THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Friday 27 Sep 2019

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Keep the 1178 calls coming in! Indians arrested on overstay

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

Thai media has urged the public to keep calling immigration to report overstaying foreigners. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125659-keep-the-1178-calls-coming-in-indians-arrested-on-overstay/

 

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Immigration "Help Center" for tourists at Moto GP in Buriram - plus "smart vehicles"

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

The immigration police have set up a help center for both foreign visitors and Thais at the upcoming Moto GP motorcycle race in Buriram that starts next week. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125660-immigration-help-center-for-tourists-at-moto-gp-in-buriram-plus-smart-vehicles/

 

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Police warning to parents after Chaiyaphum youth electrocuted

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Police were called to a house in Nong Bua Daeng district of Chaiyaphum after an uncle found his 18 year old nephew dead in bed. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125661-police-warning-to-parents-after-chaiyaphum-youth-electrocuted/

 

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Help on the way for "half size" handicapped man who wanted apprenticeship

 

Thai caption: "PTT - Toyota" reach out to help

 

There has been good news for Chatree Kornwatcharathada or "Nong Tot" who wants to be a mechanic. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125663-help-on-the-way-for-half-size-handicapped-man-who-wanted-apprenticeship/

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Fake monk begs for money

PATTAYA:--Najomtien police officers were called out Sept. 22 to investigate reports that a man purporting to be a monk was soliciting alms from passers-by.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125657-fake-monk-begs-for-money/

 

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Reckless driver injured in crash

PATTAYA:--A woman was injured when she lost control of her car and rammed a parked car, the accident resulting in her car landing on its roof.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125653-reckless-driver-injured-in-crash/

 

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Nongprue opens CCTV Control Center

PATTAYA:--Nongprue Municipality has installed 75 CCTVs in 32 spots so far this year, and plans are afoot to install 60 more in 29 different areas using a 10 million baht budget.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125651-nongprue-opens-cctv-control-center/

 

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Speeding driver loses control in rain storm

PATTAYA:--Boonchop Pungphan, 55, receive multiple injuries when he lost control of his pickup while speeding during a heavy rain storm.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125656-speeding-driver-loses-control-in-rain-storm/

 

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Tourist Police officially open service centre at Karon Beach

By The Phuket News

 

Tourist Police Division 3 Commander Maj Gen Angkoon Klaiklueng presided over the official opening. Photo: Phuket Tourist Police

 

PHUKET: Tourist Police Division 3 Commander Maj Gen Angkoon Klaiklueng presided over the official opening of the “Tourist Service Centre” at Karon Beach yesterday (Sept 26).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125669-tourist-police-officially-open-service-centre-at-karon-beach/

 

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SEPO tasked to make 120bn baht state enterprise investments this year

 

   

BANGKOK(NNT) - The government is aiming to use state investments to help boost economic expansion amid the global slowdown. The Minister of Finance has ordered the State Enterprise Policy Office to expedite investment expenditure in this year’s final three months, with the total figure in this period to reach no less than 120 billion baht.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125672-sepo-tasked-to-make-120bn-baht-state-enterprise-investments-this-year/

 

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EU business regulations to change post-Brexit, warns Trade department

By The Nation

 

Oramon Subthaweetham

 

The Department of Trade Negotiations (DTN) under the Thai Ministry of Commerce on Friday reported that the European Union (EU) has announced economic measures to deal with the affects of the UK Brexit and warned Thai entrepreneurs to adjust their business strategy accordingly, especially those in the transport, fisheries, medical equipment and chemicals sectors.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125674-eu-business-regulations-to-change-post-brexit-warns-trade-department/

 

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Saudi Arabia opens to tourists with investment appeal and no abaya rule

By Stephen Kalin

 

FILE PHOTO: A Saudi tour guide stands inside a tomb at Madain Saleh antiquities site, al-Ula, Saudi Arabia February 10, 2019. REUTERS/Stephen Kalin/File Photo

 

