-- Today, (25th.), forenoon tee rak & I walked along Tnn. S'wong., Rama IV. & Si Lom.
- The usual riot-police piquet o'side. the JIM.THOMPSON SHOP.
- Fewer riot-police on obvious duty o'side. the DUSIT THANI HTL., (although probably many MORE in the grounds on stand-by?),.
- Municipal employees seen brushing the side-walks, and a std. & yellow water-truck with mainly female attendants was washing down the street-drains along Tnn. Si Lom.
- I thought that the mil'y. along Tnn. Si Lom looked and acted quite relaxed; although in Tnn. Thaniya there were about 70 armed on obvious stand-by, and those in both Phat Pongs were armed & alert, too.
-- The MRT. has CLOSED MRT. Silom but o'wise. is running a normal svce.
-- SILCOM. has RE-OPENED for business in a gen'l. sense, (until 18.30.hrs.), although several individual outlets & shops remain CLOSED. I spoke with the owner of the model railways' shop who told me that the owning co. of SILCOM. has no ins'ce., against civil insurrection, riots and suchlike, these things being unknown in TH. until now. Apparently the owning co. is in negociations with its insurers and, on a just in case basis, she is consulting her own pte. insurers - possibly any add'n. ins'ce., she thinks, may cost her an add'n. 1K.bh. per annum?
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