Pound is second-worst performing currency in the world

Holidaying abroad or maybe already an expat? Either way, your dosh is under the cosh

David Buckley 

 

 

The pummelled pound is going to continue to be battered in the short-to-medium term under either Boris Johnson or Jeremy Corbyn, says the chief executive officer of one of the world’s leading financial advisory organisations.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114930-pound-is-second-worst-performing-currency-in-the-world/

 

UTCC forecasts export downturn in 2019’s second half

 

   

BANGKOK, 31 July 2019 (NNT) - The University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce’s Center for International Trade Studies, has forecast Thailand’s total export value will drop for the first time in four years due to the world’s economic slowdown, the sustained trade war and the strong baht. In this year’s first half, Thailand’s combined export value registered a 2.9% drop.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114931-utcc-forecasts-export-downturn-in-2019’s-second-half/

 

Snake catchers called in as python eats SEVEN of Thai man's cats

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

A Krabi man called in the local snake catchers after seven of his cats went missing. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114933-snake-catchers-called-in-as-python-eats-seven-of-thai-mans-cats/

 

Police involved in Jajua killing ordered out of district

By Thanakorn Wongnang
The Nation

 

File Photo

 

The seven policemen attached to Chiang Mai’s Wiang Haeng Police Station who were involved in the July 23 incident that saw a villager killed by police have been ordered to cease their duties and stay out of the district pending the result of the fact-finding probe, Provincial Police Region 5 deputy commander Pol Maj-General Panudech Boonreung said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114934-chiang-mai-police-involved-in-jajua-killing-ordered-out-of-district/

 

Video: Another day another red light another accident.... but luckily no injuries

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

CCTV footage from an intersection in Nay Muang sub-district of Chaiyaphum showed a Mitsubishi pick-up emerge from a side road and collide with a Toyota Corolla. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114939-video-another-day-another-red-light-another-accident-but-luckily-no-injuries/

 

Britain searches for post-Brexit trading opportunities in South East Asia

 

FILE PHOTO: Newly appointed Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is seen outside Downing Street in London, Britain July 25, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British foreign minister Dominic Raab will travel to Thailand on Wednesday to attend a meeting of 10 South East Asian countries, searching for new trading opportunities and stronger diplomatic ties ahead of Britain's exit from the European Union.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114943-britain-searches-for-post-brexit-trading-opportunities-in-south-east-asia/

 

Hungry? Hua Hin Food Festival promises a 66 foot long pizza!

 

 

Star of the show at the upcoming Hua Hin Food Festival will be a 66 foot long pizza. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114944-hungry-hua-hin-food-festival-promises-a-66-foot-long-pizza/

 

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Sellers of large, powerful motorcycles told to train buyers of big bikes

By The Nation

 

 

The distributors of large and powerful motorcycles have been told to provide training to buyers of their big bikes following a series of fatal accidents, the deputy director general of the Land Transport Department said on Tuesday,

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114708-thai-authorities-mull-different-licences-for-big-bikes-after-three-deaths/?do=findComment&comment=14411151

 

Future Forward promises accountability of MPs

By The Nation

 

 

The Future Forward Party on Tuesday launched a project that promises accountability and transparency of its MPs and their work.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114946-future-forward-promises-accountability-of-mps/

 

Residents on Rama II Road troubled by 2 years of construction works

 

 

Due to construction work, required to upgrade Rama II Road (Highway 35), which began in June and are expected to be completed by 2020, local residents along the route have to cope with worsening traffic congestion and air pollution.

