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BANGKOK, Thailand -- Oil and other cargo on ships sailing between the
Middle East and East Asia, will arrive much faster than today's route
past Singapore, when Thailand constructs a short overland connection
linking the Andaman Sea to the Gulf of Thailand, officials said.

"This future transport and cargo exchange gateway will bring down
transport costs, by bypassing heavy traffic in the Malacca Strait,"
Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob said.

Government survey crews and engineers are plotting a sleek, upside
down L-shaped route more than 70 miles long coast-to-coast, with a
railway and highway side-by-side the entire way.

"If built with the help of China, it could fit within the Belt and
Road Initiative, linking to Chinese-backed railways and making Beijing
less reliant on the Strait of Malacca," ASEAN Today said in an
editorial on March 20.

"Thailand has made it clear that -- while it’s happy to build a close
relationship to Beijing -- it doesn’t want to be seen as beholden to
foreign influence.

“The establishment media ignores the scientific evidence linking psychiatric medications and violent behavior because psychiatry is the religion of the mainstream media, and it has chosen to not mention the dangers of psychiatrically prescribed drugs.” -- Peter R. Breggin, MD(www.breggin.org)