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By Online Reporter The PT Prachuap Grand Prix 2022 which had been due to take place in Meuang Prachuap in October has been cancelled, the event’s organisers have announced. During a press conference held on Friday (Sept 9) Mr. Silp Theeranit, Managing Director of S63 Project Company, and in his role as chairman of the flat road car competition for organisers PT Maxnitron Racing Series 2022, confirmed the cancellation of the event. The race, which would have seen the streets around Khao Chong Krachok and Prachuap Bay turned into a street racing circuit, was due to take place between October 19-23. However, the race will no longer take place in Prachuap and will instead be moved to Korat. Full story: https://www.huahintoday.com/hua-hin-news/pt-prachuap-grand-prix-2022-cancelled/ -- © Copyright Hua Hin Today 2022-09-10 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

Here’s why you might have heard ‘loud bangs’ over Hua Hin this week By Online Reporter Hua Hin file photo Did you hear them? People across Hua Hin reported hearing loud bangs overhead at various times during the past week. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271451-here’s-why-you-might-have-heard-‘loud-bangs’-over-hua-hin-this-week/

Hua Hin file photo By Online Reporter Did you hear them? People across Hua Hin reported hearing loud bangs overhead at various times during the past week. The bangs or loud explosions could be heard throughout the town. According to posts in several local Facebook groups, people reported hearing the explosions around Soi 88, Soi 102 and in the Smorprong area of Hua Hin. The explosions could also be heard from the Hua Hin Today office located in Thap Thai. But now officials have provided an explanation to the cause of the explosions. Full story: https://www.huahintoday.com/hua-hin-news/heres-why-you-might-have-heard-loud-bangs-over-hua-hin-this-week/ -- © Copyright Hua Hin Today 2022-09-10 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

Two countries with monarchies, two countries that understand the grief: Rooster on a sad ending to the week The word coming from the BBC was that Queen Elizabeth was being monitored by doctors at Balmoral and her family members were travelling to her bedside. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271448-two-countries-with-monarchies-two-countries-that-understand-the-grief-rooster-on-a-sad-ending-to-the-week/

OPINION | by Rooster The word coming from the BBC was that Queen Elizabeth was being monitored by doctors at Balmoral and her family members were travelling to her bedside. How serious it was was soon patently obvious in comments made by reporters and commentators on foreign news media outside the UK. A royal insider on Al Jazeera said he thought the queen would die within days if not sooner. A reporter said things you’d never hear in the UK, let alone Thailand, about impending doom. Though I’m not much of a royalist my wife gave me a hug and understood. We’d shared such moments nearly 6 years ago when she too had tears in her eyes and felt it was the end of an era that marked her and her family’s lives. Waking in the morning it was still a shock to see those words in the headline we all knew we’d read someday but preferred not to think about. King Charles III…….. For the great majority of British people - and huge numbers of people around the world - the news made us stop, reflect and think. Think about our own personal histories, our own lives, our own families, our own human frailties. And yes, our own mortality. I recalled back in 1997 when I had bawled my eyes out in Bang Na while watching the funeral of Princess Diana on hearing the heartfelt speech from her brother in the pulpit at Westminster Abbey. They were not really tears for the princess herself though I appreciated her humanity. They were tears for my own mother. She died when I was just 16 but I’d suppressed the emotions wanting to be a strong teenager. Now all alone and watching the TV in Bangkok in 1997 aged 36, I finally accepted my grief. My own loss. The death of Queen Elizabeth II, aged 96, having just celebrated her Platinum Jubilee after 70 years on the throne, is one of those life marking events for us all. Like people used to tell me where they were when JFK was shot. Like we remember where we were when the twin towers fell. They may not involve us directly but we feel a part of the event. It touches us all. It touches us deeply. That’s what it is to be human. I took my young children into bed - they’re 6 and 9 - and explained what had happened. And how their many expatriate English teachers at school might feel and what they might like to say. As a dad you could see it meant something to them too. It was a day they, too, might remember forever. Not least for the fact that they are growing up in a society where monarchy plays a daily role in many peoples’ lives. Thais will understand the British people’s sense of loss perhaps more keenly than any other nation. They went through their own national heartache when HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great departed in October 2016. I remembered the tears in the street. The wearing of black for at least a year. The sense of personal loss from the lady at the noodle stand, the urgent calls from gran crying in Loei. The Queen, along with her husband the Duke of Edinburgh, who died last year, first visited Thailand in February 1972 when Elizabeth had been on the throne for around 20 years. This followed a visit to England by King Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit in 1960. Elizabeth returned to Bangkok and Ayutthaya for another state visit - her last - in late October 1996. Both times she was received by the Thai king, a man who could well understand the promises that she had made as a young lady for the good of her nation, the sacrifices that were necessary. They didn’t get everything right - who does? - but they were both sincere people. I don’t begrudge monarchs their wealth, their standing. Frankly I feel a little sorry for them. I remembered doing a school project about Edward VIII who abdicated for love. It seemed to me, as a young teen, a sad story. My mother was bitter at how he was treated. She was an ordinary London lass who instilled in me a humanity to think beyond the obvious. To think about the person. That’s why this event means so much. World News in the coming days - including here in Thailand - will be dominated by the death of Britain's beloved Lilibet. Some will use it as an occasion to expound their own views of monarchy, both good and bad. That’s understandable. But for this columnist, I’m thinking about a dear old lady who was a mum, a gran and a great gran, a lady who devoted herself to her family and her country. And whose departure from this Earth marks a poignant moment of reflection for us all. Rooster -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-09-10 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more! Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information

