THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Friday 8 Nov 2019

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RTP chief "satisfied" with nationwide street racing crackdown - 86,000 bikes seized since June

 

 

The chief of the Royal Thai Police Gen Chakthip Chaijinda has expressed himself satisfied with police efforts to crackdown on illegal street racers since June. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132949-rtp-chief-satisfied-with-nationwide-street-racing-crackdown-86000-bikes-seized-since-june/

 

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Cool in the North, wet in the South

By THE NATION

 

 

Another high pressure system is covering upper Thailand causing morning fog and isolated showers, according to Thailand Meteorological Department’s forecast on Friday (Nov 8). The North and the Northeast will see the temperature dropping by 1-3 °C and chilly mornings while the South will be consistently wet, with heavy downpours in some areas.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132951-cool-in-the-north-wet-in-the-south/

 

 

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Transport Ministry greenlights luggage handling hike for airport taxis

By THE NATION

 

 

The Transport Ministry has agreed to the hike in the luggage handling fee to Bt20 per piece of luggage 26 inches in length or larger, though the first two pieces would be handled for free.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132953-transport-ministry-greenlights-luggage-handling-hike-for-airport-taxis/

 

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Samui Elephant Sanctuary wins 'Responsible Thailand' award 2019

Award recognises and celebrates organisations in the travel and tourism industry that have made an exceptional contribution to developing Thailand as a sustainable destination for visitors.

 

BANGKOK, Thailand – 8 November, 2019 – Samui Elephant Sanctuary (SES) is this year’s winner of the ‘Responsible Thailand’ award in the category of Animal Welfare for its work rescuing and rehabilitating elephants in Thailand. The award was presented by His Excellency Mr. Pipat Ratchakitprakan, Thailand’s Minister of Tourism and Sports at the World Travel Market in London.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132955-samui-elephant-sanctuary-wins-responsible-thailand-award-2019/

 

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China, U.S. agree tariff rollback if phase one trade deal is completed

By Jeff Mason and Yawen Chen

 

FILE PHOTO: China's Ministry of Commerce spokesperson Gao Feng attends a news conference at the commerce ministry in Beijing, China, June 19, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

 

WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - China and the United States have agreed to roll back tariffs on each others' goods in a "phase one" trade deal if it is completed, officials from both sides said on Thursday, sparking division among some advisers to President Donald Trump.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132957-china-us-agree-tariff-rollback-if-phase-one-trade-deal-is-completed/

 

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A 'green interest rate?' Fed digs into climate change economics

By Ann Saphir and Lindsay Dunsmuir

 

FILE PHOTO: A firefighting helicopter makes a water drop on the Getty Fire as it burns in the hills of West Los Angeles, California, U.S. October 28, 2019. REUTERS/Gene Blevins/File Photo

 

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - In their deliberations on monetary policy, Federal Reserve policymakers need to consider many factors, but up to now, climate change has not been one of them.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132959-a-green-interest-rate-fed-digs-into-climate-change-economics/

 

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Boris Johnson to tell Scotland: vote Conservative to stop independence bid

 

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during an event launching the Conservative Party's general election campaign in Birmingham, Britain, November 6, 2019. REUTERS/Phil Noble

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson heads to Scotland on Thursday to say a Dec. 12 election victory for his Conservative Party will halt Scottish National Party (SNP) plans to hold another independence vote to break up the United Kingdom.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132962-boris-johnson-to-tell-scotland-vote-conservative-to-stop-independence-bid/

 

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German expat, 72, wounded by knife-wielding Phuket house robbers

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Police at the home where the robbery took place yesterday evening (Nov 7). Photo: Phuket City Police

 

PHUKET: A 72-year-old German expat was left bound with tape and suffered a 12-centimetre knife wound to his left arm as two men armed with long knives robbed his house yesterday evening (Nov 7), making off with ATM cards and later withdrawing only B5,100 before the cards were cancelled.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132964-german-expat-72-wounded-by-knife-wielding-phuket-house-robbers/

 

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Ranger stabbed by assailant linked to insurgents in Narathiwat

 