 

Full story:  https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114952-residents-on-rama-ii-road-troubled-by-2-years-of-construction-works/

 

Four kids - abandoned by mum, dad in prison - help gran sort litter to survive

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath went to meet a poor grandmother in Chonburi who has to look after the needs of four grandchildren. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114960-four-kids-abandoned-by-mum-dad-in-prison-help-gran-sort-litter-to-survive/

 

Drunk driver who killed two given suspended sentence

By Suriya Patathayo
The Nation

 

 

Wealthy Thai businessman Somchai Verojpipat, the Mercedes Benz owner who crashed into the car carrying the Crimes Suppression Division’s deputy police commander in April while drunk, killing the policeman and his wife and seriously injuring the couple’s younger daughter, has been sentenced to three years imprisonment and fined Bt100,000 with the court suspending the jail term.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114981-drunk-driver-who-killed-two-given-suspended-sentence/

 

DSI probes alleged corruption in B355mn Cherng Talay wastewater treatment systems

By The Phuket News

 

The investigation by the DSI follows untreated wastewater flowing onto Bang Tao beach in May, prompting the Phuket Governor to call for immediate action. Photo Eakkapop Thongtub / file

 

PHUKET: Officers from the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) inspected the wastewater-treatment plants at Surin Beach and Bang Tao yesterday (July 30) as they began their investigation into alleged corruption by MaAnn Samran, Chief of the Cherng Talay Tambon Administration Organisation (OrBorTor).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114986-dsi-probes-alleged-corruption-in-b355mn-cherng-talay-wastewater-treatment-systems/

 

Prayut to deliver policies to mass meeting of permanent officials on Aug 8

By The Nation

 

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha

 

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha will meet heads of government agencies on August 8 to deliver the government’s policies to them, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said today.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114988-prayut-to-deliver-policies-to-mass-meeting-of-permanent-officials-on-aug-8/

B20 biodiesel discount to continue two more months: energy minister

By THE NATION

 

 

The Energy Policy Administration Committee chaired by Energy Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong today (July 31) resolved to extend the period of a lowered B20 biodiesel price by another two months starting from today, in order to ease the burden on people’s wallets and to address the supply glut of crude palm oil.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1114990-b20-biodiesel-discount-to-continue-two-more-months-energy-minister/

 

Fewer Danes apply for multiple entry tourist visas (METV)

by Gregers Møller

 

File photo

 

The Royal Thai Embassy in Denmark issued 31 Multiple Entry Tourist Visas from January to June this year. Last year the embassy issued 59 Multiple Entry Tourist Visas during the same period.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1115003-fewer-danes-apply-for-multiple-entry-thai-tourist-visas-metv/

 

Two killed, two injured in big bike crash in Nakhon Si Thammarat

By The Nation

 

 

Two people, one of them a child, were killed and two others were severely injured when a big bike crashed into a sidecar on a road in Nakhon Si Thammarat’s Nop Pitam district Tuesday night, police said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1115004-two-killed-two-injured-in-big-bike-crash-in-nakhon-si-thammarat/

 

Surin Islands bleached corals nearly fully recovered

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

more than 90% of the corals damaged by bleaching at the Surin islands have recovered, report park experts. Photo: Photo: Phuket Marine National Park Operation Center 2

 

PHUKET: An estimated 90% of the corals damaged by bleaching at the popular Mu Ko Surin National Park, north of Phuket, have recovered, reports national park officials.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1115016-surin-islands-bleached-corals-nearly-fully-recovered/

 

Minister Kalaya floats E-book idea to avoid schoolchildren having to carry heavy bags

 

 

Deputy Education Minister Kalaya Sophonpanich says she wants to introduce E-books so school children will no longer need to carry heavy schoolbags loaded with books.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1115020-minister-kalaya-floats-e-book-idea-to-avoid-schoolchildren-having-to-carry-heavy-bags/

 

Thai billionaire family plans to take Central Retail Corp public

By Chayut Setboonsarng

 

FILE PHOTO: Tos Chirathivat, the Chief Executive Officer of the Central Group gestures during a news conference at a hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, March 2, 2016. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Top Thai retailer Central Group, owned by the billionaire Chirathivat family, said on Wednesday it would list its unit Central Retail Corp, combining retail businesses in Thailand, Vietnam and Italy.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1115025-thai-billionaire-family-plans-to-take-central-retail-corp-public/

 

Prayut opens 52nd Asean foreign ministers meeting

By The Nation

 

