THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Monday 21 May 2018

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Expat Grocery Survey: Tell us about your grocery shopping habits in Thailand

 

 

Thaivisa wants to be able to better understand our user's grocery habits so we can negotiate group deals, discounts and exclusive special offers with some of Thailand's leading retailers.

Tell us about your grocery shopping habits in Thailand by completing the survey here: https://kwiksurveys.com/s/vNlbqnQr

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An audience with former Arsenal and England legend Paul Merson in Bangkok!

 

 

 

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Newly reopened Soi SCC already full of potholes

PATTAYA:--Despite being closed for three years for resurfacing and repair, Soi Siam Country Club already has been pockmarked by potholes needing urgent repair.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039091-newly-reopened-soi-scc-already-full-of-potholes/

 

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Bangkok-Pattaya bus driver suspended for mobile phone use behind wheel

PATTAYA:--A Rung Ruang Tour Co. driver has been suspended after being caught on video playing with his mobile phone while behind the wheel of a packed Bangkok-Pattaya bus.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039092-bangkok-pattaya-bus-driver-suspended-for-mobile-phone-use-behind-wheel/

 

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Hazardous ramshackle wiring endangers life and limb

PATTAYA:--Pattaya workers were forced to clean up after a jumble of wires became too much for poles to hold in Naklua.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039093-hazardous-ramshackle-wiring-endangers-life-and-limb/

 

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Sawang Boriboon Technological College opens

PATTAYA:--The Sawang Boriboon Thammasathan Foundation launched its new Sawang Bori­boon Pattaya Technological College with merit-making and a 50 percent-off discount offer.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039094-sawang-boriboon-technological-college-opens/

 

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Nongprue moves to outsource garbage collection

PATTAYA:--Nonprue is preparing to solicit bids for a private contractor to take over garbage collection in the sub-district.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039095-nongprue-moves-to-outsource-garbage-collection/

 

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Na Jomtien foot-dragging means beach sewage spills to continue

PATTAYA:--There’s no end in sight to sewage spills on outer Jomtien Beach due to continued foot-dragging by Na Jomtien officials on linking pipes to Pattaya’s treatment plants.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039099-na-jomtien-foot-dragging-means-beach-sewage-spills-to-continue/

 

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Baht bus mice play while the cat’s away

PATTAYA:--In a classic example of mice playing while the cat is away, Pattaya baht buses again are parking wherever they want after the military failed to enforce its bus stop dictate.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039090-baht-bus-mice-play-while-the-cat’s-away/

 

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Pattaya losing war on trash as residents block dump site

PATTAYA:--Pattaya’s proposal to start dumping garbage near a Jomtien Beach arena hit a brick wall after residents got a whiff of the stinky plan.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039098-pattaya-losing-war-on-trash-as-residents-block-dump-site/

 

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A litany of broken promises

By Jintana Panyaarvudh, 
Supalak Ganjanakhundee 
The Nation

 

 

The junta has failed to deliver on reforms or democratisation and seems to be preoccupied in entrenching itself
 

ALTHOUGH the military seized power in 2014 through a coup, the junta has done little to reform the country as promised and only tried to entrench itself to perpetuate its rule.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039128-a-litany-of-broken-promises/

 

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Junta gets thumbs-down in varsity survey

By The Nation

 

 

A survey of 2,175 university students found that most respondents believed the military coup did not solve the country’s problems, and the performance of the General Prayut Chan-o-cha-led government during the past four years was “bad or very bad”, according to the poll by the Thai Academic Network for Civil Rights.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039129-junta-gets-thumbs-down-in-varsity-survey/

 

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People oppose protests, warns govt on eve of big march

By The Nation

 

File photo : Sansern

 

THE government believes that people do not want any more protests in the country because they do not wish to see a return to the past chaos, said Government Spokesman Lt-General Sansern Kaewkamnerd yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039130-people-oppose-protests-warns-govt-on-eve-of-big-march/

 

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Students join walk through forest in Doi Suthep

By The Nation

 

 

Many students on Sunday took part in a walk organised by the Royal Forest Department and green networks through a forest at the foot of Chiang Mai’s Doi Suthep Mountain.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039131-students-join-walk-through-forest-in-doi-suthep/

 

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Cinema closure too emotional an ending for loyal filmgoers

By The Nation

 

 

IT WAS A SAD weekend for Bangkok’s film buffs, many of whom paid a teary-eyed final visit to the Lido Multiplex, which will soon close its doors after 50 years as one of the capital’s most prominent independent cinema venues.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039132-cinema-closure-too-emotional-an-ending-for-loyal-filmgoers/

 

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Decision on paraquat ban to be made on Wednesday

By The Nation

 

 

THAILAND’S National Committee on Hazardous Substances Control will on Wednesday decide whether to ban the domestic use of paraquat, a herbicide used to control weeds, after consumer protection and industrial groups joined hands to press for the ban.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039133-decision-on-paraquat-ban-to-be-made-on-wednesday/

 

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Moves on to create a Research and Higher Education Ministry

By The Nation

 

 

THAILAND is planning to create a new Research and Higher Education Ministry by merging the current Science and Technology Ministry with the Office of Higher Education Commission so as to better manage human and other resources to achieve the objectives of the “Thailand 4.0” initiative.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039134-moves-on-to-create-a-research-and-higher-education-ministry/

 

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Pattani school lifts its ban on wearing hijab

By The Nation

 

 

MINISTRY EASES SITUATION BY ALLOWING MUSLIM STUDENTS TO WEAR ISLAMIC DRESS

 