 

A paramilitary ranger sustained serious injury after he was stabbed by a man who tried, unsuccessfully, to seize his service rifle, and who was quickly subdued by another ranger.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132973-ranger-stabbed-by-assailant-linked-to-insurgents-in-narathiwat/

 

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Yingluck rides passenger drone in China

By THE NATION

 

Photo from facebook page: Nattapan Krungthep Krungthep Thanjai

 

A picture of former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra has been circulating on social media showing her sitting in a two-seater drone at Guangzhou in China.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132976-yingluck-rides-passenger-drone-in-china/

 

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Phuket health office launches project to provide free state-paid medications at local pharmacies

By The Phuket News

 

Patients registered with the project no longer need to wait at hospitals to receive their state-paid medications. Photo: Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Health Office (PPHO) has announced that patients suffering from certain illnesses and conditions can now collect their state-paid medications from approved pharmacies across the island instead of having to wait at their local hospital.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132977-phuket-health-office-launches-project-to-provide-free-state-paid-medications-at-local-pharmacies/

 

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Patong, Karon, Kata to suffer week-long daily mains water-supply outages

By The Phuket News

 

Image: PWA

 

PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Waterworks Authority (PWA) has announced that the mains water supply will be affected in parts of Patong, Karon and Kata from next Friday (Nov 15) to Saturday (Nov 23) while maintenance work is carried out at the reverse-osmosis plant between Patong and Karon.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132978-patong-karon-kata-to-suffer-week-long-daily-mains-water-supply-outages/

 

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Phuket car break-in thief arrested in Phang Nga

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Sunsabeen ‘Nueng’ Jannoo, 21, was arrested at a house in Phang Nga on Wednesday (Nov 6). Photo: Phang Nga Police

 

PHUKET: A 21-year-old man wanted for breaking into and robbing the car of a lawyer on holiday in Phuket for the Vegetarian Festival early last month has been arrested in Phang Nga.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132983-phuket-car-break-in-thief-arrested-in-phang-nga/

 

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Happy Loy Krathong. Where to launch your krathong in Phuket

By Tim Newton

 

 

Happy Loy Krathong Phuket. But this year authorities are saying ‘only floating Krathongs thanks’, and preferably no polystyrene or steel pins. The event is on Monday, November 11.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1132984-happy-loy-krathong-where-to-launch-your-krathong-in-phuket/

 

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Chang Beer turns 25, launches new cold brew

By THE NATION

 

Kosit Suksingha

 

Thai Beverage (ThaiBev) on Thursday (Nov 7) celebrated the 25th anniversary of its popular Chang beer with an event at Bangkok’s Factoria restaurant and toasted its birthday with Chang cold brew lager, which is being produced especially for the silver jubilee.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1133003-chang-beer-turns-25-launches-new-cold-brew/

 

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Dangers of vaping including pneumonia stressed

By THE NATION

 

 

A meeting of the National Tobacco Products Control Committee yesterday (November 7) approved a framework for monitoring pneumonia caused by electronic cigarettes, and assigned monitoring duties to all hospital and public health centre nationwide, Samrueng Yangkratok, Public Health Minister’s assistant and the president of the meeting.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1133004-dangers-of-vaping-including-pneumonia-stressed/

 

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Govt makes it easier to buy a home

By THE NATION

 

Charnkit Detvitak

 

The Finance Ministry, Government Housing Bank (GHB), three real estate associations and several small property firms will mount a campaign this month and next for people who want to own their own homes.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1133006-govt-makes-it-easier-to-buy-a-home/

 

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UK plans fast-track visas for migrants working in health service

 

A doctor holds her stethoscope in an outpatients ward at a hospital in west London April 4, 2011. REUTERS/Toby Melville/Files

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Friday it would make it easier for migrants to move to the United Kingdom to work in the National Health Service (NHS), helping to offset a possible fall in numbers caused by the exit from the European Union.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1133007-uk-plans-fast-track-visas-for-migrants-working-in-health-service/

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United Kingdom might not exist in a decade, half of UK citizens think - poll

 