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia threw open its doors to foreign tourists on Friday, launching a new visa regime for 49 countries and appealing to foreign companies to invest in a sector it hopes will contribute 10% of gross domestic product by 2030.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125685-saudi arabia opens-to-tourists-with-investment-appeal-and-no-abaya-rule/

 

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Thief suspect says he missed life inside two hours after prison release

By The Nation

 

 

A recently-freed jailbird allegedly committed another crime in Chon Buri’s Sattahip district just two hours after his release on Thursday in order to be sent back to his “home” where food, accommodation and comrades await him.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125721-thief-suspect-says-he-missed-life-inside-two-hours-after-prison-release/

 

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Pharmacist Sireethorn Leigharamwat wins Miss Thailand 2019 crown

By The Nation

 

Sireethorn Leigharamwat (centre)

Pharmacist Sireethorn Leigharamwat was crowned Miss Thailand 2019 at Aksra Theatre King Power on Thursday (September 26).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125724-pharmacist-sireethorn-leigharamwat-wins-miss-thailand-2019-crown/

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Helmeted Hornbill to be listed as conserved species to save it from hunters

 

 

Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation intends listing the Helmeted Hornbill (Rhinoplax vigil) as a conserved species to save the rare species from illegal hunting.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125727-helmeted-hornbill-to-be-listed-as-conserved-species-to-save-it-from-hunters/

 

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Keep an eye on the wind, lest haze returns, cautions Phuket health chief

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

A woman wears a face mask to prevent breathing in the haze pollutants in Phuket earlier this week. Photo: Tanyakluk Sakoot

 

PHUKET: The Chief of the Phuket Provincial Health Office, Chief Thanit Sermkaew, has cautioned that although the haze from Indonesian plantation burn-offs that blanketed the island earlier this week has since cleared, the harmful air may return if the fickle wind swings again.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125728-keep-an-eye-on-the-wind-lest-haze-returns-cautions-phuket-health-chief/

 

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Rescue workers save dog from drowning in Phuket well

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

Rescue workers took 10 minutes, but were able to save the dog. Photo; Natthapong Kongkim

 

PHUKET: Kusoldham rescue workers saved a dog from drowning in a six-metre-deep well in Cherng Talay on Wednesday (Sept 25).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125730-rescue-workers-save-dog-from-drowning-in-phuket-well/

 

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Industry Minister visits Japan attracting Japanese investors

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand is aiming to attract more investment from Japanese investors through a roadshow, led by the Minister of Industry, which emphasizes the effects from trade wars and Thailand’s strategic location and preparedness to support foreign investment.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125731-industry-minister-visits-japan-attracting-japanese-investors/

 

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Nok Air in talks with authorities on flights to Betong airport

By The Nation

 

 

Thai airport authorities are in talks with Nok Air on starting flights to Betong airport in Yala, which is expected to be ready in 2020.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125735-nok-air-in-talks-with-authorities-on-flights-to-betong-airport/

 

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Watch for friends at risk of suicide, Mental Health Dept asks

By The Nation

 

Department of Mental Health Director-General Kiattiphum Wongrajit

 

The Department of Mental Health, worried over a rise in suicide cases to about 11-12 cases daily or 345 cases per month, is asking people to watch for the five signs of suicide risk and to take quick action to save a friend from suicide.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125744-watch-for-friends-at-risk-of-suicide-mental-health-dept-asks/

 

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Battle to woo trade war's corporate refugees intensifies

By Patpicha Tanakasempipat

 

FILE PHOTO: Workers are seen walking on a construction site in Thailand's Eastern Economic Corridor industrial zone, Chonburi, Thailand July 25, 2019. REUTERS/Patpicha Tanakasempipat

 

CHONBURI, Thailand (Reuters) - When trade war tariffs jolted Chinese tyre-maker Prinx Chengshan into speeding up foreign investment plans, the company wound up in Thailand, thanks to that country’s relentless courtship.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125747-battle-to-woo-trade-wars-corporate-refugees-intensifies/

 

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MPs cannot be surprised by Brexit anger - Johnson's adviser

By Kate Holton

 

FILE PHOTO: Dominic Cummings, special adviser for Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, walks for a cabinet meeting in Downing Street, London, Britain September 10, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s most senior adviser has said British politicians should not be surprised by the mounting anger over Brexit and said the atmosphere will get ever more toxic unless the result of the referendum is delivered.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125748-mps-cannot-be-surprised-by-brexit-anger-johnsons-adviser/

 

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Explainer: Looking for loopholes - How could Johnson avoid delaying Brexit?

