THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Tuesday 5 May 2020

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Pet food exports rise as work-from-home owners shower their pets with more love 

By THE NATION

 

Auramon Supthaweethum

 

With more and more people working from home during the Covid-19 outbreak, pets are getting more attention, which is helping the pet food market grow, Auramon Supthaweethum, director-general of the Department of Trade Negotiations, said on Tuesday (May 5).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162894-pet-food-exports-rise-as-work-from-home-owners-shower-their-pets-with-more-love/

 

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Phuket exodus numbers hit 50,000 as Governor praises efforts to get Thais home

By The Phuket News

 

Phuket Governor Phakaphong Tavipatana explained that an estimated 50,000 people will be leaving Phuket to return to their home provinces. Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET:-- The number of people who have registered to leave Phuket, mostly for loss of income due to the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, has reached 50,000, the Phuket Governor revealed today.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162896-phuket-exodus-numbers-hit-50000-as-governor-praises-efforts-to-get-thais-home/

 

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Nicolas Cage Set To Play Joe Exotic In A Tiger King Series

By TOM WOOD

 

Image: Lad Bible

 

Nicolas Cage is set to play Joe Exotic in an eight part TV series about the eccentric wildlife park owner and star of Tiger King.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162898-nicolas-cage-set-to-play-joe-exotic-in-a-tiger-king-series/

 

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‘Lager and fags were our main vices’: Vic Reeves on booze, guns and his rock’n’roll years

By Emine Saner

 

 ‘It’s quite brutal at times. Things go wrong. When things collapse, it’s heartbreaking’ ... Vic Reeves on the set of The Big Flower Fight. Photograph: Netflix

 

Were his twin 13-year-old daughters not studiously home-schooling themselves, or his twentysomething son not living at home, Vic Reeves might not have noticed the lockdown.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162899-‘lager-and-fags-were-our-main-vices’-vic-reeves-on-booze-guns-and-his-rock’n’roll-years/

 

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‘Normal People’ star Paul Mescal discusses portraying Connell’s depression: “It’s not fictional to me, it’s real”

By Will Richards

 

Paul Mescal is Connell in 'Normal People'. Credit: BBC

 

Normal People star Paul Mescal says that a trio of suicides at his school made him “really nervous” to portray character Connell’s depression in the new BBC show.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162900-‘normal-people’-star-paul-mescal-discusses-portraying-connell’s-depression-“it’s-not-fictional-to-me-it’s-real”/

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Shoppers may get two hour time limit when visiting malls

 

 

A two hour time limit for shoppers may be introduced at malls throughout the country, as Thailand looks at the next phase of easing restrictions put in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162901-shoppers-may-get-two-hour-time-limit-when-visiting-malls/

 

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Thailand’s business confidence index plummets

By The Nation

 

 

In April, the Business Sentiment Index (BSI) in Thailand plunged to 32.6, the lowest ever in history.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162907-thailand’s-business-confidence-index-plummets/

 

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Police break up marijuana production, delivery operation

By The Nation

 

 

The Metropolitan Police on Tuesday (May 5) zeroed in on cannabis production and delivery business in Bangkok’s Ramkhamhaeng area, arresting 12 people including one Hong Kong national.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162912-police-break-up-marijuana-production-delivery-operation/

 

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Ayutthaya orders residents to wear masks or face Bt20,000 fine

By THE NATION

 

 

Ayutthaya province on Tuesday (May 5) issued an order that face masks must be worn in public to contain the spread of Covid-19.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162913-ayutthaya-orders-residents-to-wear-masks-or-face-bt20000-fine/

 

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Thailand Live Wednesday 6 May 2020 
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