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Chinese tourists to start travelling around Thailand after completing quarantine

 

photo from Chinese Embassy in Bangkok

 

The first group of 33 Chinese tourists, arriving in Thailand on Special Tourist Visas (STV) from Shanghai, have completed their mandatory 14 days in quarantine, at a hotel in the Sukhumvit area of Bangkok, and are about to leave to tour the country.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190745-chinese-tourists-to-start-travelling-around-thailand-after-completing-quarantine/

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CCSA panel approves 10-day quarantine

By The Nation

 

File photo: Photo credit: freepik

 

A subcommittee of the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Thursday approved reducing quarantine to 10 days for foreign tourists from countries with the same or slightly higher contagion risk as Thailand.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190825-ccsa-panel-approves-10-day-quarantine/

 

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Bumrungrad Q3 profit plunges 79% year-on-year

By THE NATION

 

 

Bumrungrad Hospital (BH) said it earned a third-quarter profit of Bt221.52 million, a 79 per cent decrease compared to the same period in 2019 with a profit of Bt1.05 billion.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190737-bumrungrad-q3-profit-plunges-79-year-on-year/

 

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Ghost ships spur fears for Phuket tourism industry

By The Nation

 

Photos by Charoon Thongnual

 

A fleet of deserted cruise ships docked at Chalong pier shows the devastating toll of Covid-19 on Phuket’s tourism industry.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190796-ghost-ships-spur-fears-for-phuket-tourism-industry/

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Renewable energy sector to deliver national development roadmap

By The Nation

 

 

Thailand’s renewable energy sector will submit five proposals for development of sustainable energy to the government in December, the Federation of Thai Industries' renewable energy club revealed on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190828-renewable-energy-sector-to-deliver-national-development-roadmap/

 

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Thai trade bodies cheer for Biden presidency

By The Nation

 

 

Thai business associations are cheering for Joe Biden to grab the keys to the White House from President Donald Trump on hopes over trade deals.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190829-thai-trade-bodies-cheer-for-biden-presidency/

 

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Rail extension to Andaman coast for trade with BIMSTEC nations eyed

By THE NATION

 

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The railway line between Chumphon and Ranong provinces will be extended to Ranong port in order to facilitate the transport of goods from the mainland to BIMSTEC countries via the Andaman Sea.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190831-rail-extension-to-andaman-coast-for-trade-with-bimstec-nations-eyed/

 

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EEC, high-speed railway airport link make Pattaya attractive to hotel investors

By The Nation

 

Chakkrit Chakrabandhu Na Ayudhya

 

Pattaya will become a bright spot for hotel investors next year thanks to domestic demand potential, as well as the development of the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), property consultancy firm JLL said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190832-eec-high-speed-railway-airport-link-make-pattaya-attractive-to-hotel-investors/

 

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THAI to auction off 34 aging aircraft

 

 

Financially-strapped Thai Airways International is to auction off 34 aircraft, with an average age of about 20 years, to anyone who is interested.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190833-thai-to-auction-off-34-aging-aircraft/

 

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PM discusses Thai-Myanmar relations with Aung San Suu Kyi

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has spoken to te State Counselor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi by telephone, to discuss tightening of relations between Thailand and Myanmar.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190834-pm-discusses-thai-myanmar-relations-with-aung-san-suu-kyi/

 

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Environmental campaign turns plastics into merits

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment (MNRE) has since June, been receiving a lot of plastic waste, as part of the Plastics to Merits campaign. Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University today donated some 100,000 plastic bottle caps collected by students and university staff to the campaign for recycling.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190835-environmental-campaign-turns-plastics-into-merits/

 

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Temperature measuring gate installed at Rajavithi Hospital

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - An innovative contactless body temperature screening device has been installed at Rajavithi Hospital. It was received as a donation from a private firm via the Ministry of Public Health.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190836-temperature-measuring-gate-installed-at-rajavithi-hospital/

 

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Kane scores 200th goal for Spurs in win over Ludogorets

 

Soccer Football - Europa League - Group J - PFC Ludogorets Razgrad v Tottenham Hotspur - Ludogorets Arena, Razgrad, Bulgaria - November 5, 2020 Tottenham Hotspur's Harry Kane celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov

