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The Cabinet on Monday approved phase four of the government’s “Khon La Khrueng” (Let’s Go Halves) subsidy scheme with a budget of 34.8 billion baht.

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha on Thursday vowed to neither reshuffle his Cabinet nor dissolve the House of Representatives following the ouster of 21 MPs from the ruling Palang Pracharath Party.

The Cabinet on Tuesday approved a budget of Bt1.1 billion for the construction of a new zoo on a royally granted plot of land in Pathum Thani, government spokeswoman Ratchada Dhnadirek said.

The Cabinet on Tuesday set aside 2.13 billion baht from the 2022 national budget to fund the restoration of infrastructure damaged by flooding.

The Cabinet has earmarked 4.18 billion baht for the World Specialised Expo 2028, which is scheduled to be held in Phuket. Secondary events are also being planned for other Andaman provinces.

The Cabinet on Tuesday earmarked about 600 million baht to help approximately 120,000 workers in the entertainment industry who have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Cabinet on Tuesday approved a loan of 35.97 billion baht for the following projects:

Chana Rak Thin (Protect Homeland Chana) protesters agreed to go home on Wednesday after the cabinet resolved to delay a controversial industrial estate project in Songkhla until a strategic environmental assessment (SEA) is completed and the prime minister ordered a fact-checking committee to be set up.

At its weekly meeting on Tuesday, the Cabinet discussed the funding required for development projects in six provinces along the Andaman coast.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and members of his Cabinet landed in Krabi on Monday to attend a mobile Cabinet meeting, government spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana said.

The Cabinet approved measures amounting to THB131.6 billion to guarantee income for rice farmers and parallel measures to help rice growers during production year 2021/2022, as proposed by the Commerce Ministry after a decision by the National Rice Policy Committee.

The Cabinet on Tuesday decided to team up with the Chinese government to promote the Thai film industry in order to boost trade, investment and tourism in the country.