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NEB focuses efforts to fight smog
Praphorn Praphornkul
BANGKOK (NNT) - The National Environment Board (NEB) has concluded that hot spots, posing a risk of forest fires, were fewer last year.
Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211664-neb-focuses-efforts-to-fight-smog/
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BANGKOK (NNT) - The National Environment Board (NEB) has concluded that hot spots, posing a risk of forest fires, were fewer last year.
Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan chaired the meeting of the NEB, attended by Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Varawut Silapa-archa and representatives of relevant agencies. The gathering acknowledged that 428,113 tons of electronic waste was collected and managed in 2020, that the Royal Thai Police Office is pushing through ministerial laws and regulations on air polluting automobiles, that funding was allocated to 69 projects via the Environmental Fund and that efforts to reduce forest fires and smog were able to reduce the number of hot spots in 2020 satisfactorily.
Furthermore, the board approved an Environmental Impact Assessment for the Chalongrat-Nakhon Nayok-Saraburi expressway, presented by the Expressway Authority of Thailand, and assessments for three future highways, to be constructed in the Sam Kok, Khlong Luang and Muang areas of Pathumthani, to facilitate travel to the provinces to the east and west.
DPM Gen Prawit called for all approved efforts to be expedited, with a focus on public benefit, and asked that efforts to fight smog and air pollution be elevated, alongside public awareness campaigns.
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Former park chief Chaiwat vows to fight for justice over his termination
Former chief of Kaeng Krachan national park, Chaiwat Limlikhit-akson, has vowed to appeal against the order, issued by the civil service committee of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, terminating his employment, and to petition the Administrative Court to put on hold the committee’s order.
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Former chief of Kaeng Krachan national park, Chaiwat Limlikhit-akson, has vowed to appeal against the order, issued by the civil service committee of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, terminating his employment, and to petition the Administrative Court to put on hold the committee’s order.
Chaiwat, currently director of the Ubon Ratchathani-based conservation area management office, said today (Saturday) that he has not yet formally received the committee’s order terminating his employment, as recommended by the Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) over an incident a decade ago when he, then the park chief, allegedly led his men in burning down about 100 houses of Karn indigenous villagers at Ban Bang Kloy Bon or Jai Paendin in the heart of the national park.
Once he has officially received the order from the committee, he said he will appeal against it to the good governance protection committee at Government House, claiming that the PACC never set foot on the Ban Bang Kloy Bon site during its investigation of the case.
Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/former-park-chief-chaiwat-vows-to-fight-for-justice-over-his-termination/
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Man pictured pretending to urinate on police at Bangkok protest now in custody
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A Cambodian man has been arrested by the police on charges of illegal assembly and resisting police arrest, after he allegedly stood on a cargo container and pretended to urinate in the direction of the police, during a protest by the anti-establishment Ratsadon group in front of an army camp in Bang Khen district of Bangkok, on the night of February 28th. -
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A Cambodian man has been arrested by the police on charges of illegal assembly and resisting police arrest, after he allegedly stood on a cargo container and pretended to urinate in the direction of the police, during a protest by the anti-establishment Ratsadon group in front of an army camp in Bang Khen district of Bangkok, on the night of February 28th.Pol Maj-Gen Piya Tavichai, deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, said that the man, identified as Sam Sa Mart, was apprehended yesterday in front of a building in Seekan sub-district, in the Don Mueang area.
The individual reportedly admitted that he was the man shown on social media pretending to urinate at the police, who were deployed to prevent the protesters from getting close to the army camp.
Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/man-pictured-pretending-to-urinate-on-police-at-bangkok-protest-now-in-custody/
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Thai woman tests positive for COVID-19 despite receiving vaccine
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A Thai woman has tested positive for COVID-19 despite receiving the vaccine earlier this month.
Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211661-thai-woman-tests-positive-for-covid-19-despite-receiving-vaccine/
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A Thai woman has tested positive for COVID-19 despite receiving the vaccine earlier this month.
The woman, from Ratchaburi, received the vaccine eight days ago but tested positive for the virus on Friday.
Daily News reported she had been given the vaccine after being linked to the outbreak at Kittie market in Bang Kae, Bangkok, where she sold seafood.