 

(Reuters) - Harry Kane became the third Tottenham Hotspur player to score 200 goals for the club as he poached the opener in his side's comfortable 3-1 victory away to Bulgarian side Ludogorets in Europa League Group J on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190837-kane-scores-200th-goal-for-spurs-in-win-over-ludogorets/

 

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Foden returns to England squad for November internationals, Greenwood left out

 

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Premier League - Sheffield United v Manchester City - Bramall Lane, Sheffield, Britain - October 31, 2020 Manchester City's Phil Foden during the warm up before the match Tim Keeton/Pool via REUTERS

 

(Reuters) - England have recalled Manchester City midfielder Phil Foden for their friendly against Ireland and Nations League meetings with Belgium and Iceland, but there was no place for Mason Greenwood in the 29-man squad.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190839-foden-returns-to-england-squad-for-november-internationals-greenwood-left-out/

 

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Kosovo President Thaci arrested, moved to The Hague to face war crimes charges

By Bardh Krasniqi

 

Kosovo's President Hashim Thaci gestures during a news conference as he resigns to face war crimes charges at a special court based in the Hague, in Pristina, Kosovo, November 5, 2020. REUTERS/Laura Hasani

 

PRISTINA (Reuters) - Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci, a wartime hero turned politician, was arrested and transferred to the detention center of the Kosovo Tribunal in The Hague, the Netherlands, on Thursday to face charges of war crimes.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190840-kosovo-president-thaci-arrested-moved-to-the-hague-to-face-war-crimes-charges/

 

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Trump campaign attacks Fox News polling expert who called Arizona for Biden

By Helen Coster and Lisa Richwine

 

FILE PHOTO: A security guard walks past the boarded up News Corporation headquarters building that houses Fox News in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., November 2, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump’s campaign on Thursday attacked the person at Fox News responsible for the network's projection calling Arizona for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden as a "Clinton-voting, Biden-donating Democrat."

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190841-trump-campaign-attacks-fox-news-polling-expert-who-called-arizona-for-biden/

 

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'Worrying calls for violence' prompt Facebook to remove rapidly growing pro-Trump group

By Elizabeth Culliford and Raphael Satter

 

FILE PHOTO: Counter-protesters, organized by Make the Road Action Nevada and PLAN Action, chant during a "Stop the Steal" protest by supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump at the Clark County Election Center in North Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. November 4, 2020. REUTERS/Steve Marcus/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - Facebook Inc on Thursday said it had taken down a rapidly growing group where some supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump posted violent rhetoric and baseless claims that Democrats were stealing the election.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190843-worrying-calls-for-violence-prompt-facebook-to-remove-rapidly-growing-pro-trump-group/

 

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Trump campaign loses legal fights in Georgia and Michigan, vows Nevada lawsuit

By Tom Hals and Jan Wolfe

 

Former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt speaks during a Trump campaign news conference outside the Clark County Election Center in North Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. November 5, 2020. Yasmina Chavez/Las Vegas Sun via REUTERS. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MANDATORY CREDIT

 

(Reuters) - President Donald Trump's campaign lost court rulings in the closely-contested states of Georgia and Michigan on Thursday, even as it vowed to bring a new lawsuit challenging what it called voting irregularities in Nevada.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190842-trump-campaign-loses-legal-fights-in-georgia-and-michigan-vows-nevada-lawsuit/

 

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Seventeen U.S. states report record increase in COVID-19 cases

By Lisa Shumaker and Anurag Maan

 

FILE PHOTO: A sign warning of the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is seen in front of the closed Chicago Board of Trade in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., April 23, 2020. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - Seventeen out of 50 U.S. states reported record one-day increases in cases of the novel coronavirus on Thursday, a day after the country set a record with nearly 105,000 new infections reported on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190844-seventeen-us-states-report-record-increase-in-covid-19-cases/

 

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How Koh Lanta Has Become Thailand’s Most Sustainable Tourism Destination

A raft of innovative initiatives, buoyed by local entrepreneurs and community-based organisations, is transforming the laid-back island into an exceptional environmentally-friendly haven