British Union Jack flag flies in front of the clock face of Big Ben in London, Britain August 29, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville

 

LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom might not exist in its current form in a decade’s time, half of its citizens believe, an Ipsos MORI poll found.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1133009-united-kingdom-might-not-exist-in-a-decade-half-of-uk-citizens-think-poll/

 

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Mexican cartels 'worse than ISIS': massacre victims' kin urge U.S. help

By Lizbeth Diaz

 

Relatives touch one of the coffins containing the remains of Dawna Ray Langford and her sons Trevor and Rogan, who were killed by unknown assailants, to be buried at the cemetery in La Mora, Sonora, Mexico November 7, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso

 

BAVISPE, Mexico (Reuters) - Angry kin of nine American citizens massacred in a suspected gangland ambush in northern Mexico urged the government to accept U.S. help to destroy drug cartels that one grieving relative described as being “as bad or worse than ISIS.”

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1133011-mexican-cartels-worse-than-isis-massacre-victims-kin-urge-us-help/

 

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Billionaires' wealth falls for the first time in a decade

By Angelika Gruber, Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi

 

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Swiss bank UBS is seen at an office building in Zurich, Switzerland January 27, 2017. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

 

ZURICH (Reuters) - The world’s richest people became a little less well off last year, according to a report by UBS (UBSG.S) and PwC, as geopolitical turmoil and volatile equity markets reduced the wealth of billionaires for the first time in a decade.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1133012-billionaires-wealth-falls-for-the-first-time-in-a-decade/

 

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U.S. concerned at Cambodia crackdown as neighbours' cooperation decried

By Prak Chan Thul, Kay Johnson

 

Cambodia's self-exiled opposition party founder Sam Rainsy, who has vowed to return to his home country, leaves after being prevented from checking-in for a flight from Paris to Bangkok at Roissy Airport in Paris, France November 7, 2019. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

 

PHNOM PENH/BANGKOK (Reuters) - The United States on Friday expressed concern over Cambodia’s crackdown on opposition to authoritarian leader Hun Sen, which has seen dozens of activists arrested and opposition leaders abroad preventing from returning.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1133014-us-concerned-at-cambodia-crackdown-as-neighbours-cooperation-decried/

 

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Outrage as US rapper TI says he has daughter's hymen checked annually

By Ben Beaumont-Thomas

 

TI pictured in October 2019. Photograph: Paras Griffin/Getty Images for Netflix/Allied Integrated Marketing

 

US rapper, actor and TV host TI has prompted revulsion after he revealed he accompanies his 18-year-old daughter Deyjah Harris to a gynaecological exam each year, for her hymen (and therefore virginity) to be checked – a practice condemned as “humiliating and traumatic” by the World Health Organisation.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1133015-outrage-as-us-rapper-ti-says-he-has-daughters-hymen-checked-annually/

 

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Dozens of fans line up outside Chris Brown's California home for his two-day yard sale

By VALERIE EDWARDS

 

Shop til you drop: Dozens of Chris Brown fans were seen lined up outside his California home for his two-day yard sale

 

Dozens of Chris Brown fans were seen lined up outside his California home for his two-day yard sale that began on Wednesday. 

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1133016-dozens-of-fans-line-up-outside-chris-browns-california-home-for-his-two-day-yard-sale/

 

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Keith Flint: Prodigy star's nose ring and Gothic bed auctioned off to settle his debts

 

Keith Flint was found dead in March this year

 

A nose ring and Gothic bed belonging to late Prodigy frontman Keith Flint have helped fetch nearly £350,000 at auction.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1133019-keith-flint-prodigy-stars-nose-ring-and-gothic-bed-auctioned-off-to-settle-his-debts/

 

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Bilingual schooling planned to boost English proficiency

By The Nation

 

Nataphol Teepsuwan

 

Education Minister Nataphol Teepsuwan said on Friday (November 8 ) that a bilingual curriculum – in Thai and English – would be in place from kindergarten up at more than 2,000 district schools starting in academic year 2020.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1133027-bilingual-schooling-planned-to-boost-english-proficiency/

 

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