Prawit to visit Khon Kaen on September 7

By The Nation

 

Prawit

 

Deputy Prime Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan will visit Khon Kaen on Saturday to inspect the flood situation and hand out land deed titles.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121425-prawit-to-visit-khon-kaen-on-september-7/

 

Red light cameras in Bangkok: 538 caught on first day of operation

 

Thai caption: Ratchada- Rama IV intersection is "champ" on first day of red light cameras

 

Police in Bangkok reported that 538 motorists jumped red lights on Sunday between 12.01 and 3 pm in the afternoon. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121428-red-light-cameras-in-bangkok-538-caught-on-first-day-of-operation/

 

Tourist minister plans foreign trip to study last calls extension

 

Phiphat

 

Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn said he would be heading overseas this week to seek advice about his plan to extend closing hours for pubs and bars in Thailand’s major tourist destination provinces.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121431-tourism-minister-phiphat-plans-foreign-trip-to-study-last-calls-extension/

 

 

UPDATE:

 

Body of missing Chinese tourist found

 

A police officer at the scene as the body of Mr Yin is brought ashore at Freedom Beach this morning (Sept 3). Photo: Supplied

 

PHUKET: Police have confirmed that the body of missing Chinese tourist Yin Lei, 35, from Henan, China, was found near Freedom Beach this morning (Sept 3).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121234-search-launched-for-chinese-tourist-swept-away-by-large-wave-south-of-patong/?do=findComment&comment=14531232

 

DSI to announce breakthrough in investigation of Karen activist Billy’s disappearance

 

 

The Department of Special Investigation is due to hold a news conference today (Tuesday) to announce the recent discovery of important evidence which may shed light on the mysterious disappearance of Karen human rights activist, Polajee “Billy” Rakchongcharoen, about five years ago.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121433-dsi-to-announce-breakthrough-in-investigation-of-karen-activist-billy’s-disappearance/

 

Pattaya: Farang slammed for keeping "dangerous" leopard as a pet

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A foreigner has been condemned for keeping a leopard as a pet at a rented house near Pattaya. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121436-pattaya-farang-slammed-for-keeping-dangerous-leopard-as-a-pet/

 

Huge drugs busts announced by Thai police

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

Deputy national police chief Pol Gen Chalermkiat Srivorakhan announced the arrest of two suspects in two big drug busts. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121445-huge-drugs-busts-announced-by-thai-police/

 

Illicit massage parlor busted in sting operation

PATTAYA:--Police received a tipoff that the Thong Dang Thai traditional massage parlor on Central Road was offering sexual services to clients and that they employed underage girls to satisfy their customers’ needs.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121440-illicit-massage-parlor-busted-in-sting-operation/

 

Two injured in late night motorcycle accident

SATTAHIP:--Two people sustained multiple injuries when the motorcycle they were riding veered off the road and struck a concrete kilometer marker in Sattahip.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121439-two-injured-in-late-night-motorcycle-accident/

 

Motorcycle mechanic charged with raping teen girl

PATTAYA:--A 24-year-old motorcycle mechanic has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121437-motorcycle-mechanic-charged-with-raping-teen-girl/

 

Mouth of Nong Plalai clean and fresh after 18-wheeler spill

PATTAYA:--An 18-wheel truck tipped over Aug. 30, spilling its load of mouthwash chemicals on Highway 36 entering Nong Plalai.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121441-mouth-of-nong-plalai-clean-and-fresh-after-18-wheeler-spill/

 

A whole packet of MSG in the Som Tam? Trader explains why

 

Thai caption: Mum's original recipe

 

Sanook reporters went to a large som tam (papaya salad) stall after netizens commented in droves on a video that showed a whole packet of monosodium glutamate  being dumped into a single mortar.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121451-a-whole-packet-of-msg-in-the-som-tam-trader-explains-why/

 

Video: Sandbags, evacuations and emergency centers as rains lash Kalasin

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

Rains in the aftermath of tropical storm Podul continued to create havoc in the province of Kalasin in the north east of Thailand. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121392-video-sandbags-evacuations-and-emergency-centers-as-rains-lash-kalasin/

Video: Monkey takes kitten hostage in Rayong

 

 

Thai national television reported that a troublesome monkey in Klaeng, Rayong had taken a kitten hostage. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121459-video-monkey-takes-kitten-hostage-in-rayong/

 

Pattaya: Three Russians arrested for alleged "real estate fraud"

 

 

Chonburi police arrested three Russian nationals in the car park of the Ocean Portofino Condominium in Na Jomtien, Sattahip yesterday. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121465-pattaya-three-russians-arrested-for-alleged-real-estate-fraud/

 

18 provinces on alert for flash floods, forest runoffs, landslides

By The Nation

 

 

The Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department (DPMD) called on its provincial offices in 18 provinces on Tuesday to prepare manpower and equipment to tackle possible flash floods, forest runoffs and landslides due to heavy rainfall from the influence of tropical storm Kajiki, which was as of this morning centered in Hue, Vietnam, and moving slowly south-southwest.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121484-18-provinces-on-alert-for-flash-floods-forest-runoffs-landslides/

Mega Trang project to bring about sea change in Andaman marine life survival, coastal resources

By Khanitta Sitong
The Nation

 

File Photo

 

Trang’s ambitious plan to turn Koh Libong into an Asean model for the conservation of dugong, sea grass, coral, marine life, coastal resources and traditional lifestyles has garnered unanimous support, including from the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources, the Andaman Foundation, community leaders and traditional fishermen’s representatives.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121486-mega-trang-project-to-bring-about-sea-change-in-andaman-marine-life-survival-coastal-resources/

 

Slave to sachets: How poverty worsens the plastics crisis in the Philippines

By Karen Lema

 