Law Enforcement Officers check work permits of foreigners on Bangla Road in Patong, no issues found By Goongnang Suksawat Patong – Phuket officials said foreign singers, musicians, and DJs at some entertainment venues on Bangla Road in Patong have legal work permits after an inspection following complaints. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271447-law-enforcement-officers-check-work-permits-of-foreigners-on-bangla-road-in-patong-no-issues-found/

By Goongnang Suksawat Patong – Phuket officials said foreign singers, musicians, and DJs at some entertainment venues on Bangla Road in Patong have legal work permits after an inspection following complaints. Wednesday night (September 7th ) officials led by the Phuket Provincial Deputy Commander Colonel Akanit Danpitaksart and Phuket Immigration Officers inspected the Bangla Road in Patong. They randomly checked five famous nightclubs which are Hollywood Phuket, Barfunk Phuket, Illuzion Phuket, Sugar, and the New York Live Music Bar. Full story: https://thephuketexpress.com/2022/09/08/law-enforcement-officers-check-work-permits-of-foreigners-on-bangla-road-in-patong-no-issues-found/ -- © Copyright The Phuket Express 2022-09-10 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

The Khao Tao Sunset Run; All The Ingredients For A Memorable Community Event Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271446-the-khao-tao-sunset-run-all-the-ingredients-for-a-memorable-community-event/

More than 900 registered runners joined by many more bystanders, typically ‘showing the colours’ by wearing the distinctive Sunset Run official t-shirt, have taken part in one of the region’s most successful events, set to become a annual signature community occasion. With many parts of Thailand dealing with the trauma of flooding with ongoing heavy rains, ideal weather conditions with calm waters, blue skies and not a drop of rain greeted the crowds. Hua Hin may have experienced some heavy showers in recent weeks, but most favourable weather conditions were in evidence; demonstrating that Hua Hin has Thailand’s best weather all year round. For an event staged on the ninth day of the ninth month, the Khao Tao venue provided the ideal venue, an opportunity to recognise the contribution of King Rama IX to the region’s history. This was the country’s first water resource development project under an initiative of the late monarch, built to provide water to drought-hit villagers for consumption and agriculture. The backdrop of the pavillion with the King’s portrait standing offshore was an ever-present reminder of that legacy. Recent renovations to the surrounds and the walkway, a favourite daily path for walkers and runners, added to attraction of the lake and surrounds to be the focus for the Sunset Run. The success of the Sunset Run was testament to a combination of cooperative organisation, timely marketing, clear communication and community support. That communication included information to all sectors of the media, including graphic promotional material including English language information. This included the ability of Surf 102.5 FM to broadcast live lake-side at the event. Complaints by members of the expat community that they often unaware that many big events are taking place, certainly did not apply to this event. The organisers should be congratulated for their most cooperative approach, along with the municipality and even local shopping malls making provision for registrations and the collection of running attire and the like. The Hua Hin and Cha-Am Tourism Association committee and members, led by President Ms Wassana Srikanchana, deserve congratulations for taking the lead role in the staging of this most memorable community event as a benchmark for future events. The Association Facebook page with event videos and more pictures may be seen at: https://www.facebook.com/huahinchaamtourismassociation Source: https://royalcoastreview.com/2022/09/the-khao-tao-sunset-run-all-the-ingredients-for-a-memorable-community-event/ -- © Copyright Royal Coast Review 2022-09-10 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

Phang Nga Police raid home producing guns for sale via Facebook, suspect still at large By Goongnang Suksawat PHOTO: MGR Online Phang Nga – Phang Nga Police raided a home in the Tai Mueang district where a suspect produced guns and sold them via Facebook. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271445-phang-nga-police-raid-home-producing-guns-for-sale-via-facebook-suspect-still-at-large/

