Positioned as a pilot province under the government's "triangle economy city model" in the far South, Yala's Betong district has recently been delisted from the region's severe emergency areas to pave the way for the scheme, which is aimed at bolstering the local economy and enhancing residents' livelihood.
Strictly regulated under the 2005 Executive Decree for Public Administration in Emergency Situations for over a decade due to the southern insurgency, Betong is the only district in Yala and the deep South as a whole in which the decree has been replaced by the Internal Security Act.
The act came into force on March 20. It was published in the Royal Gazette on March 13.
