BANGKOK Cheap Rafinha Jersey , Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Thai Deputy Prime Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul on Tuesday morning said the government is able to control the current situation, and a string of measures will be rolled out to ensure tourist safety and normal operation of flights.
The Bangkok shutdown operation, launched by anti-government protesters to force the caretaker government to step down, entered its second day. In the morning Cheap Philipp Lahm Jersey , protesters besieged the Customs Department, Commerce Ministry and Labor Ministry.
The blockade of the workplaces has not prevented the proper functioning of these ministries, Surapong said, adding their hotlines are available for consultation.
According to Surapong Cheap Niklas Sule Jersey , the Tourism and Sports Ministry has set up a service center to help tourists with commuting, and utmost efforts will be made to protect tourists.
He added that no reports had been received on tourists being injured during the rally.
The anti-government Network of Students and People for Reform of Thailand earlier threatened to blockade Aeronautical Radio of Thailand (Aerothai) unless caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra stepped down by Wednesday.
If the Aerothai is disrupted, all flights that take off and land in Thailand or fly over the Thai territory will be affected, Surapong said Cheap Niklas Dorsch Jersey , adding the Aerothai will do its best to prevent the blockade from happening.
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BANGKOK, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's pro-government Red Shirt activists said Friday they will hold rallies at various locations in the country this weekend in a prelude to their stand against the anti-government protesters' move to occupy Bangkok on Monday.
Vorachai Hema, former Pheu Thai Party member of parliament, said he would lead people in suburban Samut Prakan province to rally at the provincial hall on Sunday before moving to a yet-to- be-announced destination.
TAIYUAN Cheap Nicolas Feldhahn Jersey , Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- The government of Jinzhong City in north China's Shanxi Province is cooperating with enterprises to revive its century-old Jinhua Textile Mill by turning it into a culture zone.
The local government has raised more than 300 million yuan (46 million U.S. dollars) to renovate the plant and introduce craftsmen as well as traditional workshops to this piece of industrial heritage, according to Qin Yanru, an official with Jinzhong Cultural Affairs Bureau.
Qin said that the renovations and reinforcements of the plant's Western-style office building, workshops Cheap Milos Pantovic Jersey , warehouses and gates were almost completed.
It will also become an industrial cluster for research institutes and cultural companies to revive Chinese traditional craftsmanship such as painted sculpture, murals, colored glaze and wood carving. It will also hold exhibitions and cultivate talent.
Once the largest textile plant in Shanxi, Jinhua Textile Mill was listed as a county-level protection site owing to its historical role and fine combination of Chinese and Western elements in its architecture.
The plant was set up in 1919 by a group of politicians and merchants from Shanxi who wanted to revitalize the national industry. It was put into production in 1924 and went bankrupt in 2009.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 15 (Xinhua) -- Two-time FIFA world player of the year Ronaldinho is hopeful of returning to football with a South American club this year, according to his brother and agent.
Roberto Assis said the 2002 World Cup winner's preference was to join a club that has qualified for the Copa Libertadores, the continent's top club competition.
Among teams linked to the 36-year-old Barcelona legend are Brazil's Chapecoense and Coritiba as well as Uruguayan outfit Nacional.
"Our aim is for him to play in 2017. That's the idea after a year of rest in which we had the chance to travel the world and get to know countries that we'd never been to before," Assis told Uruguayan newspaper El Pais.
When asked about a possible move to Nacional, Assis replied: "I have spoken with intermediaries but there is no further news.
"The plan for 2017 it to play again and see how things pan out. We are thinking about a club that is in the Copa Libertadores," Assis added.
Ronaldinho has been without a team since leaving Brazil's Fluminense last September. In the past year he has made one-off friendly appearances in Peru, Ecuador, Guatemala, the United States and China, as well as participating in a futsal tournament in India.
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