THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Thursday 17 Sep 2020

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Thai bank gives thumbs up to STV plan - "wealthy" tourists with high spending power best place to start

 

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RYT9 reported that Thai bank Kasikorn's research arm was the latest group to come out in favor of the Special Tourist Visa plan. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182962-thai-bank-gives-thumbs-up-to-stv-plan-wealthy-tourists-with-high-spending-power-best-place-to-start/

 

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Pattaya's mayor in the dark about new tourist visa: What are the ten "safe" countries mentioned?

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

Pattaya's strongarm mayor Sontaya Khunpluem admitted to Manager that he is largely in the dark about the countries mentioned as playing a role in the Special Tourist Visa (STV) program that the cabinet gave the nod to on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182961-pattayas-mayor-in-the-dark-about-new-tourist-visa-what-are-the-ten-safe-countries-mentioned/

 

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Almost 9,000 police officers expected to keep security nationwide for Saturday rallies

By THE NATION

 

 

A news source revealed yesterday (September 16) that the Royal Thai Police Headquarters has ordered Provincial Police Region 1-8 and Border Patrol Police to dispatch thousands of officers to keep law and order at political rallies scheduled across the country on Saturday (September 19).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182964-almost-9000-police-officers-expected-to-keep-security-nationwide-for-saturday-rallies/

 

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Koh Samui: "Unprecedented" hotel discounts for Thais and four trips for the price of one on Bangkok Airways

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

A leading hotelier on Koh Samui said that resorts and hotels were offering unprecedented discounts to Thais in an effort to woo them to the holiday island for short breaks. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182966-koh-samui-unprecedented-hotel-discounts-for-thais-and-four-trips-for-the-price-of-one-on-bangkok-airways/

 

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Girl, 9, killed, seven injured as Phuket pickup wipes out

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The scene of the accident last night. Photo: Kusoldharm Rescue Foundation

 

PHUKET: A 9-year-old girl died and seven others were injured when a pickup truck slid off the road and ploughed through people dining at a roadside restaurant on Thepkrasattri Rd last night (Sept 16).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182967-girl-9-killed-seven-injured-as-phuket-pickup-wipes-out/

 

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Video: 18 wheel trucker high on Ya Ba chased 40 kms over three Korat districts

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A truck driver high on amphetamines was chased for 40 kilometers through three districts of Nakhon Ratchasima in Thailand's north east after he went through a checkpoint without stopping. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182969-video-18-wheel-trucker-high-on-ya-ba-chased-40-kms-over-three-korat-districts/

 

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Public Health Ministry warns about fake news on Covid-19 allocation

By The Nation

 

 

The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) has warned people not to believe in fake news about adding a MOPH Connect account in Line to receive a Covid-19 vaccine.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182971-public-health-ministry-warns-about-fake-news-on-covid-19-allocation/

 

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Live RPG found by former conscript on first day of job at scrap dealers

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A former army conscript on his first day of employment at a scrap metal dealer, made an astonishing discovery.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182972-live-rpg-found-by-former-conscript-on-first-day-of-job-at-scrap-dealers/

 

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No Covid-19 cases reported in past 24 hours

By The Nation

 

 

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) reported zero cases over a 24-hour period today (September 17).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182973-no-covid-19-cases-reported-in-past-24-hours/

 

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Gold Line monorail service postponed to year-end

By THE NATION

 

 

The Bangkok Mass Transit System (BTS) has announced that the planned October opening of its Gold Line monorail will be postponed to December.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182974-gold-line-monorail-service-postponed-to-year-end/

 

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Phuket reaction to new tourist visa: The money will filter down to the wider community

 

Picture: Bangkok Biz News

 

A small scale hotelier on Phuket told Thailand's business media that the plans for a new visa for long term tourists (STV) are a good thing. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182975-phuket-reaction-to-new-tourist-visa-the-money-will-filter-down-to-the-wider-community/

 

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Five family members found shot to death

 

 

Three men, a woman and a 9-year old boy were found dead, in what is suspected to be a multiple suicide or murder-suicide, at a house in the Suksawat area of Bangkok on Thursday morning.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182977-five-family-members-found-shot-to-death/

