THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Thursday 12 Mar 2020

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Pattaya says “No to Violence against Women”

 

PATTAYA:--On the occasion of the International Women’s Day (Sunday, March 8), the Take Care Kids Thailand Foundation led by Juergen Lusuardi organized a march to say “No to Violence against Women.” The walk, which was also attended by a representative of the Nongprue Social Service Office led by Pattama Chanchiao (Deputy), was attended by many women and men of our community, as well as Pattaya police officers.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153058-pattaya-says-“no-to-violence-against-women”/

 

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Thailand reports 11 new COVID-19 cases  - and wait until you read how the infections occurred

 

FILE PHOTO: Test tube with Corona virus name label is seen in this illustration taken on January 29, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

 

Thailand has reported 11 new coronavirus infections, bringing the total number of cases reported in the country to 70.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153061-thailand-reports-11-new-covid-19-cases -and-wait-until-you-read-how-the-infections-occurred/

 

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"Sorry about that, I was short of money": Man who stole pick-up at knife point turns up driving a taxi

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

Police arrested a taxi driver stopped at some red lights on the Prasert Manukit road in downtown Bangkok yesterday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153062-sorry-about-that-i-was-short-of-money-man-who-stole-pick-up-at-knife-point-turns-up-driving-a-taxi/

 

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Video: Two burn victims as smoke billows from foam factory fire in Chonburi

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

A video showed a devastating fire at the Pro Care factory in the Pin Thong 2 industrial estate in Sri Racha, Chonburi, around yesterday lunchtime. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153064-video-two-burn-victims-as-smoke-billows-from-foam-factory-fire-in-chonburi/

 

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Pattaya-area police hit house of politically connected alleged face mask hoarder

 

PATTAYA:--Police and Agriculture Ministry officials descended on a Pattaya house where an associate of the country’s farm minister is accused of hoarding 200 million medical face masks to sell to China amid a shortage in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153059-pattaya-area-police-hit-house-of-politically-connected-alleged-face-mask-hoarder/

 

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Scorchio! Temperatures of 40C throughout Thailand until next week

 

File photo

 

Thailand’s recent spell of hotter than usual weather is set to continue into next week.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153066-scorchio-temperatures-of-40c-throughout-thailand-until-next-week/

 

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Covid-19: Thousands of people laid off, millions lost in revenue as elephant businesses close in Chiang Mai

 

Picture: Chiang Mai News

 

The coronavirus outbreak is having a devastating effect on elephant parks in Chiang Mai. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153069-covid-19-thousands-of-people-laid-off-millions-lost-in-revenue-as-elephant-businesses-close-in-chiang-mai/

 

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AOT, Novotel Suvarnabhumi arrange 100 rooms for quarantime at hotel

By The Nation

 

Prasong Poontaneat

 

Airports of Thailand (AOT) has collaborated with Novotel Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport to provide 100 rooms in the hotel for Covid-19 quarantine, Prasong Poontaneat, Airports of Thailand chairman of the board of directors, said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153071-aot-novotel-suvarnabhumi-arrange-100-rooms-for-quarantime-at-hotel/

 

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Frenchman faces hefty fines for dropping anchor on protected corals

By Khunanya Wanchanwet

 

The yacht dropped anchor in Patok Bay, on the northwest side of Racha Yai Island. Photo: DMCR

 

PHUKET: A 67-year-old Frenchman is facing serious fines for dropping anchor on protected corals off Koh Racha Yai, south of Phuket.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153075-frenchman-faces-hefty-fines-for-dropping-anchor-on-protected-corals/

 

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UPDATE:

 

Thailand reports 11 new coronavirus cases, bringing total to 70

 

A street is seen at an empty touristic area, due to fear of coronavirus in Phuket, Thailand March 10, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand reported 11 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, bringing the total number of cases in the Southeast Asian country to 70, health officials said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153061-thailand-reports-11-new-covid-19-cases -and-wait-until-you-read-how-the-infections-occurred/?do=findComment&comment=15150836

 

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Thailand's economic fundamentals strong despite virus, no VAT cut - finance minister

 

FILE PHOTO: Uttama Savanayana, the Palang Pracharat Party leader, talks to reporters during a press conference in Bangkok, Thailand June 4, 2019. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's economic fundamentals remain strong and the government has no plans to cut its value-added tax(VAT) to boost activity hit by the coronavirus outbreak, the finance minister said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153079-thailands-economic-fundamentals-strong-despite-virus-no-vat-cut-finance-minister/

 

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Careful of strangers with virus sprays

By The Nation

 

 

The man who sprayed “alcohol” on people near the Victory Monument in Bangkok on Wednesday evening (March 11) was not a disease control officer employed by the Ratchathewi district office.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153096-careful-of-strangers-with-virus-sprays/

 

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PTT gas stations to distribute handwash gel tubes

By THE NATION

 

 

Washing gel tubes with 35 millilitre content will be distributed every Monday from March 16 to April 20 at PTT gas stations in Bangkok and nearby provinces.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153097-ptt-gas-stations-to-distribute-handwash-gel-tubes/

 

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Visa on arrival, visa-free entry cancellation on hold

By The Nation

 

 

The government has put on hold its plan to suspend visa on arrival (VoA) for 18 countries and visa-free entry from high-risk areas (South Korea, Hong Kong and Italy) after an urgent meeting on Thursday (March 12).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153098-visa-on-arrival-visa-free-entry-cancellation-on-hold/

 

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Restaurant in mall clarifies on rumours of being visited by Covid-19 patients

By THE NATION

 

 

Chongjaroen, a restaurant in CentralWorld department store in Bangkok, said on Facebook on Wednesday (March 11) that it was looking into rumours the restaurant had been visited by Covid-19 patients.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153100-restaurant-in-mall-clarifies-on-rumours-of-being-visited-by-covid-19-patients/

