Thailand Hospital Expat Survey

 

 

Thaivisa is keen to understand your opinions on hospitals in Thailand to help us better understand this situation.

 

We have half a dozen questions in the link attached that we would be thankful if you could complete for us: https://kwiksurveys.com/s/aYOdlIht

Hollywood star’s post of tragic Thai dugong draws a million likes

By The Nation

 

 

Leonardo DiCaprio, Hollywood star and Instagram celebrity last night posted the story of baby dugong in Thailand which died after ingesting plastic.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1119719-leonardo-dicaprio-hollywood-star’s-post-of-tragic-thai-dugong-draws-a-million-likes/

 

THAI boss upbeat on reviving

By THE NATION

 

 

Thai Smile Sumeth Damrongchaitham, president of Thai Airways International Public Company Limited (THAI), is confident of Thai Smile turning profitable by next year.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1119720-thai-boss-upbeat-on-reviving/

 

Angels of mercy

By Parinyaporn Pajee
The Nation

 

Myanmar interpreter at Bumrungrad HospitalKyawt Andra Swe (standing, right) is talking with two Myanmar women at the hospital.

 

Long a popular choice among those seeking medical treatment, Thailand currently sees more than a million foreign patients every year, a number that is likely to increase.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1119723-angels-of-mercy-interpreters-at-leading-private-hospitals-in-thailand/

 

Energy minister ties up with PTT to lower energy costs

By The Nation

 

Sontirat

 

Energy Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong is collaborating with PTT Plc to find ways of reducing the cost of electricity for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1119725-energy-minister-ties-up-with-ptt-to-lower-energy-costs/

 

SEPO sells govt shares in only three of 18 private firms

By The Nation

 

Praphas Khong-Iad

 

The State Enterprise Policy Office (SEPO) announced on Friday (Aug. 23) that it has sold government shares in three out of 18 private companies, admitting that the slow economy has made selling of the remaining shares harder.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1119726-sepo-sells-govt-shares-in-only-three-of-18-private-firms/

 

Suspected Japanese call centre gang leader arrested in Bangkok

By The Nation

 

 

Police on Saturday arrested a Japanese man whose story was widely shared early this year when he got his cash back from a taxi driver, on charges of leading a Japanese call centre gang.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1119728-suspected-japanese-call-centre-gang-leader-arrested-in-bangkok/

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Norwegian out on bail following death of British man at Centara Grand Resort in Phuket

By Tanutam Thawan

 

SCREENSHOT: bbc.com

 

The bbc.com are reporting that a British man died at the Centara Grand Hotel in Phuket in a fight after telling another guest to “keep the noise down” as his wife and son tried to sleep, according to the man’s family.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1119623-wife-pays-tribute-to-‘hero’-husband-killed-following-fight-about-noise-at-phuket-hotel/?do=findComment&comment=14502757

 

3 red-shirt leaders ordered to pay 19.3 million baht compensation for damage caused during 2010 protests

 

 

United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) chairman Jatuporn Promphan and two former red-shirt leaders, Natthawut Saikua and Arisman Pongruangrong, have been ordered by the Supreme Court to collectively pay 19.3 million baht compensation for the destruction by fire of a building in downtown Bangkok during the red-shirt protests against the Abhisit administration in 2010.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1119730-3-red-shirt-leaders-ordered-to-pay-193-million-baht-compensation-for-damage-caused-during-2010-protests/

 

Most young Thais favour Future Forward party – Super Poll

 

 

Most younger generation Thai people favour the Future Forward party, while older Thais prefer the Palang Pracharat party, especially Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, said Mr. Noppadol Kannikar, director of the Super Poll Research Office, citing its latest opinion poll results.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1119731-most-young-thais-favour-future-forward-party-–-super-poll/

 

Lending guidelines planned to reduce Thailand’s household debt

 

 

Thailand’s commercial banks have recently agreed, in principle, with the Bank of Thailand to set lending guidelines by limiting a borrower’s debt-to-service ratio (DSR) to 70%, for those earning up to Bt30,000 per month, in an effort to fix expanding household debt, which is regarded as risk to overall financial stability.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1119733-lending-guidelines-planned-to-reduce-thailand’s-household-debt/

 

Comatose suspected insurgent dies after 35 days in hospital

 

