Whistles sold out
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Whistles, pressed into service by protesters against the amnesty bill, are becoming hard to find in Bangkok.
Stationary store Som-Jai’s Siamkit Building branch has sold out and Som-Jai staff member Kanya Ampanun says the Pahurat branch has reported brisk sales of several hundred whistles a day.
“Normally, we sell whistles to students or their parents and rarely more than two at a time. Now, every order is for dozens of whistles,” Kanya says, adding that the whistles sell for B15 apiece and that stores haven’t raised the price despite the sudden demand.
Also doing well is an application that allows people to develop their own sign against the amnesty bill. It was developed by Kunuch Chutmongkolporn, a senior engineering student at Kasetsart University and since its launch yesterday morning, has been downloaded more than 100 times. See http://against.splendith.com/.
