Bangkok launches subsidised curry-rice restaurants to ease living cost crisis


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BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): A government minister and a former MP launched a restaurant offering rice and curry at 20 baht per dish on Sunday (Feb 6), part of a project to reduce burdens from rising living costs.

Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Chalermchai Sreeon and ex-Bangkok MP Chanin Rungsang began offering the 20-baht meals at Suan Prok community in Bangkok's Bang Phlat district.

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