PHOTO: MGR Online By Goongnang Suksawat Phang Nga – Phang Nga Police raided a home in the Tai Mueang district where a suspect produced guns and sold them via Facebook. A team from the Phang Nga Police raided a house in the Na Toei sub-district this week. They arrived at the home to find lot of handmade handguns, bullets, and gun parts. No one was found at the house. The Phang Nga Provincial Police Commander Major General Thammanoon Prayuenyong told associated Thai media, “We were notified there were many shooting cases in the northeast of Thailand. Full story: https://thephuketexpress.com/2022/09/09/phang-nga-police-raid-home-producing-guns-for-sale-via-facebook-suspect-still-at-large/ -- © Copyright The Phuket Express 2022-09-10 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

Tourism and Sports Minister visits Bangla Road in Patong By Goongnang Suksawat Patong – The Tourism and Sports Minister visited Bangla Road in Patong where staffers and operators are asking for 4:00 A.M. entertainment venue closing times. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271444-tourism-and-sports-minister-visits-bangla-road-in-patong/

By Goongnang Suksawat Patong – The Tourism and Sports Minister visited Bangla Road in Patong where staffers and operators are asking for 4:00 A.M. entertainment venue closing times. Mr. Phiphat told the gathered Phuket media including The Phuket Express, “For the 4:00 A.M. closing time extension it is about a current law which will take time to consider. The proposal will be introduced in a meeting of the Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) next month.” “We also want to know what foreign tourists think about the closing time extension. However, many research results show that the best time for income from entertainment venues is from 1:00 A.M. to 3:00 A.M.. This income is also from other smaller operators and sellers.” Full story: https://thephuketexpress.com/2022/09/09/tourism-and-sports-minister-visits-bangla-road-in-patong/ -- © Copyright The Phuket Express 2022-09-10 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

Thief breaks into room and steals donation money in Pattaya By Tanakorn Panyadee Pattaya — A thief broke into a woman’s room in Pattaya and stole money that she intended to donate to a local temple. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271443-thief-breaks-into-room-and-steals-donation-money-in-pattaya/

By Tanakorn Panyadee Pattaya — A thief broke into a woman’s room in Pattaya and stole money that she intended to donate to a local temple. Pol. Lt. Chatchai Rakkwamchop from the Nongprue police station was notified of a burglary on Soi Krom Tan Man 6 in Banglamung’s Nongprue subdistrict yesterday evening, September 8th. The victim was a Thai woman named Mrs. Thatchaphan Kuncharoen, a 42-year-old native of Koh Larn. She told police that a burglar had broken into her rental room through a front window and stolen her cash worth 1,000 baht and two amulets. The woman said that she felt sad and disappointed as she planned to donate the money to a local temple. Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/09/09/thief-breaks-into-room-and-steals-donation-money-in-pattaya/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2022-09-10 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

One person killed, three seriously injured after sedan tried to beat train at crossing in Chonburi By Tanakorn Panyadee PHOTO: ที่นี่ดอนเมือง-ชลบุรี Mueang district, Chonburi — A driver was killed and three passengers were seriously injured when their sedan collided with a train in Chonburi while trying to outrun it before crossing a railway intersection. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271442-one-person-killed-three-seriously-injured-after-sedan-tried-to-beat-train-at-crossing-in-chonburi/

PHOTO: ที่นี่ดอนเมือง-ชลบุรี By Tanakorn Panyadee Mueang district, Chonburi — A driver was killed and three passengers were seriously injured when their sedan collided with a train in Chonburi while trying to outrun it before crossing a railway intersection. A shocking incident took place early this morning, September 9th, when Pol. Lt. Surachaiyot Chuaykaew from the Don Hua Lo police station responded to a fatal accident involving a black Honda Civic sedan and a train in the Don Hua Lo subdistrict of Mueang district, Chonburi. At around 3.30 a.m., the unidentified female victim aged about 35-years-old was found dead outside of her sedan wreckage beside a railway. Police and rescue workers then found another three victims (two men and one woman) stuck in the car, all were above 35-years-old and sustained serious injuries, so they were hurried to Chonburi Hospital for emergency aid. Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/09/09/one-person-killed-three-seriously-injured-after-sedan-tried-to-beat-train-at-crossing-in-chonburi/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2022-09-10 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

Britain’s King Charles III and Britain’s Camilla, Queen Consort greet the crowd upon their arrival Buckingham Palace in London, on September 9, 2022, a day after Queen Elizabeth II died at the age of 96. – Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch in British history and an icon instantly recognisable to billions of people around the world, died at her Scottish Highland retreat on September 8. (Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP) A smiling King Charles III shook hands with some of the thousands of well-wishers gathered outside Buckingham Palace Friday as he returned to London following the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II. Shouting “God save the King” and with an impromptu burst of the reworded national anthem, members of the crowd greeted Charles and Queen Consort Camilla after they emerged from their car following a flight from Scotland. The royal standard was raised for the first time in Charles’s reign, as the new monarch and Camilla inspected bouquets of flowers left on the palace fence by members of the public, before entering their new London home. Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/god-save-the-king-smiling-charles-greets-crowd-at-palace/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-09-10 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

