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Thai hotels on the chopping block

By TTR WEEKLY

 

 

BANGKOK, 2 June 2020: Hundreds of hotels at beach resorts in Thailand are up for sale according to report in the Thai language news service Prachachat.net.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1166750-thai-hotels-on-the-chopping-block/

 

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Dress in Gucci collection looks just like Thai formal wear - the only difference is the price!

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported that amusing comment was rife online after fashion house Gucci announced their new collection. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1166751-dress-in-gucci-collection-looks-just-like-thai-formal-wear-the-only-difference-is-the-price/

 

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Prayut: No Cabinet reshuffle

By The Nation

 

 

The Cabinet will not be reshuffled after a new Palang Pracharat Party executive board is established, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha stated.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1166752-prayut-no-cabinet-reshuffle/

 

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"Blue Lagoon" comes to Samut Prakan housing estate - and it smells of chemicals

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

A noxious fluid coming out of the drains is causing trouble for the residents of a housing estate in Samut Prakan. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1166754-blue-lagoon-comes-to-samut-prakan-housing-estate-and-it-smells-of-chemicals/

 

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Thailand reports one new coronavirus case, one new death

 

FILE PHOTO: Reuters

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand confirmed one new coronavirus case and one additional death on Tuesday, a health ministry spokesman said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1166756-thailand reports-one-new-coronavirus-case-one-new-death/

 

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Video: Cash free-for-all! Big biker drops 30K on the road - gets half of it back!

 

 

CCTV outside the Mitsubishi showroom on the Bang Na - Trad road inbound (KM 43) on Saturday showed the moment when a rider on a CBR "big bike" dropped 30,000 baht on the road. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1166761-video-cash-free-for-all-big-biker-drops-30k-on-the-road-gets-half-of-it-back/

 

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500 Thais to be allowed to return home each day from Friday

By The Nation

 

Kongcheep Tantawanich

 

The Defence Ministry aims to bring back more Thais stranded in other countries – from 400 a day to 500 from June 5.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1166766-500-thais-to-be-allowed-to-return-home-each-day-from-friday/

 

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8 policemen dismissed after allegedly demanding Bt40,000 from woman

By The Nation

 

 

Eight policemen from Nong Chok police station in Phetchaburi have been dismissed after a scandalous video showed them demanding thousands of baht from a woman or they would send her for a drug test.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1166767-8-policemen-dismissed-after-allegedly-demanding-bt40000-from-woman/

 

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Somkid calls mass PPRP resignation ‘unfortunate’, casts doubt on his future in Cabinet

By THE NATION

 

Somkid Jatusripitak

 

Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak was guarded about his political future on Tuesday (June 2), a day after the resignation of 18 Palang Pracharat (PPRP) executives triggered a reshuffle in the core coalition party that will see a new leader elected within 45 days.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1166768-somkid-calls-mass-pprp-resignation-‘unfortunate’-casts-doubt-on-his-future-in-cabinet/

 

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Worm-like substance found in eggs are actually “tissues spoiled by bacteria”

By The Nation

 

 

A weird worm-like substance that emanated from eggs in Chonburi was not any kind of parasite but tissues that were spoiled by bacteria.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1166771-worm-like-substance-found-in-eggs-are-actually-“tissues-spoiled-by-bacteria”/

 

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Woman whose car hit a motorcycle with grandmother, grandson: “It’s okay, they’re not dead”

By THE NATION

 

 

An allegedly “drunk” woman whose car hit a motorcycle carrying a grandmother, 42, and her grandson on Sunday in Sa Kaeo province had only one thing to say: “It’s okay, they are not dead.”

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1166773-woman-whose-car-hit-a-motorcycle-with-grandmother-grandson-“it’s-okay-they’re-not-dead”/

 

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Military, police swoop down on house staging illegal cockfights, arrest 17

By THE NATION

 

 

The military and police raided a house used for illegal cockfights in Nong Bua Lamphu province’s Mueang district yesterday (June 1) after residents complained to the Damrongtham Centre about this “local stadium”.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1166776-military-police-swoop-down-on-house-staging-illegal-cockfights-arrest-17/

 

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Giant freshwater prawns to go on sale at four PTT gas stations

By THE NATION

 

 

The Department of Fisheries has teamed up with PTT Oil and Retail Business Public Company Limited to sell giant freshwater prawns at four gas stations in Bangkok as a way to help fish farmers in this Covid-19 situation.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1166780-giant-freshwater-prawns-to-go-on-sale-at-four-ptt-gas-stations/

 

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AOT considers freeze on employee bonuses as passenger numbers halved

By The Nation

 

 

Airports of Thailand (AOT) may not pay bonuses to employees during the Covid-19 outbreak, which has taken a severe toll on the company’s performance.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1166784-aot-considers-freeze-on-employee-bonuses-as-passenger-numbers-halved/

 

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BTS to open four new stations on Friday

By The Nation

 

 

The Bangkok Mass Transit System (BTS) will make adjustments to its Green Line, better known as Sukhumvit Line, to open four new stations, namely Royal Forest Department (N14), Bang Bua (N15), 11th Infantry Regiment (N16) and Wat Phra Si Mahathat (N17), from June 5 onwards.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1166792-bts-to-open-four-new-stations-on-friday/

 

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Cabinet okays whopping 90% reduction in land, building tax for 2020

By THE NATION

 

 

Govt also pushes back deadline for filing of personal income tax to Aug-end.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1166813-cabinet-okays-whopping-90-reduction-in-land-building-tax-for-2020/

 

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Police refuse to take on case of attack on Alzheimer’s patient

By The Nation

 

 