According to the timeline released by Ratchaburi health authorities, she stayed at home from March 10-12 because the market where she worked was closed due to an outbreak of the virus.
On March 13 she returned to work at the market and was told by a supervisor to take a saliva test. She returned home and waited for the results.
Between March 14-17 she self isolated at home but never received a phone call informing her of the result of her test. She learned via a Line chat group that none of her work colleagues had tested positive.
On March 18 she returned to Kitti market where she was given her first dose of the vaccination. She then returned home and stayed there until March 20.
On March 20 she was contacted by public health officials who informed her she should have been sent to a state quarantine facility instead of being sent home.
She was then moved to the quarantine facility in Ratchaburi on March 21.
Last Friday (Mar 26) she was tested again at the quarantine facility and tested positive.
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Thailand aims to become Asia-Pacifc hub for the space industry
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Thailand has embarked on an ambitious plan to be at the forefront of the space travel industry for the Asia-Pacific region.
Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211659-thailand-aims-to-become-asia-pacifc-hub-for-the-space-industry/
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Thailand has embarked on an ambitious plan to be at the forefront of the space travel industry for the Asia-Pacific region.
Earlier this week, officials from Thailand’s Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) met with their counterparts from Sweden’s Space Corporation (SSC) and Jon Åström Gröndahl, Swedish Ambassador to Thailand, to outline collaboration plans in the development of space technology.
According to Manager, Sweden is the largest foreign investor in Thailand’s burgeoning space programme having already developed the satellite ground station located at the Space Krenovation Park near Laem Chabang.
The SSC will help Thailand with such things as satellite operations, rocket and balloon systems, launch services and also provide expertise in aerospace engineering.
The meeting earlier this week also enabled Thai officials to show off the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) and how the eastern region of Thailand will become a high tech base for a wide variety of businesses and industries, including those involved in aerospace and space technology.
This isn’t the first time Thailand’s lofty ambitions regarding space travel have been touted.
Last year and in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Minister of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation, Dr Anek Laothamatas, said that Thailand will launch its own space program and that within seven years, the Thai government will have built its own spacecraft.
“Thailand will be the fifth nation in Asia that will be able to build a spacecraft and send it to orbit the moon,” Dr Anek said.
“The Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation and the Thai government will move forward for the future of our country. The project will forever change the whole perspective of Thai people that Thailand is no longer a developing country but is a country with a future, opportunity, and hope.”However, the plans were met with fierce criticism from the Thai public who said the government should be focussing its efforts on pressing matters, such as the economic recovery post COVID-19.
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Thailand targets 1 million electric vehicles on the road by 2025
Thailand’s government has targeted 1 million electric vehicles on the roads by 2025 and 5 million by 2030.
Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211658-thailand-targets-1-million-electric-vehicles-on-the-road-by-2025/
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Thailand’s government has targeted 1 million electric vehicles on the roads by 2025 and 5 million by 2030.
The targets were outlined earlier this week by the National New Generation Vehicle Committee and are part of wider plans to help Thailand become the ‘Detroit of Asia’ for electric vehicle production.
The targets for e-vehicle usage in Thailand over the next fifteen years are as follows:
2025: 1.05 million e-vehicles:
402,000 cars and pickup trucks, 622,000 motorbikes, 31,000 buses and trucks.2030: 5.41 million e-vehicles:
2.05 million cars and pickup trucks, 3.2 million motorbikes, 160,000 buses and trucks.
2035: 15.58 million e-vehicles:
6.4 million cars and pickup trucks, 8.75 million motorbikes, 430,000 buses and trucks.
To help reach the targets of e-vehicle ownership in Thailand, the government is set to make the county a hub for electric vehicle production.
By 2030, the government wants at least 50 percent of the e-vehicles on Thailand’s roads to have been produced locally, Manager reported.
And by 2035, the government wants more than 18 million electric vehicles to be produced in the country annually.
To help achieve its target, the government said it will continue to offer tax break incentives to both manufacturers and customers of electric vehicles.
Exclusive parking zones will be set up for e-vehicles only and charging stations will be installed throughout the country.
