A woman grieves on the grave of her child who was killed in the earthquake at a school in Wufu, in China’s southwest Sichuan province. Parents have complained that the school was shoddily built - a common allegation with almost 7,000 schoolrooms destroyed in the earthquake. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)

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Government’s cut-price rice sells out fast at City Hall

Chiang Mai citizens gathered recently at City Hall to take advantage of the government’s allocation of 3,000 1 kilo bags of rice, to be sold at 120 baht per bag.
Customers were issued with a queue card on production of their IDs, and their hands were stamped to prevent repeat purchases over and above the three bags per person allowed. In this manner, hoarding seems to have been prevented, however, there was concern about the reselling of the bags at a higher price.