THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Sunday 3 Nov 2019

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The week that was in Thailand news: Hoping to see a Brown World - and Chicken Tikka in Ratchayothin!

 

 

Despite my father being born in France it would be a leap of the imagination to suggest I was brought up in an environment of multi-culturalism. Looking back I don't think I was ever a racist but my South London upbringing was littered with stereotypes.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132009-the-week-that-was-in-thailand-news-hoping-to-see-a-brown-world-and-chicken-tikka-in-ratchayothin/

 

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Phuket Carnival in Patong gets underway

By The Phuket News

 

The five-day extravaganza got underway in Patong last night (Nov 1). Photo: PR Kathu Municipality
 

PHUKET: The annual Phuket Carnival in Patong held each year to mark the start of the tourism high season got underway in its traditional style last night as the “The Cheerful Beach Variety Parade” made its way along the Patong beachfront.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132066-phuket-carnival-in-patong-gets-underway/

 

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UK, Asean business council in move to speed up digital trade transformation

By The Nation

 

 

Britain and the Asean Business Advisory Council (Asean-BAC) have signed a letter of intent for Asean-BAC to carry out an impact assessment and come up with a road map for Asean Regional Digital Trade Transformation (RDTT).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132067-uk-asean-business-council-in-move-to-speed-up-digital-trade-transformation/

 

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Spray-nozzle maker eyes international market with fog cannons

By The Nation

 

 

Interspray, a manufacturer and distributor of spray nozzles, has adjusted its market strategy to provide fog cannon “Turbo Fan Fog” (TBF) to retail customers and expand into the international market.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132069-spray-nozzle-maker-eyes-international-market-with-fog-cannons/

 

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High-speed train project to promote housing development in EEC

By THE NATION

 

 

Government Housing Bank inspector and acting director-general of the Real Estate Information Centre Vichai Viratkapan said this week that the recent signing of the high-speed train project linking three international airports will promote development in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) region and woo property firms to develop land plots around the planned train stations.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132070-high-speed-train-project-to-promote-housing-development-in-eec/

 

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THAI chairman resigns, hands mantle to vice chairman

By THE NATION

 

Ekniti Nitithanprapas

 

The chairman of the board of Thai Airways International Public Company Limited (THAI), Ekniti Nitithanprapas has resigned from his position with effect from November 1, 2019, according to a filing made with the Stock Exchange of Thailand yesterday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132071-thai-chairman-resigns-hands-mantle-to-vice-chairman/

 

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Steady Jazz presses on as McIlroy leads by one

By THE NATION

 

Jazz Janewattananond of Thailand

 

Shanghai -  Thailand’s Jazz Janewattananond returned with another three-under-par 69 to emerge as the second highest ranked Asian after Korea’s Sungjae Im following the conclusion of the third round of the WGC-HSBC Champions on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132072-steady-jazz-presses-on-as-mcilroy-leads-by-one/

 

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Bottas takes U.S. pole, Hamilton starts fifth

By Steve Keating

 

Nov 2, 2019; Austin, TX, USA; Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport driver Lewis Hamilton (44) of Great Britain during practice for the United States Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports

 

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Valtteri Bottas took pole position for Mercedes on Saturday at a U.S. Grand Prix the Finn has to win if he is to have any chance of staying mathematically in contention for the Formula One championship.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132073-bottas-takes-us-pole-hamilton-starts-fifth/

 

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Liverpool and City grab late wins, Manchester United lose

By Martyn Herman

 

Soccer Football - Premier League - Manchester City v Southampton - Etihad Stadium, Manchester, Britain - November 2, 2019 Southampton's Stuart Armstrong in action with Manchester City's Kyle Walker REUTERS/Peter Powell

 

LONDON (Reuters) - In echoes of last season's epic Premier League title race, Liverpool and Manchester City matched each other stride for stride to eke out 2-1 victories on Saturday when both had looked set for shock defeats.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132074-liverpool-and-city-grab-late-wins-manchester-united-lose/

 

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PM Johnson rejects calls for no-deal Brexit in election pitch

By Alistair Smout and Toby Melville

 

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits Metropolitan Police training college in Hendon, London, Britain October 31, 2019. Aaron Chown/Pool via REUTERS