Greece & Thailand Reach New Agreement to Revive Tourism Sector © EliFrancis | Pixabay The Governor of the Tourism Organization of Thailand, Yuthasak Supasorn, has attended a meeting with the General Secretary of Tourism Policy and Development, Olympia Anastasopoulou, with the aim of reviving tourism cooperation between both territories. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271433-greece-thailand-reach-new-agreement-to-revive-tourism-sector/

© EliFrancis | Pixabay The Governor of the Tourism Organization of Thailand, Yuthasak Supasorn, has attended a meeting with the General Secretary of Tourism Policy and Development, Olympia Anastasopoulou, with the aim of reviving tourism cooperation between both territories. Recently the Hellenic Republic has been a popular destination for visitors from Thailand, while tourism traffic to and from Thailand has a long history of more than 40 years, SchengenVisaInfo.com reports. Supasorn also revived the tourism cooperation memorandum, which was signed 16 years ago, and also talked about prospects of resuming flights between both countries that were interrupted back in 2012 when Thai Airways said that it decided to stop direct flights between Bangkok and Greece’s capital. During the meeting, the two officials, apart from the issue of air connectivity, also talked about visas. There have been reported many complaints from Thai travel agencies related to the delays in issuing tourist visas to citizens from Thailand who wish to travel to the Hellenic Republic. Full story: https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/news/greece-thailand-reach-new-agreement-to-revive-tourism-sector/ -- © Copyright Schengen Visa 2022-09-10 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

Chinese electric car giant BYD plans to build a factory in Thailand by Evelyn Cheng Chinese electric car company BYD has expanded rapidly overseas, including announcements in recent months of plans to enter Thailand’s and Japan’s passenger car markets. BEIJING — Chinese electric car and battery giant BYD is planning to open its first wholly invested passenger car factory outside China — in Thailand. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271431-chinese-electric-car-giant-byd-plans-to-build-a-factory-in-thailand/

Chinese electric car company BYD has expanded rapidly overseas, including announcements in recent months of plans to enter Thailand’s and Japan’s passenger car markets. by Evelyn Cheng -- BYD signed a contract Thursday to build a new energy vehicle factory in Thailand. -- The plant is BYD’s first wholly owned passenger car factory outside China. -- The automaker is expanding quickly outside China with sales to Brazil, Norway and soon, Japan. BEIJING — Chinese electric car and battery giant BYD is planning to open its first wholly invested passenger car factory outside China — in Thailand. BYD signed a contract Thursday to buy land and build a factory for new energy passenger cars in an industrial park run by local giant WHA Group, according to press releases. The companies did not disclose an investment amount. New energy includes pure battery and hybrid power. The news comes as BYD is expanding quickly into other countries. Notably, the company plans to enter the passenger car market in Japan — home to auto giant Toyota — by selling three electric car models to local customers next year. -- © Copyright CNBC 2022-09-10 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

Russia appreciates Thailand's understanding of reasons behind special operation — Lavrov The Russian Foreign Minister noted Thailand's active role in integration processes in the Asia-Pacific region Photo credit: Russian Embassy Bangkok MOSCOW /TASS/. Russia is grateful to Thailand for an objective assessment of the events in Ukraine and understanding of the true causes of the situation in the international arena, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday at a news conference following talks with Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271427-russia-appreciates-thailands-understanding-of-reasons-behind-special-operation-—-lavrov/

Photo credit: Russian Embassy Bangkok The Russian Foreign Minister noted Thailand's active role in integration processes in the Asia-Pacific region MOSCOW /TASS/. Russia is grateful to Thailand for an objective assessment of the events in Ukraine and understanding of the true causes of the situation in the international arena, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday at a news conference following talks with Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai. "We are grateful to our Thai colleagues for a balanced, objective and responsible position on what is happening in and around Ukraine, we are grateful for understanding the true causes of the current situation in the international arena and we’ve confirmed our willingness to share in detail our assessments of everything that is happening," the minister said. In addition, Lavrov noted Thailand's active role in integration processes in the Asia-Pacific region. "Given Bangkok's chairmanship in APEC (The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation - TASS) this year, we agreed to continue substantive dialogue on the broad agenda of this forum, including preparations for the APEC summit to be held this fall in Thailand," the Russian top diplomat added. Source: TASS

Sudarat Now Top Leader Of Thai Sang Thai Party By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER PHEU THAI Party strategist Sudarat Keyurapan has become top leader of Thai Sang Thai Party which she herself has founded. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1271426-sudarat-now-top-leader-of-thai-sang-thai-party/