Varying estimates put the amount of charging stations in Thailand at between 500 and 1,000, most of which are in Bangkok.
As well as using Google Maps, drivers of electric vehicles can search for the nearest charging stations on these websites:
https://na.chargepoint.com/charge_point
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https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211657-thailand-live-sunday-28-mar-2021/
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Survey suggests deaths of motorcylists in Thailand largely due to poor decision making
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In the clearest assesment yet of the carnage on the Thai roads from the death of motorcyclists the riders themselves have been mostly blamed.
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Pattaya: Mayor intends to raise hospital standards to international level for residents and tourists
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Pattaya's mayor Sontaya Kunplome held a meeting at Muang Pattaya Hospital to check up on developments in health care.
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Pattaya's mayor Sontaya Kunplome held a meeting at Muang Pattaya Hospital to check up on developments in health care.
Sophon Cable TV reported that the go-ahead mayor wants to raise standards to international levels for residents of the city and tourist visitors.
A health center has already been set up in Koh Larn and plans for a kidney unit in Na Klua and another health center in Soi Wat Bunkanjanaram are underway.
The mayor wants to raise standards and capabilities of all departments in line with developments at other health facilities.
The plans also include the setting up of an external HIV treatment facility and one for tuberculosis too.
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Koh Lanta bridge: Environmental impacts finished this year, 1.6 billion budget sought in 2022
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Plans for a bridge to link Koh Lanta Klang and Koh Lanta Noi in Krabi are progressing.
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Plans for a bridge to link Koh Lanta Klang and Koh Lanta Noi in Krabi are progressing.
Daily News reported that cabinet approval for the project will be sought possibly as early as next year.
The bridge is called an Extradosed Bridge that will be high enough to allow good clearance for sea transport.
Dozens of such bridges have been constructed around the world according to Wikipedia.
It is set to cost about 1.6 billion baht hopefully from the 2022 fiscal budget.
It will be 2,240 meters in length including the parts leading up to the actual span over the water itself.
Environmental Impact Assessments will take place over the next seven months then these will be presented to the National Environment agency who will take two months to consider them.
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Survey suggests deaths of motorcylists in Thailand largely due to poor decision making
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In the clearest assesment yet of the carnage on the Thai roads from the death of motorcyclists the riders themselves have been mostly blamed.
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In the clearest assesment yet of the carnage on the Thai roads from the death of motorcyclists the riders themselves have been mostly blamed.
A survey showed in more than half of deaths an inability to access dangerous situations, poor decision making and "reaction failure" - doing the wrong thing in an emergency - were all to blame.
Better training has been called for, better law enforcement about helmets, improvements to roads and the setting up of a national data center to address the issue.
PPTV asked in their article if you were aware that 75% of deaths on the Thai roads - possibly as high as 24,000 to 26,000 yearly - were due to motorcycle accidents.
Readers of Thaivisa should be intimately aware of this as we have constantly highlighted the issue in reporting stories from the Thai press.
PPTV said that now there are 21 million motorcycles on the road with 1% of those - 200,000 being Big Bikes of 400cc up.
The reasons behind road accidents according to The Red Line were published after 1000 cases of accidents between 2016 and 2020 were examined.
In 53% of these cases the rider was at fault.
The three main reasons for this among that 53% were
1. Perception failure - 49% - not properly assessing situations for their potential danger
2. Decision failure - 32% - not making the correct decision when an emergency occurs
3. Reaction failure - 13% - not having the skill to control a bike in an emergency particularly when it comes to correct braking.
The top three reasons most deaths from motorcycle accidents are:
1. Negligently and dangerously cutting in front of other vehicles
2. Going into the back of other vehicles and
3. Having accidents while turning into side roads.
Dr Kanwee Kanitpong of the Thai accident center stated what is widely known - most accidents causing death happen at speeds of 80kmph as a result of head injury.
In the 1000 cases studied 42% of riders had no helmet.
In the doctor's opinion roads were not designed properly with bikers in mind so riders needed to take especial care and wear good quality helmets.