 

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha officially opened and presided over the 52nd Asean meeting of foreign ministers’ this morning (July 31) at Bangkok’s Centara Grand Hotel and Bangkok Convention Centre.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1115026-prayut-opens-52nd-asean-foreign-ministers-meeting/

 

Wissanu insists PM completed oath-taking statement as required

By The Nation

 

 

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha has completed the oath-taking statement to the King as required by the constitution, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam insisted on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1115028-wissanu-insists-pm-completed-oath-taking-statement-as-required/

 

New budget bill to be submitted to House in October

By The Nation

 

 

The Fiscal Year 2020 budget bill will be submitted to the House in October and approval sought for estimated spending of Bt3.3 trillion by the Prayut II government, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1115034-new-budget-bill-to-be-submitted-to-house-in-october/

 

Rama IV road to become global landmark

By Somluck Srimalee
The Nation

 

 

Frasers Property Group, a property arm of beverage tycoon Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi, plans to collaborate with Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) in bringing a green area to Rama IV road as part of its development of five commercial and residential projects worth over than Bt150 billion, the group’s chief executive officer Panote Sirivadhanabhakdi said at a press conference on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1115037-rama-iv-road-to-become-global-landmark/

 

Thai central bank still worried about speculation in baht

 

FILE PHOTO: New baht banknotes featuring Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn are unveiled during a news conference at Bank of Thailand headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, July 3, 2018. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's central bank is still worried about speculation in the baht <THB=TH> and has tools to handle it, a senior official said on Wednesday, as the Thai currency has stayed strong despite recent measures to slow fund inflows from abroad.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1115040-thai-central-bank-still-worried-about-speculation-in-baht/

 

Risk of no-deal Brexit is now significant, says Northern Ireland's DUP

 

FILE PHOTO: A flag depicting the British Union Jack design and the EU design is seen outside of the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain, January 14, 2019. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

 

LONDON (Reuters) - The chances of Britain leaving the European Union without a deal are significant, a lawmaker from Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party said on Wednesday, signalling its support for Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s tough Brexit approach.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1115057-risk-of-no-deal-brexit-is-now-significant-says-northern-irelands-dup/

 

U.S. set to push security strategy as Chinese maneuvers rattle region

By Martin Petty

 

FILE PHOTO: A Rosneft Vietnam employee looks on at the Lan Tay gas platform in the South China Sea off the coast of Vung Tau, Vietnam April 29, 2018. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo

 

MANILA (Reuters) - Recent incidents involving Chinese ships in Southeast Asian waters are testing regional faith in Beijing’s sincerity about maritime peace, and aiding a renewed U.S. push to build alliances with countries unnerved by China’s assertiveness.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1115059-us-set-to-push-security-strategy-as-chinese-maneuvers-rattle-region/

 

Sign of the times: China's capital orders Arabic, Muslim symbols taken down

By Huizhong Wu

 

The Arabic script on the signboard of a halal food store is seen covered, at Niujie area in Beijing, China, July 19, 2019. Picture taken July 19, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - Authorities in the Chinese capital have ordered halal restaurants and food stalls to remove Arabic script and symbols associated with Islam from their signs, part of an expanding national effort to “Sinicize” its Muslim population.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1115062-sign-of-the-times-chinas-capital-orders-arabic-muslim-symbols-taken-down/

Buri Ram issues dengue alert amid worsening situation

By The Nation

 

 

 

The Buri Ram chief public health officer has warned local residents to take urgent measures after a three fold increase in the number of people falling victim to the dengue virus compared to last year.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1115066-buri-ram-issues-dengue-alert-amid-worsening-situation/

 

Foreign firms’ role in marijuana industry to be controlled: Anutin insists

By THE NATION

 

 

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul reiterated on Wednesday that no foreign companies will be allowed to use Thai nominees to invest in the production of marijuana locally. 

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1115068-foreign-firms’-role-in-marijuana-industry-to-be-controlled-anutin-insists/