{"id":20381,"date":"2013-06-12T22:04:30","date_gmt":"2013-06-12T20:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/thai-grand-prix-plans-uncertain-due-to-new-law\/"},"modified":"2013-06-12T22:04:30","modified_gmt":"2013-06-12T20:04:30","slug":"thai-grand-prix-plans-uncertain-due-to-new-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/thai-grand-prix-plans-uncertain-due-to-new-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Thai Grand Prix plans uncertain due to new law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/29468339@N02\/5898320206\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-img-inserted zemanta-img-configured\" title=\"Bangkok man\" alt=\"Bangkok man\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/61309_5898320206_1399c70a69_m.jpg\" width=\"171\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bangkok man (Photo credit: @Doug88888)<\/p>\n<p>The organisers of the proposed Thai Grand Prix are focusing on relocating the race to <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Phuket Province\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=7.89,98.3983333333spn=0.01,0.01q=7.89,98.3983333333 (Phuket%20Province)t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">Phuket<\/a> after plans to host it in <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Bangkok\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=13.75,100.466666667spn=0.1,0.1q=13.75,100.466666667 (Bangkok)t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">Bangkok<\/a> were dashed by a new law.<\/p>\n<p>A month after a layout was approved by the Sports Authority of Thailand, the Thai government introduced a law in May banning racing in the cultural quarter of Bangkok.<\/p>\n<p>Having initially feared that the race could be cancelled as a result, Tourism and Sports Minister Somsak Pureesrisak says there is still time for a new venue to be found, with Phuket top of the list at present.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can confirm that we cannot hold a Grand Prix on Ratchadamnoen Avenue,\u201d Somsak is quoted as telling the Bangkok Post. \u201cThe law, which took effect last month, prohibits a car racing event in inner Bangkok.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPhuket should be an ideal venue which meets our target to promote tourism. 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A month after a layout was approved by the Sports Authority of Thailand, the Thai government introduced a law in May [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[3258,830,885],"class_list":{"0":"post-20381","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-mysport","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-sport","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20381\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}