 

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Phuket emergency services on alert amid heavy weather warning

By The Phuket News

 

Phuket is expected to be in for heavy weather tomorrow through Sunday (Sept 18-20). Image: Phuket MET

 

PHUKET: Phuket Vice Governor Wongsakorn Nunchukan has ordered emergency services on alert to respond to any flash floods following a weather warning issued by the Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) over the weather fallout from Category 3 tropical storm “Noul”.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182982-phuket-emergency-services-on-alert-amid-heavy-weather-warning/

 

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New free-flow system at tollbooths will use AI to nab drivers who fail to pay monthly

By The Nation

 

 

The Transport Ministry will use artificial intelligence as part of its planned “M-Flow” system that will replace conventional barriers at toll ways and charge drivers on a monthly basis. AI will be used to detect licence plates and share information with police so legal action can be taken against drivers who fail to pay or those who use “illegal” vehicles.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182996-new-free-flow-system-at-tollbooths-will-use-ai-to-nab-drivers-who-fail-to-pay-monthly/

 

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Family of five shot dead in Thung Kru

By The Nation

 

 

Police have launched an investigation into a shooting in Bangkok’s Thung Kru district that left two men, two women and a child dead.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182977-five-family-members-found-shot-to-death/?do=findComment&comment=15824763

 

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Elephant shot dead, head ripped off ‘for ivory’ at Narathiwat national park

By The Nation

 

 

Sipo Waterfall National Park officials believe a carcass of a headless elephant that was found in the park in Narathiwat was the ghastly work of ivory traders.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182998-elephant-shot-dead-head-ripped-off-‘for-ivory’-at-narathiwat-national-park/

 

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Tropical storm gathers speed, set to strike during weekend

By The Nation

 

 

 

The Thai Meteorological Department reported on Thursday (September 17) that tropical storm Noul, with sustained winds of 80 kilometres per hour, was expected intensify and make landfall between the cities of Hue and Da Nang in central Vietnam.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1183001-tropical-storm-gathers-speed-set-to-strike-during-weekend/

 

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PM promises to name new finance minister in October

By THE NATION

 

Prayut Chan-o-cha

 

Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Thursday (September 17) that he has allocated time next month to consider candidates for the finance minister's post.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1183002-pm-prayut-promises-to-name-new-finance-minister-in-october/

 

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Evacuation plans prepared as storm Noul targets Thailand

By The Nation

 

Nipon Bunyamanee

 

Evacuation plans are being drawn up for thousands of residents in the path of tropical storm Noul, which is due to hit the Northeast as early as Friday and then cover Thailand this weekend.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1183005-evacuation-plans-prepared-as-storm-noul-targets-thailand/

 

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Captain Songklod’s attackers deny political motivation

By The Nation

 

 

The attackers of Captain Songklod Chuenchuphol aka Captain Poo Khem (salted crab), a core member of the nationalist group Thai Wisdom Guard, insisted the assault was not politically motivated.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1183007-captain-songklod’s-attackers-deny-political-motivation/

 

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Alcoholic arrested for running after mother with a knife

By The Nation

 

 

Uthai Thani police arrested a man for trying to attack his mother with a knife on Thursday (September 17) before holding himself hostage.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1183030-alcoholic-arrested-for-running-after-mother-with-a-knife/

 

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Hospitals Prepare for Storm, Possible Floods

 

 

BANGKOK, Sept 17 (TNA) – Permanent Secretary for Public Health ordered hospitals in the areas vulnerable to floods to prepare help for patients as tropical storm Noul is approaching the country.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1183032-hospitals-prepare-for-storm-possible-floods/

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Global coronavirus cases to soon surpass 30 million - Reuters tally

By Jane Wardell

 

Medical workers in protective suits attend to people lining up for nucleic acid testing at a residential compound, following imported coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections from neighbouring Myanmar, in the border city of Ruili, Dehong prefecture, Yunnan province, China September 16, 2020. Picture taken September 16, 2020. cnsphoto via REUTERS

