THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Monday 2 Dec 2019

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Thai tourism: Further doom and gloom from the North

 

Thai caption: Year end tourism contraction

 

The head of the Northern Hoteliers' Association has painted a grim picture of tourism in Thailand. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136712-thai-tourism-further-doom-and-gloom-from-the-north/

 

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BMA aims to make Bangkok schools soda-free

By THE NATION

 

 

Permanent secretary of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), Silapasuai Rawisaengsun, said on Sunday (December 1) that the BMA is working with district offices, municipal offices as well as teachers to make all schools in the Bangkok area free of soda and soft drinks to promote children’s health and reduce the chance of diabetes among children and teenagers.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136715-bma-aims-to-make-bangkok-schools-soda-free/

 

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Give him the death penalty: Parents of slain teacher speak out

 

Picture: Daily News

 

The parents of a 33 year old teacher murdered over the sale of a motorcycle in Rayong have called for the death penalty for the murderer. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136717-give-him-the-death-penalty-parents-of-slain-teacher-speak-out/

 

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Sustainable tourism in Vietnam being pushed through travel influencers

By The Nation

 

 

Secretary general of the Asean-Korea Centre Lee Hyuk announced today that the Vietnam leg of the Asean Community-based Tourism Programme 2019 is now taking place in Mai Chau Valley.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136719-sustainable-tourism-in-vietnam-being-pushed-through-travel-influencers/

 

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Thai forgiveness: Temple thief let off with a few vows because of his good track record

 

Thai caption: Theft at his own temple

 

A man who stole the collection box at a Chonburi temple was allowed to walk free because he had a good track record. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136721-thai-forgiveness-temple-thief-let-off-with-a-few-vows-because-of-his-good-track-record/

 

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Trade war and postponement of ban on chemicals likely to affect economy: expert

By The Nation

 

Anusorn Tamajai

 

The effects of the US-China trade conflict are expected to worsen now that the US has signed into law a bill to support Hong Kong’s democracy, a move that has infuriated the Chinese government infuriated, Anusorn Tamajai, Director of Economic and Business Research Centre - Institute of Economics, Rangsit University, said on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136727-trade-war-and-postponement-of-ban-on-chemicals-likely-to-affect-economy-expert/

 

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Video: Nice neighbors! One way to move a parked car...

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A video showed an Isuzu pick-up slam into a car parked outside a property in a dead-end soi at a housing estate in Samut Prakan. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136728-video-nice-neighbors-one-way-to-move-a-parked-car/

 

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E-cigarettes: Thai police swoop on shop selling illegal merchandise

 

Source: Siamchon News

 

Thai police and trading standards authorities swooped on a shop in Rayong that was selling illegal electronic cigarettes and merchandise. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136736-e-cigarettes-thai-police-swoop-on-shop-selling-illegal-merchandise/

 

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Korat: Fire devastates half of downtown market

 

Source: Naew Na

 

Naew Na reported that fire broke out at the Mae Kim Heng fresh food market on Suranaree Road in downtown Nakhon Ratchasima around 8.45 pm last night. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136739-korat-fire-devastates-half-of-downtown-market/

 

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Thais are told: Stop expecting foreigners to clear up your filthy mess!

 

Thai caption: The shame of it! Throwaways after eating. Farang can't stand it and is needed to clear up the mess.

 

Thais who don't clean up after eating have been told in no uncertain terms:

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136742-thais-are-told-stop-expecting-foreigners-to-clear-up-your-filthy-mess/

 

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Forest Department to sue Pareena on four charges of alleged land encroachment

By THE NATION

 

Thawee (left) and Attapol

 

A thorough inspection of Khao Son 2 chicken farm in Rangbua subdistrict, Jombeung, Ratchaburi province, revealed that the farm has encroached on 46 rai 1 ngarn and 40 square wah of national reserve forest, Royal Forest Department (RFD) director-general Attapol Charoenchansa and a Ratchaburi forest inspection team announced at a press conference on Monday (December 2).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136756-forest-department-to-sue-pareena-on-four-charges-of-alleged-land-encroachment/