 

Koh Haa is one of the wonders of Koh Lanta National Park

 

KOH LANTA, THAILAND: Little has changed on Koh Lanta since the Thai island quietly started to welcome guests three decades ago. Beaches without footprints still sprawl beneath rainforest canopies, the calls of wild macaques echo through dense mangroves and only moments from the shore shoals of tropical fish flit amongst coral reef.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190846-how-koh-lanta-has-become-thailand’s-most-sustainable-tourism-destination/

 

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Koh Samui: French lady goes home after testing negative - there's no infection on island

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

The 57 year old French lady who tested positive for Covid-19 on Koh Samui last month after undergoing quarantine at a hotel in Samut Prakan has now been allowed to go home. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190848-koh-samui-french-lady-goes-home-after-testing-negative-theres-no-infection-on-island/

 

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Buddhist authorities investigate 100 million baht ordination ceremony in Yala

 

Picture: Sanok

 

Thailand's Buddhist Religious Affairs office and Yala officials are investigating after a lavish ordination ceremony was held at a temple in the southern Thai province.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190852-buddhist-authorities-investigate-100-million-baht-ordination-ceremony-in-yala/

 

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Commerce minister mulls opening service sector to foreign investment

By The Nation

 

Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanavisit, meets with foreign investors on Thursday to discuss liberalisation of the service sector.

 

The Commerce Ministry is mulling whether to open more service-sector businesses to foreign investors, lured by promises of more investment and high-paid jobs. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190854-commerce-minister-mulls-opening-service-sector-to-foreign-investment/

 

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Someone up to no good! Names of religious sites/ ruins in Thailand changed on Google Maps

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Thai media Daily News quoted a post on Facebook from Wongsarut Wanabunyanon who said that a large number of famous temples and ruins in Thailand had been renamed by someone up to no good online.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190862-someone-up-to-no-good-names-of-religious-sites-ruins-in-thailand-changed-on-google-maps/

 

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Amazing Thailand: Lottery winning monk goes into hiding as freeloaders descend on the temple!

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A senior monk who scooped first prize on the lottery earlier in the week has gone into hiding.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190864-amazing-thailand-lottery-winning-monk-goes-into-hiding-as-freeloaders-descend-on-the-temple/

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Oil palm price hits highest level in three years due to lower output

By THE NATION

 

 

The price of oil palm has shot up to Bt7.30 to Bt7.50 per kg, which is the highest in the past three years, said Chayodom Suwanrattana, president of the Oil Palm Growers Association of Thailand.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190865-oil-palm-price-hits-highest-level-in-three-years-due-to-lower-output/

 

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What is the future of Phuket and Samui? VIDEO

By The Thaiger

 

 

Let’s review the last 2 days when the Thai PM and the cabinet cavalcade headed to the southern islands of Phuket and Samui. Did their visit come up with any solutions that could help the islands and their economic crisis?

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190867-what-is-the-future-of-phuket-and-samui-video/

 

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Oops! Hapless gold shop robber drops his Thai ID card at the scene

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Klong Tan police had little difficulty solving a gold robbery at a shop in Bangkok yesterday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190868-oops-hapless-gold-shop-robber-drops-his-thai-id-card-at-the-scene/

 

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Bangkok's governor says both Thais and foreigners approve of greater "orderliness" in the city

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Bangkok's governor General Aswin Kwanmuang went on Facebook during the Loy Krathong celebration to say that both Thais and foreigners have noticed and approved of the administration's efforts to bring order to the capital.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190870-bangkoks-governor-says-both-thais-and-foreigners-approve-of-greater-orderliness-in-the-city/

 

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Thai Airways seeks buyers for 34 used planes as part of restructuring plan

 

FILE PHOTO: Workers service a Thai Airways Airbus A380-800 aircraft at Bangkok International Suvarnabhumi Airport, Thailand September 3, 2019. Picture taken September 3, 2019. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Thai Airways International PCL said on Friday it was looking for potential buyers for 34 used Airbus SE and Boeing Co planes as part of its restructuring plan.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1190833-thai-to-auction-off-34-aging-aircraft/?do=findComment&comment=15977341