The owner of Facebook page “E.Kimmm” posted on Tuesday (June 2) that her father, a 78-year-old Alzheimer’s patient, was attacked by her neighbours because he mistakenly walked into the wrong house.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1166815-police-refuse-to-take-on-case-of-attack-on-alzheimer’s-patient/

 

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Songkhla opens its borders – with restrictions

By THE NATION

 

 

Interprovincial vehicles were allowed to enter and leave Songkhla province from Tuesday (June 2) provided they stick to all preventive measures that have been put in place by the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1166816-songkhla-opens-its-borders-–-with-restrictions/

 

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BTS to open four new stations on Friday

By The Nation

 

 

The Bangkok Mass Transit System (BTS) will make adjustments to its Green Line, better known as Sukhumvit Line, to open four new stations, namely Royal Forest Department (N14), Bang Bua (N15), 11th Infantry Regiment (N16) and Wat Phra Si Mahathat (N17), from June 5 onwards.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1166817-bts-to-open-four-new-stations-on-friday/

 

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Nakhon Sawan headman killed as truck smashed by train

By THE NATION

 

 

Police are investigating after a village headman on his way to a local meeting in Nakhon Sawan was killed in a high-speed collision with a train.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1166819-nakhon-sawan-headman-killed-as-truck-smashed-by-train/

 

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App launched to match businesses with millions of unemployed

By The Nation

 

 

Concerned at the toll Covid-19 is taking on jobs, the Thai Chamber of Commerce (TCC) has launch an unemployment solution app, while also asking the state to revise its national strategy to tackle the aftermath of the virus crisis.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1166820-app-launched-to-match-businesses-with-millions-of-unemployed/

 

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Culture Ministry proposes holidays from July 4th to 9th for Songkran celebrations

 

Motorists stop at a traffic light road intersection in Bangkok on June 1, 2020. (Photo by Romeo GACAD / AFP)

 

Thailand’s Ministry of Culture will propose, to the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), the declaration of special public holidays, from July 4th to 9th, for belated Songkran celebrations, which were postponed from mid-April due to the coronavirus pandemic.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1166821-culture-ministry-proposes-holidays-from-july-4th-to-9th-for-songkran-celebrations/

 

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Hong Kong sees rush to renew UK passports as fears for future grow

By Clare Jim

 

FILE PHOTO: A pro-democracy demonstrator raises his British National Overseas (BNO) passports during a protest against new national security legislation in Hong Kong, China June 1, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo

 

HONG KONG (Reuters) - When Ming Wong saw that Britain was prepared to offer extended visa rights and a "path to citizenship" for British National Overseas (BNO) passport holders in Hong Kong, she seized the moment and re-applied for her lost passport.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1166822-hong-kong-sees-rush-to-renew-uk-passports-as-fears-for-future-grow/

 

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British government faces mockery over coronavirus 'sex ban'

 

Image: Google

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government faced widespread mockery on Tuesday over coronavirus rules which were cast by some media as a "sex ban", though a junior minister said the regulations were aimed at keeping people safe.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1166824-british-government-faces-mockery-over-coronavirus-sex-ban/

 

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China's Wuhan finds no new COVID cases, 300 asymptomatics in tests

 

FILE PHOTO: Residents wearing face masks line up for nucleic acid testings at a residential compound in Wuhan, the Chinese city hit hardest by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, Hubei province, China May 17, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the novel coronavirus outbreak first emerged, found no new cases of COVID-19 and 300 asymptomatic carriers after testing most of its 11 million residents, city officials said on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1166825-chinas-wuhan-finds-no-new-covid-cases-300-asymptomatics-in-tests/

 

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UK COVID-19 death toll rises to nearly 50,000, Reuters tally shows

By Andy Bruce

 

FILE PHOTO: An ambulance crew member from the South Central Ambulance Service loads a patient into an ambulance, near Portsmouth, Britain May 5, 2020. Leon Neal/Pool via REUTERS

 

LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom's COVID-19 death toll neared 50,000 on Tuesday, confirming its place as one of the worst hit countries in the world just as Prime Minister Boris Johnson tries to ease the stringent novel coronavirus outbreak.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1166826-uk-covid-19-death-toll-rises-to-nearly-50000-reuters-tally-shows/

 

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Bang Saen Beach to welcome Bangkok tourists this weekend

By Pattaya Mail

 

Bang Saen Beach on a quiet Tuesday afternoon.

 

CHONBURI– Bang Saen beach, in Chonburi province, is going to open, with all business and other activities allowed, on the 5th of June.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1166828-bang-saen-beach-to-welcome-bangkok-tourists-this-weekend/

 

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Pattaya beaches quietly reopen

By Jetsada Homklin

 

Scattered sun lovers spread out on towels and mats, keeping their proper distance from each other.

 

Pattaya’s beaches quietly reopened Monday for recreation, swimming, sun bathing and renting beach chairs, with few tourists and no umbrellas.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1166831-pattaya-beaches-quietly-reopen/

 

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Pattaya mayor debunks video showing ‘sewage’ flowing into sea

By Pattaya Mail

 

Mayor Sonthaya Kunplome said black water seen pouring into Pattaya Bay after a recent rainstorm was not sewage, but muddy storm runoff.

 

Black water seen pouring into Pattaya Bay after a recent rainstorm was not sewage, but muddy storm runoff, Pattaya’s mayor said.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1166834-pattaya-mayor-debunks-video-showing-‘sewage’-flowing-into-sea/

 

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Jilted Chinese boyfriend gets drunk, batters police car in Pattaya

By Pattaya Mail

 

A drunk Chinese expat was arrested after smashing a police vehicle when his girlfriend left him.

 

A drunk Chinese expat was arrested after smashing a police vehicle when his girlfriend left him.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1166835-jilted-chinese-boyfriend-gets-drunk-batters-police-car-in-pattaya/