 

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Providers of last-mile internet access to be decided today

By THE NATION

 

 

Eight entrepreneurs have submitted proposals to operate telecommunication businesses as part of the Pracharat free internet project , and Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (MDES) is now considering which will be granted a licence.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136761-providers-of-last-mile-internet-access-to-be-decided-today/

 

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Democrat MP defends right of MPs to vote independently

 

File photo

 

Democrat MP for Nakhon Si Thammarat province, Thepthai Senpong, today hit back at government chief whip Wirat Rattanaseth, a Palang Pracharat MP, for blaming the Democrats for the cancellation of two House meetings last week due to the lack of a quorum.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136770-democrat-mp-defends-right-of-mps-to-vote-independently/

 

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Driver charged, in-car argument caused deadly accident, say police

By The Phuket News

 

The driver of the car, Chalita Sutthitongtae, 40, has been charged with reckless driving causing death. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: The woman driving the Toyota Vios that overturned on the bypass road early yesterday morning – leading to her passenger being thrown out of the car as it rolled and later dying from head injuries – has been charged with reckless driving causing death.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136675-woman-killed-thrown-out-of-car-overturned-on-bypass-road/?do=findComment&comment=14820077

 

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Tesco to stop giving out plastic straws

By The Nation

 

 

Tesco Lotus is continuing the implementation of its no plastic policy, announcing an end to the use of plastic straws at all its outlets nationwide from December 4.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136771-tesco-lotus-to-stop-giving-out-plastic-straws/

 

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Drivemate

 

 

Expat Life in Thailand sat down with Silratth Sukwatthanasiri CEO and founder of Drivemate which is a peer to peer,
car sharing App that is achieving great things in Bangkok. Similar in concept to airBNB but for cars, it offers Thai millennials, businesses and expats all the advantages of car rental or usage without any of the hassles of ownership.
This bright, young, business savvy, Thai businessman having grown up within a hard working Thai dynasty of business ownership studied in Japan and graduated with. He had been schooled since an early age how to research and set up a business. To recruit, train, motivate and deploy staff. To present the benefits and sell to a wide audience delivering cost effective results for a known target audience. He had worked hard for the family business for about 7 years learning his trade and honing his skills. He told me that he was in Japan watching TV and stumbled on a Ted Talk interviewing one of the two women founders of a car sharing business in the US called Zipcar and Buzzcar in France.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136787-drivemate/

 

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Bentley Bangkok

 

 

The very best of British.

 

Bentley Bangkok by AAS Auto Service Co.,Ltd, the sole authorised dealer and distributor of Bentley in Thailand has many reasons to look forward positively to the future. In 2019 Bentley celebrated its 100th birthday. The company commemorated its 100 extraordinary years of existence at the former British Embassy site on Wireless Road.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136788-bentley-bangkok/

 

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Britain to honour its dead with vigil after London Bridge attack

By Guy Faulconbridge

 

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will on Monday honour the two people who were killed when a militant knife man went on a stabbing spree near London Bridge in an attack that has thrust criminal justice to the centre of the election campaign.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136789-britain-to-honour-its-dead-with-vigil-after-london-bridge-attack/

 

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China's facial recognition rollout reaches into mobile phones, shops and homes

By Brenda Goh

 

People walk past a poster simulating facial recognition software at the Security China 2018 exhibition on public safety and security in Beijing, China October 24, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

 

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China on Sunday put into effect new regulations that require Chinese telecom carriers to scan the faces of users registering new mobile phone services, a move the government says is aimed at cracking down on fraud.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136791-chinas-facial-recognition-rollout-reaches-into-mobile-phones-shops-and-homes/

 

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Failure to unite blunts anti-Brexit threat in UK election

By Andrew MacAskill, William James

 