 

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THAI Smile cancels flights to Hong Kong

By THE NATION

 

 

THAI Smile Airways has temporarily cancelled flights to Hong Kong from March 13-28 due to the Covid-19 situation.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153102-thai-smile-cancels-flights-to-hong-kong/

 

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Govt's economic measures 'will prop economy up short-term'

By The Nation

 

Lawaron Sangsanit

 

Thai economic measures would be able to handle the economy during the Covid-19 outbreak until the end of April, Fiscal Policy Office (FPO) director Lawaron Sangsanit said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153103-govts-economic-measures-will-prop-economy-up-short-term/

 

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Proposal to waive expressway fee during Songkran holidays

By THE NATION

 

 

The Ministry of Transport plans to seek Cabinet nod for waiver of toll fees at selected expressways under the Expressway Authority of Thailand (Exat) and the Department of Highway to promote domestic tourism during Songkran Festival, a source revealed.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153106-proposal-to-waive-expressway-fee-during-songkran-holidays/

 

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'Better than nothing': Thailand encourages cloth masks amid surgical mask shortage

By Jiraporn Kuhakan

 

A woman shows a face mask she made in a workshop, during the coronavirus outbreak, in Bangkok, Thailand March 9, 2020. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's health authorities are encouraging people to make cloth face masks at home to guard against the spread of the coronavirus amid a shortage of surgical masks.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153108-better-than-nothing thailand encourages-cloth-masks-amid-surgical-mask-shortage/

 

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Labourers leaving Sattahip quarantine for more at home

By The Nation

 

File Photo

 

Buses are ready to begin transporting some of the quarantined Thai labourers recently returned from South Korea to their hometowns on Friday morning (March 13).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153109-labourers-leaving-sattahip-quarantine-for-more-at-home/

 

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Phuket Town gold necklace thief chased down, caught in citizen’s arrest

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The men chased down Taveesuk and finally caught him some 500 metres away. Screenshot: via Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Local people made a citizens arrest yesterday after a 21-year-old man stole two necklaces from a Phuket Town gold shop. The man stole the necklaces from the shop after had pawned his girlfriend’s gold necklace to a different gold shop and she had nagged him to get it back.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153111-phuket-town-gold-necklace-thief-chased-down-caught-in-citizen’s-arrest/

 

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Truck wipes out ‘song taew’, three escape with minor injuries

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The two vehicles involved in the collision, the ‘song taew’ in the foreground and the truck in the distance, as rescue workers and police survey the scene. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Three people escaped without life-threatening injuries after a truck collided with a local bus in front of Chaomae Lakmuang Shrine, on the northbound section of Thepkrasattri Rd, Moo 5, Thepkrasattri, early this morning (Mar 12).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153116-truck-wipes-out-‘song-taew’-three-escape-with-minor-injuries/

 

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Miss Hooters Thailand Beauty Pageant 2020 is coming to Pattaya, 13 March, 8pm

 

 

Hooters Asia is hosting the much-awaited, “Miss Hooters Thailand Beauty Pageant 2020”, at Hooters Pattaya, Pattaya Beach Road, near Royal Garden Plaza, on Friday, March 13, 2020 from 8pm onwards.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153148-miss-hooters-thailand-beauty-pageant-2020-is-coming-to-pattaya-13-march-8pm/

 

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Accused Vietnamese pickpocket big fan of Bangkok

By THE NATION

 

Pol Lt-General Sompong Chingduang

 

A Vietnamese woman detained years ago for thefts committed in Bangkok while claiming to be Cambodian was allegedly back on the job this week.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153150-accused-vietnamese-pickpocket-big-fan-of-bangkok/

 

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Hospital explains surgery on virus victim

By The Nation

 

 

Surgeons at Bangkok Hospital on New Phetchaburi Road in the capital could simply wait no longer to operate on the broken risk of a man who had recently returned from Japan and subsequently tested positive for Covid-19 infection, a hospital official has explained.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153151-hospital-explains-surgery-on-virus-victim/

 

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Govt ups production of washing gels

By THE NATION

 

 

Finance Minister Uttama Savanayana has ordered the Government Savings Bank (GSB), Government Lottery Office and Liquor Distillery Organisation to produce one million washing gels and distribute them nationwide through the GSB branches.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153152-govt-ups-production-of-washing-gels/

 

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Some fruit, vegetable prices drop due to virus

By THE NATION

 

 

The market price of some fruits dropped this week due to the Covid-19 virus, even as fruit exports shrank.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153153-some-fruit-vegetable-prices-drop-due-to-virus/

 

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FDA clears path for more facemask makers, importers

By The Nation

 

Dr Surachoke Tangwiwat, FDA deputy secretary-general

 

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has introduced fast-track registration to allow entrepreneurs to manufacture or import protective facemasks and help meet continually rising demand.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153154-fda-clears-path-for-more-facemask-makers-importers/

 

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Two nabbed for selling overpriced face masks via WeChat

By The Nation

 

 

Two Thais were arrested for selling face masks at an inflated price of Bt15 a piece to foreign buyers via We Chat, Immigration Police announced today (March 12).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153156-two-nabbed-for-selling-overpriced-face-masks-via-wechat/

 

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PM praises whistle-blowing “Mam Po Dum” page for its social contribution

 

Profile picture of Queen or Mam Po Dum on Facebook page

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has been full of praise for the “Mam Po Dum” (Queen) whistle-blowing facebook page for its contribution to Thai society, especially for its recent exposure of the alleged hoarding of 200 million face masks by a politically-connected online trader.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153159-pm-praises-whistle-blowing-“mam-po-dum”-page-for-its-social-contribution/