 

Abdulloh Esor Musor, a suspected insurgent being held in military custody for questioning after his arrest on July 20th, died early Sunday morning.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1119735-comatose-suspected-insurgent-dies-after-35-days-in-hospital/

 

PM pleased with solution to ivory trade problem

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Government Spokesperson Prof. Naruemol Phinyosinwat disclosed today that Prime Minister and Defense Minister Gene Prayut Chan-o-cha is satisfied with the effort being made in Thailand, to eliminate the problem of ivory poaching and sales, after Thailand was removed from the blacklist of CITES’s ivory smuggling countries last year.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1119736-pm-prayut-pleased-with-solution-to-ivory-trade-problem/

 

Four airlines allow fresh fruit packs on flights free of charge

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT)- The Ministry of Commerce has arranged with four airlines to allow passengers to carry a maximum of 20 kilograms of fresh fruit on individual flights free of charge. The measure is intended to help reduce the surplus of fresh fruit currently being produced, and bolster prices in the domestic market.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1119737-four-airlines-allow-fresh-fruit-packs-on-flights-free-of-charge/

 

BAAC provides loans for purchase or repair of income-related motorcycles

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) is providing credit for low-income earners to buy a motorcycle for a maximum of 80,000 baht for use as motorcycle taxi, or to pay a maximum of 30,000 baht for bike repairs.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1119738-baac-provides-loans-for-purchase-or-repair-of-income-related-motorcycles/

 

E-scooter sharing services help people get around in Thailand

As the two-wheelers jostle for space, road safety is becoming an issue

MARIMI KISHIMOTO, Nikkei staff writer

 

Neuron Mobility's battery-powered scooters are an increasingly common site in front of Bangkok cafes and in wealthy residential districts.

 

BANGKOK -- The Thai capital is notorious for its traffic, but jammed roads leave an opening of sorts for electric scooter sharing services, which are catching on in Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1119739-e-scooter-sharing-services-help-people-get-around-in-bangkok/

 

Warplanes dump water on Amazon as Brazil military begins fighting fires

By Jake Spring

 

Firefighters extinguish a fire in Amazon jungle in Porto Velho, Brazil August 25, 2019. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes

 

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian warplanes are dumping water on the burning forest in the Amazon state of Rondonia, responding to a global outcry over the destruction of the world's largest tropical rain forest, according to a government video.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1119740-warplanes-dump-water-on-amazon-as-brazil-military-begins-fighting-fires/

 

Trump caught off guard as Iran's Zarif visits G7 summit town

By John Chalmers and Richard Lough

 

FILE PHOTO: Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, speaks during a news conference with Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohamed Ali Alhakim in Baghdad, Iraq May 26, 2019. REUTERS/Khalid Al-Mousily

 

BIARRITZ, France (Reuters) - Iran's foreign minister paid a visit to a G7 summit in France on Sunday, an unexpected twist to a meeting already troubled by differences between U.S. President Donald Trump and Western allies over a raft of issues, including Iran.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1119741-trump-caught-off-guard-as-irans-zarif-visits-g7-summit-town/

 

UK PM Johnson says 39 billion pound divorce bill not due in no-deal Brexit

 

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson is seen during a bilateral meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump during the G7 summit in Biarritz, France, August 25, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

BIARRITZ, France (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday that if Britain leaves the European Union without a deal, it will no longer legally owe the 39 billion pound ($47.88 billion) divorce bill agreed by his predecessor Theresa May.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1119742-uk-pm-johnson-says-39-billion-pound-divorce-bill-not-due-in-no-deal brexit/

 

Trump regrets not raising tariffs on China higher, White House says

By Jeff Mason

 

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a bilateral meeting with Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson during the G7 summit in Biarritz, France, August 25, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

BIARRITZ, France (Reuters) - President Donald Trump wishes he had raised tariffs on Chinese goods even higher last week, the White House said on Sunday, even as Trump signaled he did not plan to follow through with a demand that U.S. firms find ways to close operations in China.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1119745-trump regrets-not-raising-tariffs-on-china-higher-white-house-says/

 

Hezbollah leader says Israeli army to face quick retaliation to drone 'attack' in Beirut

By Laila Bassam and Lisa Barrington

 

Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah gestures as he addresses his supporters via a screen during a rally marking the anniversary of the defeat of militants near the Lebanese-Syrian border, in al-Ain village, Lebanon August 25, 2019. REUTERS/Aziz Taher

 

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Sunday warned the Israeli army stationed along the border with Lebanon that his movement was preparing an imminent response to two Israeli drones which crashed overnight in a suburb of Beirut.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1119746-hezbollah-leader-says-israeli-army-to-face-quick-retaliation-to-drone-attack-in-beirut/

 

G7 nations close to agreement on tackling Amazon fires - Macron says

 

France's President Emmanuel Macron gestures as he speaks to the press after a plenary session at the Bellevue centre in Biarritz, France August 25, 2019. Ludovic Marin/Pool via REUTERS

 

BIARRITZ, France (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday the leaders of the world's major industrialised nations were close to an agreement on how to help fight the Amazon forest fires and try to repair the devastation.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1119749-g7-nations-close-to-agreement-on-tackling-amazon-fires-macron-says/

 

Italy's 5-Star, PD struggling to find deal on new govt ahead of deadline

By Stephen Jewkes

 

Italy's acting Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte arrives at Biarritz airport in Anglet for the G7 summit, France, August 24, 2019. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/File Photo

 

MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's anti-establishment 5-Star party and the main centre-left opposition PD are struggling to break a logjam over who could lead a new government as a deadline to avoid early elections draws near.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1119750-italys-5-star-pd-struggling-to-find-deal-on-new-govt-ahead-of-deadline/

 

Trump dangles very big trade deal in front of Brexit Britain

By Jeff Mason and William James

 

U.S. President Donald Trump and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrive for a bilateral meeting during the G7 summit in Biarritz, France, August 25, 2019. Erin Schaff/Pool via REUTERS

 

BIARRITZ, France (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday said he and President Donald Trump were "gung-ho" about a post-Brexit trade deal but cautioned the United States would be tough negotiators and that he would not rush talks.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1119753-trump-dangles-very-big-trade-deal-in-front-of brexit britain/

 

Hong Kong police arrest 36, youngest aged 12, after running battles with protesters

 

Anti-extradition bill protesters are surrounded by tear gas during clashes with police in Tsuen Wan in Hong Kong, China August 25, 2019. Picture taken August 25, 2019. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

 

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong police said on Monday they arrested 36 people, the youngest aged 12, after violence during anti-government demonstrations escalated as protesters hurled Molotov cocktails at security forces who responded with water cannon and tear gas.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1119754-hong-kong-police-arrest-36-youngest-aged-12-after-running-battles-with-protesters/

 

Israel says air strike in Syria sent 'no immunity' message to Iran

 

FILE PHOTO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem July 14, 2019. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

 

JERUSALEM/DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Israel said on Sunday an air strike against an arm of Iran's Revolutionary Guards in Syria that it accused of planning "killer drone attacks" showed Tehran that its forces were vulnerable anywhere.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1119755-israel-says-air-strike-in-syria-sent-no-immunity-message-to-iran/

 

Two year old attacked by leopard at Koh Samui safari park, Israeli media

 

 

Sanook reported that Israeli media had said that a two year old Israeli boy was attacked by a leopard at a safari park on Koh Samui after a relative opened an enclosure. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1119761-two-year-old-attacked-by-leopard-at-koh-samui-safari-park-israeli-media/

 

Thai road carnage: Six dead in two accidents on Saturday night

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported that six casualties were added to the list of Thailand's road dead in two separate accidents on Saturday night. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1119763-thai-road-carnage-six-dead-in-two-accidents-on-saturday-night/

 

One dead, two injured as car collides head on with taxi north of Bangkok

 

Thai caption: Both destroyed after collision

 

One man died and two were seriously injured after a car crossed the reservation and collided head on with a taxi at 3 am on Sunday morning. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1119773-one-dead-two-injured-as-car-collides-head-on-with-taxi-north-of-bangkok/

 

"Bow down to me!" incident: Oops - they're all drunk!

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Muang Krabi police who arrived at the scene of a collision between two motorcycles on Saturday night saw a man ordering another man to get down on his knees and "graap thao". 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1119775-bow-down-to-me-incident-oops-theyre-all-drunk/