 

LONDON/SWINDON, England (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson drew an angry backlash from Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage on Saturday after he rejected calls to drop his Brexit deal and embrace a clean break from the European Union, potentially splitting the eurosceptic vote.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132075-pm-johnson-rejects-calls-for-no-deal-brexit-in-election-pitch/

 

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Hong Kong protesters trash Xinhua agency office in night of violence

By Clare Jim and Donny Kwok

 

Damaged entrance of China's official Xinhua news agency is seen during anti-government protest in Hong Kong, China November 2, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

 

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Police fired tear gas at black-clad protesters across Hong Kong on Saturday after they set fire to metro stations and vandalised buildings including China's official Xinhua news agency in some of the worst violence to hit the city in weeks.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132076-hong-kong-protesters-trash-xinhua-agency-office-in-night-of-violence/

 

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Illegal loggers kill Amazon indigenous warrior who guarded forest, wound another

 

 

FILE PHOTO: Paulo Paulino Guajajara was hunting on Friday Nov 1 inside the Arariboia reservation in Maranhao state when he was attacked and killed by illegal loggers. He was an indigenous Indian "forest guardian," seen here drawing water from a well at a loggers camp on Arariboia indigenous land near the city of Amarante, Maranhao state, Brazil, September 11, 2019. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino/File Photo

 

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Illegal loggers in the Amazon ambushed an indigenous group that was formed to protect the forest and shot dead a young warrior and wounded another, leaders of the Guajajara tribe in northern Brazil said on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132077-illegal-loggers-kill-amazon-indigenous-warrior-who-guarded-forest-wound-another/

 

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Trade talks in balance at Southeast Asian leaders summit

By Patpicha Tanakasempipat and Panu Wongcha-um

 

Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of ASEAN Business and Investment Summit 2019 (ABIS 2019) in Bangkok, Thailand, November 2, 2019. Thailand Government House/Handout via REUTERS

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Plans to finalise an Asia-wide trade deal at a summit in Bangkok this weekend were uncertain after new demands raised by India in the negotiations to create the world's largest trading bloc.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132080-trade-talks-in-balance-at-southeast-asian-leaders-summit/

 

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Palestinian killed, two wounded in Israel-Gaza counter strikes

 

 

A wounded Palestinian receives treatment in a hospital following Israeli air strikes, in the southern Gaza Strip November 2, 2019. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

 

GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinian militants fired a barrage of rockets at Israel and the Israeli military responded with a wave of pre-dawn air strikes in Gaza killing one man on Saturday, Palestinian and Israeli officials said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132083-palestinian-killed-two-wounded-in-israel-gaza-counter-strikes/

 

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Thailand reopens cave where boys' soccer team was trapped for weeks

 

 

FILE PHOTO: The cave entrance is seen during a ceremony for members of the Wild Boars soccer team, during their return to the Tham Luang caves where they were trapped in a year ago, in Chiang Rai, Thailand, June 24, 2019. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

CHAING RAI, Thailand (Reuters) - Thailand has opened the famous Tham Laung cave to the public, after the removal of equipment that was used in last year's dramatic rescue of 12 boys and their soccer coach who were trapped underground for weeks.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131919-tourists-flock-to-tham-luang-cave-on-opening-day/page/2/?tab=comments#comment-14729778

 

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Southeast Asian leaders meet FIFA chief amid World Cup bid talks

By Patpicha Tanakasempipat and Panu Wongcha-um

 

Gianni Infantino, the current president of FIFA (not in picture), poses with ASEAN leaders at a signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding between ASEAN and FIFA, in Bangkok, Thailand, November 2, 2019. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Southeast Asian countries signed a deal with soccer's global governing body FIFA on Saturday to jointly boost the sport as its president said he was happy with the region's plan to bid for the 2034 World Cup.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132084-southeast-asian-leaders-meet-fifa-chief-amid-world-cup-bid-talks/

 

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Temperatures in Bangkok and suburbs to dip to 22-23oC on Sunday

 

 

