Jump to content

Thailand Live Monday 10 Aug 2020


webfact

Recommended Posts

Industry wants govt to lift barriers for doing business in Thailand

By The Nation

 

800_6b2ad1357cf4916.jpg?v=1596803847

Supant Mongkolsuthree, chairman of the Federation of Thai Industries

 

The Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking (JSCCIB) will ask new Finance Minister Predee Daochai to lower barriers to doing business in Thailand, said Supant Mongkolsuthree, chairman of the Federation of Thai Industries.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177025-industry-wants-govt-to-lift-barriers-for-doing-business-in-thailand/

 

  • Haha 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Viral video: "Former police colonel" rages at Don Muang gate staff - computer smashed

 

5pm1_VI.jpg

Picture: Sanook

 

A video going viral on Thai social media shows a couple furious with staff at a gate at Don Muang airport on Saturday evening about 6 pm.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177028-viral-video-former-police-colonel-rages-at-don-muang-gate-staff-computer-smashed/

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Pattaya’s homeless problem comes to the attention of resort’s authorities

 

6pm.jpg

Picture: Ruk Siam News

 

Ruk Siam News reported that Pattaya police, a homeless organization and officials from the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security and other special forces were out in force clearing homeless people and beggars off the streets. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177033-pattaya’s-homeless-problem-comes-to-the-attention-of-resort’s-authorities/

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Pattaya: "Just one" pub breaking the Covid-19 rules - The Blossom Club is busted

 

6pm3.jpg

Picture: Naew Na

 

Bang Lamung District chief Amnat Charoensri sent in his deputies and the Pattaya police to check that pubs and bars were shutting on time and following the Covid-19 regulations. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177035-pattaya-just-one-pub-breaking-the-covid-19-rules-the-blossom-club-is-busted/

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Video: Hunt on for Phetchabun pick-up driver who damaged water machine and fled the scene

 

7pm1.jpg

Picture: 77kaoded

 

CCTV footage from near a T-junction in the Ban Nam Deua Tai area of Phetchabun in north east Thailand showed the moment a pick-up failed to negotiate a bend on Saturday evening and smashed into a coin-op water facility. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177036-video-hunt-on-for-phetchabun-pick-up-driver-who-damaged-water-machine-and-fled-the-scene/

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

No new Covid-19 case in Thailand but global cases since outbreak pass 20 million

By The Nation

 

800_bacae018a9c1785.jpg?v=1597034285

 

The government’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said on Monday (August 10) that there was no new case over a 24-hour period, the 77th day without domestic cases since May.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177038-no-new-covid-19-case-in-thailand-but-global-cases-since-outbreak-pass-20-million/

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Chonburi - and Pattaya - won't benefit much from government tourism plans, says media

 

8pm.jpg

Thai caption: "Let's go on holiday together" (plan) - EEC to benefit?"

 

An opinion piece published by Bangkok Business news suggested that government plans to stimulate tourism in Chonburi - principally Pattaya - were unlikely to have much effect. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177041-chonburi-and-pattaya-wont-benefit-much-from-government-tourism-plans-says-media/

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Foreign tourist arrivals to Thailand could be as low as 6 million in 2021, warns TAT

 

s3.reutersmedia.jpg

FILE PHOTO: Reuters

 

The Tourism Authority of Thailand has forecast how many foreigners it expects to visit the country in 2021.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177048-foreign-tourist-arrivals-to-thailand-could-be-as-low-as-6-million-in-2021-warns-tat/

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Mother of ‘dangerous’ schoolboy pleads for help

By The Nation

 

800_78fe07364651e91.jpg?v=1597043721

 

The mother of an 11-year-old schoolboy in Mukdahan province is pleading for help after he was expelled and instructed to go to another school 4 kilometres away because he was a danger to the teachers.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177060-mother-of-‘dangerous’-schoolboy-pleads-for-help/

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Public urged to try water transport on Chao Phraya to avoid traffic jams

By The Nation

 

800_2d20a22ea4e828b.jpg?v=1597043687

 

The Marine Department is encouraging private individuals to adopt modern boat technology such as electric boats or other boat services to beat the urban traffic chaos.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177062-public-urged-to-try-water-transport-on-chao-phraya-to-avoid-traffic-jams/

 

  • Haha 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

List of lottery sellers reviewed in bid to end speculation

By The Nation

 

800_5e61599ecf629bd.jpg?v=1597043711

 

The Government Lottery Office (GLO) is reviewing the list of 200,000 registered lottery sellers so it can weed out government and state enterprise officers selling lotteries as they are already withdrawing a salary from the government, said Pachara Anantasilp, director general of the Excise Department and chairman of the GLO committee.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177064-list-of-lottery-sellers-reviewed-in-bid-to-end-speculation/

 

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Venture goes awry as smugglers’ loot falls into the mighty Mekong

By The Nation

 

800_28d286b1448f8ff.jpg?v=1597041204

 

A local syndicate’s plan to smuggle vehicles across the Mekong River in Nakhon Phanom failed badly when the cargo slipped into the water on Monday (August 10).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177067-venture-goes-awry-as-smugglers’-loot-falls-into-the-mighty-mekong/

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Protesters deliver ‘people’s Constitution’ to Parliament