Sachets of Nestle's Nescafe coffee and Unilever's Sunsilk shampoo are pictured amidst a garbage-filled shore on Freedom Island, Paranaque City, Metro Manila, Philippines, July 15, 2019. Picture taken July 15, 2019. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

 

MANILA (Reuters) - Armed with gloves, rubber boots and a rake, "Mangrove Warrior" Willer Gualva, 68, comes to Freedom Island in the Philippines almost every day to stop it being engulfed by trash.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121487-slave-to-sachets-how-poverty-worsens-the-plastics-crisis-in-the-philippines/

 

Indian visitors to Phuket surge whilst total numbers drop

By Bill Barnett

 

 

by Bill Barnett from c9hotelworks.com

 

The soaring number of Indian visitors to Phuket for the first seven months of 2019 has propelled Indian tourists into the Top 5 arrivals for the first time.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121493-indian-visitors-to-phuket-surge-whilst-total-numbers-drop/

 

TAI launches e-arbitration system to keep up with digital age

By THE NATION

 

 

The Thai Arbitration Institute (TAI) has launched e-arbitration, an online electronic arbitration system with worldwide accessibility, aimed at bringing speed and high-quality assurance to various procedures in the arbitration system.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121509-tai-launches-e-arbitration-system-to-keep-up-with-digital-age/

 

15 provinces still submerged after Storm Podul

 

 

BANGKOK, 3 September 2019(NNT) - The storm Podul that hit Thailand last weekend was very harsh on villagers in the northeastern region, many of whom have been hit with flash floods and landslides in 24 provinces. The disaster persists in 15 provinces, where related agencies are now working at full force to provide assistance.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121510-15-provinces-still-submerged-after-storm-podul/

 

Patients to receive prescribed medicine at drugstores from October 1

 

 

BANGKOK, 3 September 2019(NNT) - From October 1st, the National Health Security Committee will have four groups of chronic patients receive their prescribed medicine at drugstores near their homes in order to alleviate congestion at hospitals. At the initial stage, 50 hospitals will cooperate with 500 drugstores, for the convenient collection of medicine at drugstores.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121512-patients-to-receive-prescribed-medicine-at-drugstores-from-october-1/

 

Decision this week on rail fare reduction in Bangkok

By THE NATION

 

 

A decision on the reduction of rail transport fares will be finalised on September 6, Department of Rail Transport director-general Sarawut Songsivilai said on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121515-decision-this-week-on-rail-fare-reduction-in-bangkok/

 

Triton, Pajero biodiesel B20-compatible: Mitsubishi

By The Nation

 

 

In response to the Thai government’s efforts to promote the use of biodiesel B20, Mitsubishi Motors (Thailand) Co Ltd has confirmed that its Triton pickup and Pajero Sport PPV are biodiesel B20-compatible.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121517-triton-pajero-biodiesel-b20-compatible-mitsubishi/

 

Vietnam ex-minister took $3 million bribes in MobiFone case - police

 

 

HANOI (Reuters) - Police in Vietnam have accused a former information minister of taking $3 million in bribes in connection with a controversial deal at state telecoms firm MobiFone, state media reported on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121519-vietnam-ex-minister-took-3-million-bribes-in-mobifone-case-police/

 

Hong Kong leader says she never discussed resigning with Beijing

By Jessie Pang, Clare Jim

 

Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam holds a news conference in Hong Kong, China, September 3, 2019. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

 

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday she had never asked the Chinese government to let her resign to end the Chinese-ruled city’s political crisis, responding to a Reuters report about a recording of her saying she would step down if she could.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121521-hong-kong-leader-says-she-never-discussed-resigning-with-beijing/

 

Brexit crisis spurs collapse in UK construction orders - PMI

 

FILE PHOTO: Cranes fill the sky above a construction site in central London, Britain August 21, 2018. REUTERS/Phil Noble

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British construction companies suffered the sharpest drop in new orders since the depths of the financial crisis last month as the Brexit crisis scared away potential customers, a survey showed on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121526-brexit-crisis-spurs-collapse-in-uk-construction-orders-pmi/

 

Hurricane Dorian, stalled over Bahamas, weakens slightly but still dangerous

By Dante Carrer

 

Houses line a flooded street after the effects of Hurricane Dorian arrived in Nassau, Bahamas, September 2, 2019. REUTERS/John Marc Nutt

 

MARSH HARBOUR, Bahamas (Reuters) - Hurricane Dorian, one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes on record, showed some signs of weakening early on Tuesday as it remained stalled over Grand Bahama Island, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121527-hurricane-dorian-stalled-over-bahamas-weakens-slightly-but-still-dangerous/

 

Singapore hotels see best month in years amid Hong Kong turmoil

By Aradhana Aravindan, John Geddie

 

FILE PHOTO: A tourist bum boat passes by the Marina Bay Sands hotel in Singapore July 3, 2019. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng/File Photo

 

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore’s hotel occupancy rates have climbed to their highest in over a decade as travelers and business events switched from Hong Kong, where pro-democracy protests have slammed tourist numbers and wider business sentiment.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121528-singapore-hotels-see-best-month-in-years-amid-hong-kong-turmoil/

 

NIA aims for 3,000 innovative companies by 2030

 

 

BANGKOK, 3 September 2019(NNT) - In the last few years, many new operators or startups have rapidly grown until now they are at the forefront of the business cycle. This is partly because they have been supported by the government in accordance with the 20-year national strategy. In order to accelerate the development of startups, the National Innovation Agency (NIA) has now determined the development of innovations in 10 areas, aiming to promote 3,000 innovative companies by 2030.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121529-nia-aims-for-3000-innovative-companies-by-2030/