THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Tuesday 5 Dec 2017

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Pracha Rat markets open in Chiang Mai

By The Nation

 

Chiang Mai province on Tuesday launched Pracha Rath markets, with one serving the entire province in front of the Government Office Complex and 25 district-level ones, as part of the government’s efforts to boost vocational opportunities for farmers, low-income earners and people without access to market space.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1014558-pracha-rat-markets-open-in-chiang-mai/

 

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Sixteen people fined during Phuket beach inspections

Premkamon Ketsara

 

Officials carry out their inspection along one of Phuket's popular west coast beaches. Photo: Army 25th Infantry Regiment

 

PHUKET: Army officers, police and municipality officials inspected beaches at Kata, Karon and Patong yesterday (Dec 5) fined a total of 16 beach management offenders under the orders of Col Santi Sakuntanark, Commander of the 25th Infantry Regiment and the highest-ranking army officer stationed in Phuket.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1014559-sixteen-people-fined-during-phuket-beach-inspections/

 

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Residents return as floods recede in Narathiwat

By Narong Nuansakul 
The Nation

 

 

Residents of eight communities in Narathiwat’s Sungai Kolok district have moved out of temporary shelters back to their homes after floodwaters significantly receded on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1014560-residents-return-as-floods-recede-in-narathiwat/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Raids net illicit cigarettes and handbags, but smugglers escape

 

 

Police and Army officers raided a storage area containing allegedly smuggled cigarettes in Songkhla’s Sadao district and seized 791 boxes worth Bt11 million on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1014565-raids-net-illicit-cigarettes-and-handbags-but-smugglers-escape/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Driver’s licence health rules to become stricter

 

 

The Department of Land Transport (DLT) is preparing a ministerial regulation to prohibit those with five health issues from obtaining a driver’s licence.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1014566-driver’s-licence-health-rules-to-become-stricter/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Mum put ‘naughty’ girl in chains ‘to protect her’

 

 

A 33-year-old Myanmar woman, who received officials’ warning for putting her seven-year-old daughter in chains in front of their apartment in Phuket’s Muang district, claimed she did so out of love and caring because the “naughty” girl could be harmed or run over by a car, officials said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1014568-mum-put-‘naughty’-girl-in-chains-‘to-protect-her’/

 

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Thailand Live Wednesday 6 Dec 2017 
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