 

(Reuters) - Global coronavirus cases are expected to pass 30 million on Thursday, according to a Reuters tally, with the pandemic showing no signs of slowing.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1183033-global-coronavirus-cases-to-soon-surpass-30-million-reuters-tally/

 

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Bangkok Reopens Weekend Walking Markets

 

 

BANGKOK, Sept 17 (TNA) – The Bangkok city hall will reopen walking streets on Khao San Road and at Klong Ong Ang in the city’s historic area to promote tourism and stimulate local economy.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1183034-bangkok-reopens-weekend-walking-markets/

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Red Cross warns coronavirus is driving discrimination in Asia

 

FILE PHOTO: Medical workers wearing protective suits pass by barbed wire in a red zone under enhanced lockdown, amid the novel coronavirus outbreak, in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, May 11, 2020. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) warned on Thursday that the novel coronavirus is driving discrimination towards vulnerable communities in Asia, including migrants and foreigners.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1183036-red-cross-warns-coronavirus-is-driving-discrimination-in-asia/

 

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Explainer: Why Singapore's COVID-19 death rate is the world's lowest

By John Geddie and Aradhana Aravindan

 

FILE PHOTO: Essential workers have their noses swabbed before returning to the workforce at a regional screening center amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Singapore June 9, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su

 

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore has the lowest coronavirus case fatality count globally, with just 27 deaths among the more than 57,000 people who have been infected with COVID-19 in the Southeast Asian island.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1183037-explainer-why-singapores-covid-19-death-rate-is-the-worlds-lowest/

 

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China-backed telecom firm says won't spy on Philippines

By Neil Jerome Morales and Karen Lema

 

FILE PHOTO: A woman shields herself from the sun as she walks past an office building of China Telecom, in Beijing, China August 11, 2020. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

 

MANILA (Reuters) - A new Philippine telecoms firm with Chinese state investment on Thursday described as "truly misplaced" concerns that communications equipment it will install at military camps will be used for spying.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1183039-china-backed-telecom-firm-says-wont-spy-on-philippines/

 

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Philippines considers relaxing travel ban for nurses

By Karen Lema

 

Dean, who asked that her surname not be used, is photographed at her family's home in Caloocan City, Metro Manila, Philippines September 2, 2020, with boxes of documents she used to apply for a nursing job in the UK. She is one of the nurses prevented from leaving the Philippines by a government restriction on health workers' movements. "As long as I'm in the Philippines, nothing will come out of my life," she said. Picture taken September 2, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

 

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines is considering allowing more nurses and other medical professionals to leave for jobs abroad after banning them from travel so they can fight coronavirus at home, President Rodrigo Duterte's spokesman said on Thursday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1183041-philippines-considers-relaxing-travel-ban-for-nurses/

 

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Biden warns UK on Brexit: No trade deal unless you respect Northern Irish peace deal

By Guy Faulconbridge and Elizabeth Piper

 

Democratic U.S. presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden answers a reporter's question after remarks about his plans to develop and distribute a safe coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine if elected president, during a campaign statement after being briefed by public health experts in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., September 16, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden warned the United Kingdom that it must honour the Northern Irish peace deal as it extracts itself from the European Union or there would be no U.S. trade deal.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1183042-biden-warns-uk-on-brexit-no-trade-deal-unless-you-respect-northern-irish-peace-deal/

 

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A Nobel for Thunberg? In the age of climate change and virus, it is possible

By Gwladys Fouche

 

FILE PHOTO: Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg holds a poster reading "School strike for Climate" as she protests in front of the Swedish Parliament Riksdagen, in Stockholm, Sweden, September 4, 2020. Sep. Fredrik Sandberg/TT News Agency/via REUTERS/File Photo

 

OSLO (Reuters) - This year's Nobel Peace Prize could go to green campaigner Greta Thunberg and the Fridays for Future movement to highlight the link between environmental damage and the threat to peace and security, some experts say.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1183043-a-nobel-for-thunberg-in-the-age-of-climate-change-and-virus-it-is-possible/