THE Education Ministry has defused a dress-code row at a school in Pattani province by giving the green light for Muslim students there to wear the hijab and long trousers in line with their religious rules. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039135-pattani-school-lifts-its-ban-on-wearing-hijab/

 

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Officials mystified as man scales tower and won’t come down

By The Nation

 

 

A man spent the entire weekend high up a high-voltage transmission tower in Udon Thani province – and as of Sunday night officials still did not know why.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039136-udon-thani-officials-mystified-as-man-scales-tower-and-won’t-come-down/

 

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Universal healthcare policy of greatest interest to Thais: poll

By The Nation

 

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A Bangkok Poll found that 57 per cent of respondents to its survey identified free medical coverage or universal healthcare as the policy of greatest interest to them, followed by farm aid (54.4 per cent); those involving welfare, cost of living and income (48.3 per cent); assistance for the underprivileged and the poor (48 per cent), anti-corruption measures (45.7 per cent) and infrastructure (27.7 per cent).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039137-universal-healthcare-policy-of-greatest-interest-to-thais-poll/

 

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Navy denies plan to sink ageing battleship

By The Nation

 

Photo credit : samutprakanfc.com

 

The Royal Thai Navy has denied reports that it is planning to sink a battleship that had joined the naval parade marking the royal coronation of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039138-thai-navy-denies-plan-to-sink-ageing-battleship/

 

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Comatose worker flown home from Taiwan

By The Nation

 

 

A Thai worker, who fell into a coma in Taiwan, has been flown back to his hometown in Udon Thani province, thanks to help from various authorities and Thai donors.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039140-udon-thani-comatose-worker-flown-home-from-taiwan/

 

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Five years of commitment to keep Phuket’s beaches clean

CBBC celebrate 5 successful years, over 125 beach cleaning sessions since the initiative began

By Tanutam Thawan

 

  

Phuket’s Clean the Beach Boot Camp (CBBC) has been cleaning the island’s beaches for five years. Each two weeks, on a Saturday morning, volunteers assemble for a free beach workout from island fitness leader Krix Luther and then, in return, they put on their gloves, grab a big bag and pick up rubbish on the beaches.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039141-five-years-of-commitment-to-keep-phuket’s-beaches-clean/

 

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Renting out rooms daily or weekly? You better read this.

There has been some lumpy enforcement and crackdowns around the country since specific laws came into place in 2016.

By The Thaiger

 

SCREENGRAB: AirBnB website

 

Illegal short-term holiday rentals, advertised and promoted by online portals like Air BnB, are coming under increasing scrutiny from authorities. Although there has been laws preventing short-term property rentals acting as ‘hotels’, the law has been loosely enforced with some condo developments around the country acting as defect hotels and listing in many online booking websites.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039142-renting-out-rooms-daily-or-weekly-you-better-read-this/

 

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Ramadan Attacks Hit Deep South (Video)

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Forensic officers search a bombed ATM for evidence Sunday night in Pattani

 

PATTANI — More than 20 bomb attacks struck the three southern border provinces tonight, injuring at least two people.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039143-ramadan-attacks-hit-deep-south-video/

 

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Water levels at 5 major dams in Nakhon Ratchasima continue to rise due to continuous rain

 

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NAKHON RATCHASIMA, 21 May 2018 (NNT) - The water levels at five major dams in Nakhon Ratchasima have continued to rise due to continuous rain, relieving future drought concerns. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039144-water-levels-at-5-major-dams-in-nakhon-ratchasima-continue-to-rise-due-to-continuous-rain/

 

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Trump to ask Justice Dept. to look into campaign surveillance claims

By Doina Chiacu

 

U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he delivers remarks during the Prison Reform Summit at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 18, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump demanded on Twitter on Sunday that the Justice Department look into whether his 2016 presidential campaign was infiltrated or surveilled by the agency or the FBI under the Obama administration.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039145-trump-to-ask-justice-dept-to-look-into-campaign-surveillance-claims/

 

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Italians back League, 5-Star plan as groups ready government team

By Giulia Segreti

 

FILE PHOTO: League leader Matteo Salvini signs the party symbol during a meeting in Rome, Italy, March 1, 2018. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi/File Photo

 

Italians back League, 5-Star plan as groups ready government team

 

MILAN (Reuters) - More than 90 percent of Italians participating in an informal ballot gave their blessing to a policy agenda from the far-right League and the 5-Star Movement, as the two parties agreed on a candidate to lead their planned coalition government.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039146-italians-back-league-5-star-plan-as-groups-ready-government-team/

 

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U.S. sees strong shared interests with EU on Iran concerns

 

FILE PHOTO: Iran's national flags are seen on a square in Tehran February 10, 2012, a day before the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON/BERLIN (Reuters) - The United States on Sunday said it hopes to use strong shared interests that have emerged with its European Union partners in recent months to move forward on addressing Iran's nuclear programme, missile development and role in regional conflicts.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039147-us-sees-strong-shared-interests-with-eu-on-iran-concerns/

 

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Socialist Britain will not be 'ripped off any more' under Labour: McDonnell

 

John McDonnell, Shadow Chancellor, appears on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show in London, Britain May 6, 2018. Jeff Overs/BBC/ Handout via REUTERS

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's main opposition Labour Party wants to radically transform the economy, forming a Socialist society where "we're not going to get ripped off any more", its finance policy chief, John McDonnell, said on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1039148-socialist britain will-not-be-ripped-off-any-more-under-labour-mcdonnell/