Labour Ministry closes hotline

The Labour Ministry has closed the hotline for business operators affected by the rally after it received 12,355 help requests from 27,808 affected parties, a senior official said yesterday.

Deputy chief of Employment Department Songsri Boonba said they would check if there are any repetitions in the department's list and the list of some 22,000 affected persons submitted by the Rajaprasong Business Operators' Association and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, before they arrange for related agencies to help out.

Today at 10am at the Government House, PM's Office Minister Sathit Wongnongtoey would present Bt50,000 in aid to each of the 769 business operators and people who directly affected by the rally. The Labour Ministry will also set up booths to provide consultancy and job vacancy information to the laid off or those looking to change their jobs, she added.