People wake up. The floods are caused by cars.

AFP: Thai floods force Honda to shut Malaysia plant: "KUALA LUMPUR — Japanese auto giant Honda halted production at its Malaysian plant Tuesday due to disruption to its supply chain caused by devastating floods in neighbouring Thailand.
Honda Malaysia said in a statement that the flooding had caused Honda Automobile Thailand and other major suppliers to close, leading to a parts shortage."

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Flooding, Public Transit Dominate Jakarta Draft Budget | The Jakarta Globe

Public transportation is set to receive Rp 3 trillion in funds

 for the 2012 Jakarta budget, the governor said on Friday. (AFP Photo)

Flooding, Public Transit Dominate Jakarta Draft Budget | The Jakarta Globe: "Of the eight programs, public transportation would get the most funding, at Rp 2.89 trillion. Fauzi said they wanted to develop three new TransJakarta busway corridors — one of which would go to Bekasi and another to Tangerang — buy land for a fourth corridor and adapt pillars intended for the scrapped monorail project into an elevated busway track. The city also wants to buy new buses for the TransJakarta network."

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Thailand keeps free transit - tries to mitigate fossil-fuel subsidy

Economic policies of Thailand's new government: "It said in August it expected to raise excise tax on all fuels in the next 6-8 months to make a more appropriate price structure.

-- Pledge to hold down prices of consumer goods and energy.
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On Oct 3., the cabinet approved the extension of free public transport until Jan. 15 for certain users and the government said this would cost 2.18 billion baht."

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