A six point plan to minimise the carnage came out of a seminar:
1. Better training for riders especially in awareness of situations and what to do in emergences before granting licences
2. Differentiating between car and bike licence training
3. Law enforcement improvement especially in the wearing of helmets
4. Improvements to roads to make them more biker friendly including at U-turns
5. Campaigns to raise awareness about the need to have properly fuctioning headlights, rear lights and brakes and awareness about when to change worn tires.
6. The setting up of a national accident center and data collection
agency to focus on the issue.-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2021-03-27-
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Motorbike rider dies after hitting tree
By Eakkapop Thongtub
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PHUKET: A 36-year-old man died in Phuket Town last night (Mar 26) after he overshot a curve and hit a tree without wearing a helmet, becoming the 23rd person to die in accidents on Phuket’s roads since the start of the year.
Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1211639-motorbike-rider-dies-after-hitting-tree/
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By Eakkapop Thongtub
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PHUKET: A 36-year-old man died in Phuket Town last night (Mar 26) after he overshot a curve and hit a tree without wearing a helmet, becoming the 23rd person to die in accidents on Phuket’s roads since the start of the year.
Phuket City Police were called to the scene, near the Phuket office of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM-Phuket) on Damrong Rd, at about 10:15pm.
Police together with Kusoldharm rescue workers and an ambulance from Vachira Phuket Hospital arrived to find the body of Narongchai Samat, 36, originally from Phang Nga, on the ground about 30 metres from the road.
Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/motorbike-rider-dies-after-hitting-tree-79483.php
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Australian ambassador awards Phuket’s Wal Brown with Order of Australia medal
By Chris Husted
Wal Brown receives the Order of Australia medal yesterday (Mar 26). Photo: The Phuket News
PHUKET: Australian Ambassador to Thailand Allan McKinnon in Phuket yesterday (Mar 26) decorated long-term Phuket expat Wal Brown with an Order of Australia medal for his outstanding service to the community.
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Wal Brown receives the Order of Australia medal yesterday (Mar 26). Photo: The Phuket News
PHUKET: Australian Ambassador to Thailand Allan McKinnon in Phuket yesterday (Mar 26) decorated long-term Phuket expat Wal Brown with an Order of Australia medal for his outstanding service to the community.
At a small ceremony held at the Australian Consulate-General in Phuket on the bypass road, Wal Brown, well known for not blowing his own trumpet, said, “It’s such a moment, you don’t expect to be recognised this way.
“It is an emotion in you that can’t be described… It’s just a wonderful feeling and a great ending to my day,” he added, his voice starting to creak with emotion.
-- © Copyright Phuket News 2021-03-27
Council of State assures legal changes for a referendum will be made in time
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Praphorn Praphornkul
BANGKOK (NNT) - The Council of State has given an assurance that draft legislation on the holding of a referendum will be completed within the allotted time and put to Parliament before Songkran, despite concerns members of its review committee may seek to overturn it.
Referendum legislation committee member Poldech Pinprateep addressed the press after the spokesperson of the Council of State issued a statement refuting speculation that an adjustment of relevant laws tied to Article 9 of the constitution would not be done in time for the legislation process to continue, admitting he had given an erroneous impression. He explained that he had misinterpreted concerns from within the council but had no intention to cause harm. He assured the public that he wished to see the draft legislation tabled this April 7-8 and voiced his belief that revision would be concluded without issue, stating the committee would finalize its work on April 1-2.
Democrat Party Leader Jurin Laksanawisit brushed off concern that the third reading of the draft would lead to a political incident. While declining to speculate on the outcome, he stated the Democrat Party supports the law and its leading to amendment of the charter.
On constitutional amendments, Jurin said his party’s legal arm was revising its motion to seek amendment on an article by article basis, in particular Article 256, which pertains to the power of Senators to appoint a Prime Minister. Once revised, the proposition will be put to coalition parties to bolster confidence that it will be successful.
Puea Thai Party representatives meanwhile remarked that a constitutional amendment was a way to change the nation and its overturning by the government has impacted the economy, equating the development as a failure in national administration. They called for amendment to be expedited and for the passing on of power to be ended, pointing to the ability of Senators to select a government.