40 percent of the greater Bangkok area will be hit by strong winds and rain, with temperatures dropping to 22-23oC in the morning, according to the Meteorological Department’s weather forecast covering 24 hours from 6pm on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132085-temperatures-in-bangkok-and-suburbs-to-dip-to-22-23oc-on-sunday/

 

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Survey reveals Chim-Shop-Chai scheme to be the Thai people’s favourite government project

 

 

credit photo : FB Anutin Charnvirakul

 

The Thai government’s “Chim-Shop-Chai” (Eat-Shop-Spend) domestic tourism promotion scheme has won the approval of most respondents to a Bangkok Poll, conducted by the Research Centre of Bangkok University.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132087-survey-reveals-chim-shop-chai-scheme-to-be-the-thai-people’s-favourite-government-project/

 

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Bangkok and Sukhothai join UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network

 

 

Bangkok and Sukhothai have been included among 66 new members of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) in the latest listing published on October 30th. The UCCN was created in 2004 and promotes cooperation with and among cities that have identified creativity as a strategic factor for sustainable urban development.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132088-bangkok-and-sukhothai-join-unesco’s-creative-cities-network/

 

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Rayong steel company suspends operations due to lack of demand

 

 

Nippon Steel Steel Processing (Thailand) Company, in Rayong province, has announced a temporary suspension of its operations starting November 9th, citing a steady drop in sales.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132090-rayong-steel-company-suspends-operations-due-to-lack-of-demand/

 

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Brit held on drugs charges in Pattaya says ex-wife set him up

 

 

Image: Komchadluek

 

A British man wanted on drugs charges in the UK was arrested in Pattaya on Friday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132091-brit-held-on-drugs-charges-in-pattaya-says-ex-wife-set-him-up/

 

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Northern attractions filled with winter tourists

Tanakorn Sangiam

 

 

THAILAND (NNT) - Winter has just arrived in Thailand. Many tourism attractions, especially mountaintops, are starting to get crowded with visitors travelling to enjoy cool winter breezes and see the spectacular sunrise in the morning.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132093-northern-attractions-filled-with-winter-tourists/

 

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More rare diseases to be covered by Gold Card healthcare scheme

Praphorn Praphornkul

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Twenty-four rare diseases are slated to be covered by the Gold Card healthcare program in Thailand next year, following a decision by the National Health Insurance Commission.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132094-more-rare-diseases-to-be-covered-by-gold-card-healthcare-scheme/

 

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Campaigns signal the end of single-use plastic bags

Praphorn Praphornkul

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Additional campaigns have been launched to promote convenience stores and shopping malls abolishing the use of single-use plastic bags starting January 1, 2020, with one competition offering a 1 million baht prize.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132095-campaigns-signal-the-end-of-single-use-plastic-bags/

 

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Security tightened for 35th ASEAN Summit

supawadee wangsri

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The authorities have beefed up security measures for the 35th ASEAN Summit at Impact Muang Thong Thani.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132096-security-tightened-for-35th-asean-summit/

 

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Thailand-Malaysia High Level Committee meeting enhances military cooperation

Tanakorn Sangiam

 

 

MALACCA (NNT) - Thailand and Malaysia have promoted the enhancement of both countries’ bilateral cooperation in government affairs and the military, at the 36th Thailand-Malaysia High Level Committee (HLC) meeting.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132097-thailand-malaysia-high-level-committee-meeting-enhances-military-cooperation/

 

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17,000-strong police provide security measures during 35th ASEAN Summit

tewit kemtong

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Royal Thai Police have dispatched a 17,000-strong force to provide security during the 35th ASEAN Summit and related summits from November 2 to November 4, 2019.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132099-17000-strong-police-provide-security-measures-during-35th-asean-summit/

 

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Airbnb bans 'party houses' after Halloween shooting in California

By Alex Dobuzinskis

 

FILE PHOTO: Brian Chesky, CEO and Co-founder of Airbnb, speaks to the Economic Club of New York at a luncheon at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S. March 13, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Segar

 

(Reuters) - Airbnb Inc banned "party houses" on Saturday after five people were killed in a shooting at a large Halloween gathering inside a rental home in Northern California that was advertised on the online listing service.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132100-airbnb-bans-party-houses-after-halloween-shooting-in-california/

 

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