By THE NATION

 

800_32d3e11e0049169.jpg?v=1597046673

 

The Committee Campaigning for a People's Constitution (CCPC) today (August 10) submitted a draft of its amended charter to parliamentary representatives as it joined members of other pro-democracy groups for a protest in front of Parliament.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177069-protesters-deliver-‘people’s-constitution’-to-parliament/

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Foreign investors eye Rayong for new rubber factories

By THE NATION

 

800_2cdc8092e4f7b29.jpg?v=1597046033

 

Both domestic and foreign investors want to establish rubber glove factories at an industrial estate in Rayong province to meet soaring demand during the Covid-19 crisis, said the estate’s developer.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177070-foreign-investors-eye-rayong-for-new-rubber-factories/

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Thai food processors eye growing cricket market

By The Nation

 

800_186d53ca225b016.png?v=1597041658

 

The Thai Food Processors Association (TFPA) is aiming to invest in cricket products, as the demand from international consumers is increasing, TFPA chairman Wisit Lamlumcha said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177071-thai-food-processors-eye-growing-cricket-market/

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Missing Brit found safe

By The Phuket News

 

1597052187_1-org.jpg

Peter Murray is safe and in good health, but being detained at Phuket Prison while waiting for driving charges against him to be heard in court. Photo: Supplied

 

PHUKET:-- British national Peter Murrray, 60, reported as missing by his family in the UK, is safe and on the island, but being detained at Phuket Provincial Prison while driving charges against him are being heard in court.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177089-missing-brit-found-safe/

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Snakes in, school’s out! Slithering reptiles cause chaos in class

By The Nation

 

800_fee11a4d995b30a.jpg

 

A school class in Kamphaeng Phet province had to be abandoned today after students discovered four snakes had slithered into the room without anyone noticing.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177092-snakes-in-school’s-out-slithering-reptiles-cause-chaos-in-class/

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

New crab bank first step towards sustainable fishing in Songkhla

By THE NATION

 

800_982e8736b69d3e0.jpg

 

Fishermen in Songkhla’s Thepa district are working with the Songkhla Community College and local fishery office to establish a “Thepha Horse Crab Bank” to rebuild the population of horse crabs, also known as blue crabs, which have been overfished due to the high prices offered by seafood restaurants nationwide.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177093-new-crab-bank-first-step-towards-sustainable-fishing-in-songkhla/

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Total Wipeout fans rage after show is 'ruined' by new voiceovers on blurry decade-old episode

By Rose Hill

 

0_total3.jpg

Total Wipeout fans were dismayed to realise that it was an old episode (Image: BBC)

 

Total Wipeout fans were left utterly furious this evening after discovering what they believed to be the new series was actually an old episode with new voiceovers.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177097-total-wipeout-fans-rage-after-show-is-ruined-by-new-voiceovers-on-blurry-decade-old-episode/

 

  • Haha 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Survey reveals Britons' favourite 007 actors... and the results could leave you shaken AND stirred

 

31755110-8610219-image-m-49_1597014670054.jpg

Sean Connery pictured in Dr. No. The Scottish actor came out on top in the survey for RadioTimes.com with 44 per cent of the vote

 

Who's the best James Bond? The results of a poll will leave some 007 fans spitting out their martinis in shock.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177099-survey-reveals-britons-favourite-007-actors-and-the-results-could-leave-you-shaken-and-stirred/

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Fresh ‘Boss’ probe eyes cocaine charge, speeding calculations

By The Nation

 

800_e3bdbe375d63b8f.jpg

 

A new panel of prosecutors today revealed progress in their fresh investigation of whether Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhya used cocaine and if his Ferrari was speeding when it killed a policeman in a hit-and-run case. 

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177104-fresh-‘boss’-probe-eyes-cocaine-charge-speeding-calculations/

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Vietnam reports six more coronavirus infections, two new deaths

 

2020-08-10T112228Z_1_LYNXNPEG790TX_RTROPTP_4_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-VIETNAM-TESTING.JPG

A healthcare worker wearing protective suit walks past as local residents, who have returned after travelling to Da Nang, wait at a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing center in Hanoi, Vietnam August 10, 2020. REUTERS/Kham

 

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's health ministry reported six more coronavirus infections and two additional deaths on Monday, bringing the total number of cases in the Southeast Asian country to 847, with 13 fatalities.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177105-vietnam-reports-six-more-coronavirus-infections-two-new-deaths/

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Philippine trash trawlers earn little from virus-boosted surge in plastics

By Adrian Portugal and Peter Blaza

 

2020-08-10T063809Z_1_LYNXNPEG790BX_RTROPTP_4_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-PLASTIC-RECYCLING-PHILIPPINES.JPG

Waste picker Virgilio Estueta, 60, walks with his cart filled with trash amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, July 7, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

 

MANILA (Reuters) - Virgilio Estuesta has picked through trash in the Philippines' biggest city for four decades, and is noticing an unusually large amount of plastics during his daily trawl of about 15 km (9.3 miles).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1177107-philippine-trash-trawlers-earn-little-from-virus-boosted-surge-in-plastics/

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Guest
This topic is now closed to further replies.
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.





×
×
  • Create New...