|---------------------
   1 kabiet                       |      3/16 inch     |    5 millimeters
   4 kabiet  =   1 nieu           |      3/4 inch      |    2 centimeters
   12 nieu   =   1 keub           |     10 inches      |   25 centimeters
   2 keub    =   1 sawk           |  1 ft. 7 1/2 ins.  |   50 centimeters
   4 sawk    =   1 wah            |  6 ft. 6 1/4 ins.  |    2 meters
   20 wah    =   1 sen            |      44 yards      |   40 meters
   400 sen   =   1 yote           |      10 miles      |   16 kilometers
__________________________________|____________________|_____________________
                                  |                    |
   MEASURE OF SURFACE:            |       British      |      Metric
                                  |--------------------|---------------------
   1  sq. wah                     |   4.78  sq.yards   |     4 sq. meters
   100 sq. wah = 1 ngan           |   478   sq. yards  |   400 sq. meters
   4 ngan      = 1 rai(1 sq.sen)  |   2/5 acre         |  1,600 sq. meters
__________________________________|____________________|_____________________
                                  |                    |
   MEASURE OF CAPACITY:           |      British       |       Metric
                                  |--------------------|---------------------
   1 standard tanan               |                    |     1 litre
20 standard tanan=1 standard sat  |                    |    20 litres
50 standard sat = 1 standard ban  |                    |  1,000 litres
2 standard ban=1 standard kwien   |                    |  2,000 litres
__________________________________|____________________|_____________________
                                  |                    |
    PADDY AND RICE MEASURE:       |      British       |       Metric
                                  |--------------------|---------------------
  1 coyan = 16 pikuls paddy       |   2,133 1/3 lbs.   |   968 kilograms
  1 coyan = 22 pikuls cargo rice  |     1.31 tons      |  1,330 kilograms
  1 kwien = 23 pikuls white rice  |     1.37 tons      |  1,391 kilograms
  The rice miller's kwien is:-    |                    |
  82 baskets of 40 lbs. each      |                    |
          = 24 pikuls             |     1.46 tons      |  1,488 kilograms
__________________________________|____________________|_____________________
                                  |                    |
            WEIGHT:               |      British       |        Metric
                                  |--------------------|---------------------
  1 baht (tical)                  |   1/2 oz.(AVDP)    |     15 grams
  4 baht = 1 tamlung              | 2 1/10 oz. (AVDP)  |     60 grams
  20 tamlung = 1 chang (kati)     | 2 5/8 lbs. (AVDP)  |     1.2 kilograms
  50 chang   = 1 hap (pikul)      | 133 1/3 lbs.(AVDP) |     60 kilograms
__________________________________|____________________|_____________________

Subject: G.7) Holidays

Date: Mon, 1 Jan 1996 22:44:15 +0700 (GMT+0700)
From: Hugh Thaweesak Koanantakool <htk@nucleus.nectec.or.th<
Subject: 1996 holiday

For Thailand FAQ update
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1996 Thailand Official Holidays

G=Government
B=Bank
(..) = not official holiday

GB  Jan   1 Monday       New Year's Day
GB  Jan   2 Tuesday      Substitution for 1995 New Year's Eve
 (  Feb  19 Monday       Chinese New Year)
-B  Mar   4 Monday       Substitution for Makha Bucha Day (Mar 3)
-B  Apr   8 Monday       Substitution for Chakree Day (Apr 6)
GB  Apr  12 Friday       Songkran Day
-B  May   1 Wednesday    National Labour Day
-B  May   6 Monday       Substitution for Coronation Day (May 5)
G-  May  16 Thursday     Royal Ploughing Ceremony
GB  May  31 Friday       Wisakha Bucha day
-B  Jul   1 Monday       Midyear Bank's Holiday
G-  Jul  29 Monday       Asarnha Bucha Day
GB  Jul  30 Tuesday      Buddhist Lent Day
GB  Aug  12 Monday       H.M.The Queen's Birthday
GB  Oct  23 Wednesday    Chulalongkorn Day
 (  Nov  24 Sunday       Loy Krathong Day)
GB  Dec   5 Thursday     H.M.The King's Birthday
GB  Dec  10 Tuesday      Constitution Day
 (  Dec  25 Wednesday    Christmas Day)
GB  Dec  31 Tuesday      New Year's Eve

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