Rosie Duffield, the Labour Party candidate for Canterbury, and Emily Thornberry, Labour candidate for Islington South and Shadow Foreign Secretary, meet activists at a rally in Canterbury, Britain December 1, 2019. REUTERS/Simon Dawson

 

CANTERBURY, England (Reuters) - Caroline Hegey and Emma Kelland both want to stop Brexit but will back different parties in the medieval city of Canterbury when they vote in Britain’s election next week.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136793-failure-to-unite-blunts-anti-brexit-threat-in-uk-election/

 

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Malaysia orders inquiry over half-naked tattoo show

 

 

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia ordered an investigation on Monday into what the government called a half-naked tattoo show held in the capital Kuala Lumpur, after pictures of heavily-inked men and women circulated on social media in the Muslim-majority nation.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136794-malaysia-orders-inquiry-over-half-naked-tattoo-show/

 

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Yoga in prison: another life choice for inmates

By The Nation

 

 

Stretching and bending on the mat, one female prisoner says it is the only time she feels free and no in pain. 

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136797-yoga-in-prison-another-life-choice-for-inmates/

 

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Police branches team up in relief efforts for Narathiwas flood victims

By THE NATION

 

 

The Royal Thai Police is working with Border Patrol Police, Highway Police and Tourist Police Bureau to provide aid to residents of four districts in Narathiwas province who are affected by flooding as a result of Typhoon Kammuri that has since reached the coast of Philippines, said Deputy police spokesman Pol Colonel Krisana Pattanajaroen today (December 2).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136798-police-branches-team-up-in-relief-efforts-for-narathiwas-flood-victims/

 

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75 brands to stop providing plastic bags from January 1

By The Nation

 

 

Around 75 brands and 24,500 distribution channels under the Thai Retailers Association will stop providing plastic bags from January 1 in a bid to reduce the whopping 9 billion, or 20 per cent, of plastic bags used in Thailand.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136799-75-brands-to-stop-providing-plastic-bags-from-january-1/

 

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Woman finds 'fossils said to date back 250m years ago' on farm

By The Nation

 

 

A woman posted on her Facebook page a picture of three fossils found on her family’s palm oil plantation in Sa Kaeo province on Sunday (December 1).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136800-woman-finds-fossils-said-to-date-back-250m-years-ago-on-farm/

 

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Snoop Dogg releasing lullaby renditions of his greatest hits

 

Child's play: Snoop Dogg is releasing a lullaby album. The star is seen in 2018 above

 

Snoop Dogg is releasing a lullaby album.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136801-snoop-dogg-releasing-lullaby-renditions-of-his-greatest-hits/

 

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Baby Yoda and his tiny bowl is the internet's new favourite meme

by Greg Evans

 

 

Even if you aren't watching the new Star Wars series The Mandalorian, you will be well aware of Baby Yoda, because, well, he's just so cute. 

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136802-baby-yoda-and-his-tiny-bowl-is-the-internets-new-favourite-meme/

 

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Shelley Morrison: Tributes after Will & Grace actress dies aged 83

 

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Actress Shelley Morrison, best known for playing maid Rosario in TV comedy Will and Grace, has died aged 83.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136803-shelley-morrison-tributes-after-will-grace-actress-dies-aged-83/

 

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DSI close to file charges in activist's death 

By The Nation

 

Pol Colonel Paisit Wongmuang, Director-General of DSI

 

The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) will file charges this month against Chaiwat Limlikhitaksorn, the chief suspect and his accomplices in the murder of Karen activist Porlajee “Billy” Rakchongcharoen.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136806-dsi-close-to-file-charges-in-activists-death/

 

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Nakorn Ratchasima govt provides tents for traders hit by market fire

By THE NATION

 

 

The Nakorn Ratchasima government set up tents for more than a hundred traders on Monday (December 2) after their businesses were hit by a fire that swept through Mae Kim Heng market on Sunday night.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1136808-nakorn-ratchasima-govt-provides-tents-for-traders-hit-by-market-fire/