Andrew MacAskill, Kylie MacLellan

 

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street in London, Britain, September 25, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he will refuse to seek a delay to Brexit, raising suggestions he could try to exploit a loophole to bypass legislation aimed at preventing the country leaving the European Union without a deal.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125749-explainer-looking-for-loopholes-how-could-johnson-avoid-delaying-brexit/

 

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China needs strong leadership or will 'crumble,' policy paper says

 

FILE PHOTO: Visitors are seen in front of a picture of Chinese President Xi Jinping during an exhibition on China's achievements marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC) at the Beijing Exhibition Center, in Beijing, China September 24, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - China needs the strong, unified leadership of the Communist Party or the country will “crumble,” the government said in a policy paper released on Friday ahead of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125750-china-needs-strong-leadership-or-will-crumble-policy-paper-says/

 

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Thai Smile the Best Boutique Airline

By The Nation

 

Charita Leelayut, centre, CEO of Thai Smile, receiving the award from Darren Ung, Managing Director of TG Asia Media.

 

Thai Smile Airways won the Best Boutique Airline award at the 30th Annual TTG Travel Awards 2019, held at the Centara Grand Hotel Central World, Bangkok.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125751-thai-smile-the-best-boutique-airline/

 

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Lunlabelle case: Rachadech settles into prison, party host bailed

By The Nation

 

Rachadech

 

Chaiyapol Panna, owner of the Bangkok house where event model Thitima “Lunlabelle” Noraphanpiphat was last seen alive, was bailed out of police custody on Friday (September 27) by his sister, who presented cash collateral at Nonthaburi Court.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125752-lunlabelle-case-rachadech-settles-into-prison-party-host-bailed/

 

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Robert De Niro transform into a soldier in his 20s from a wrinkled 80-year-old in his new film The Irishman

By LIZZIE SMITH

 

Rolling back the years: Robert De Niro grows from his 20s to his 80s in The Irishman trailer thanks to incredible de-ageing technology; here he is seen in his character's youth

 

At 76, Robert De Niro is firmly into his twilight years as an actor.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125754-robert-de-niro-transform-into-a-soldier-in-his-20s-from-a-wrinkled-80-year-old-in-his-new-film-the-irishman/

 

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Super Bowl: Shakira and Jennifer Lopez to headline half-time show

 

Pop superstars Shakira (left) and Jennifer Lopez (right) have sold millions of records featuring English and Spanish lyrics / GETTY IMAGES

 

Pop stars Shakira and Jennifer Lopez have been confirmed as headliners for the 2020 Super Bowl half-time show.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125755-super-bowl-shakira-and-jennifer-lopez-to-headline-half-time-show/

 

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Joker director Todd Phillips criticizes backlash to his film amid fears it will incite violence

By ANDREW COURT

 

Todd Phillips has come out swinging in defense of his new film Joker, amid fears its depiction of a depraved murderer could incite real-life violence

 

Todd Phillips has come out swinging in defense of his new film Joker, amid fears its depiction of a depraved murderer could incite real-life violence.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125756-joker-director-todd-phillips-criticizes-backlash-to-his-film-amid-fears-it-will-incite-violence/

 

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Day of parades for making merit

By Prasert Thepsri

THE NATION

 

NATION PHOTO

 

A record number of people from the public and private sectors took part in the many pageants held in Nakhon Si Thammarat province to mark the annual Buddhist day of making merit on September 27. Apart from alms given to monks, some of the donations were offered to ghosts of the ancestors of donors.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1125768-day-of-parades-for-making-merit/