Pattaya: High Speed Rail taking shape - nearly one billion baht compensation sums discussed

 

Graphic: Sophon Cable TV

 

Plans for the High Speed Train from Bangkok to Pattaya are moving forward.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1193078-pattaya-high-speed-rail-taking-shape-nearly-one-billion-baht-compensation-sums-discussed/

 

Police ready to throw the rule book at pro-democracy protesters

By THE NATION

 

 

Police would comply with Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha’s order to use all relevant laws against pro-democracy protesters who broke laws, Deputy Metropolitan Police chief Pol Maj-General Piya Tawichai said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1193082-police-ready-to-throw-the-rule-book-at-pro-democracy-protesters/

 

Passenger who parked at Bangkok airport for eight months slapped with 60,000 baht bill

 

File photo

 

A deputy at the Airports Authority of Thailand has described as "a misunderstanding" after someone who parked their car at Suvarnabhumi airport since March while they were stranded abroad, were asked to pay nearly 60,000 baht. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1193084-passenger-who-parked-at-bangkok-airport-for-eight-months-slapped-with-60000-baht-bill/

 

Foreigners working in Thailand: New Revenue Dept link to Immigration set to make life easier

 

Picture: Voice TV

 

The Revenue Department has announced that as of Wednesday foreigners working in Thailand no longer need to visit them.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1193085-foreigners-working-in-thailand-new-revenue-dept-link-to-immigration-set-to-make-life-easier/

 

Thai cenbank announces measures to contain baht rise

 

FILE PHOTO: The Bank of Thailand logo is pictured in Bangkok, Thailand, August 5, 2016. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's central bank unveiled on Friday new measures related to the baht <THB=TH> in a bid to help balance capital flows after a rapid appreciation in the currency, an assistant governor said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1193087-thai-cenbank-announces-measures-to-contain-baht-rise/

 

Four Thais found positive in state quarantine and airport

By The Nation

 

 

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration on Friday reported four new cases over a 24-hour period.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1193088-covid-19-four-thais-found-positive-in-state-quarantine-and-airport/

 

Songkhla to Phatthalung: New bridge a step closer to reality

 

Picture: Hat Yai Focus

 

Hat Yai Focus reported that plans for a new bridge that would link Sonkhla to Phatthalung across Songkhla Lake have moved a step closer to reality.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1193090-songkhla-to-phatthalung-new-bridge-a-step-closer-to-reality/

Long weekend, busy roads and price gouging
By The Thaiger

 

Airfare and accommodation costs have skyrocketed over this long weekend, an artificially added 2 days of holiday by the Thai government to stimulate the local travel economy. Airfares, if you didn’t get the earlier ‘cheapies’, have risen to 2 – 3 times their ‘normal’ discount prices. And accommodation costs have followed suit (although the OTAs are still advertising plenty of cheap rooms around the country if you have time to search).

 

Source: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1193095-long-weekend-busy-roads-and-price-gouging/

 

Queen Elizabeth and husband Philip celebrate 73rd wedding anniversary

 

Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh look at their homemade wedding anniversary card, given to them by their great grandchildren Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, ahead of their 73rd wedding anniversary, in the Oak Room at Windsor Castle, Windsor, Britain November 17, 2020. Chris Jackson/Getty Images Europe/Handout via REUTERS

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip celebrate their 73rd wedding anniversary on Friday, an occasion they will be unable to share with their family as England is currently under a coronavirus lockdown.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1193099-queen-elizabeth-and-husband-philip-celebrate-73rd-wedding-anniversary/

 

Education minister studies school transport options in bid to improve education sector

By The Nation

 

 

Education Minister Nataphol Teepsuwan visited the Metalex 2020 exhibition at Bitec Bangna on Friday to check out new, improved vehicles that can be used as school buses.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1193107-education-minister-studies-school-transport-options-in-bid-to-improve-education-sector/

 

Disabled woman escapes just in time as fire hits 10 homes in Samut Prakan

By The Nation

 

 

Huge flames engulfed homes in Samut Prakan province early on Friday and nearly killed a disabled woman who struggled to drag herself to safety.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1193110-disabled-woman-escapes-just-in-time-as-fire-hits-10-homes-in-samut-prakan/

 

Man unmasks gang of ‘snacking’ monks in Phetchaburi

By The Nation

 

 

A man exposed a gang of crooks, who allegedly dress as monks to dupe people, after falling for their story himself.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1193112-man-unmasks-gang-of-‘snacking’-monks-in-phetchaburi/

 

Get ready for ‘great conjunction’ as Jupiter, Saturn move closer after 397 years

By The Nation

 

 

The National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand shared photographs of the “smiling moon” and announced that Jupiter and Saturn will be at their closest in 397 years in December.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1193115-get-ready-for-‘great-conjunction’-as-jupiter-saturn-move-closer-after-397-years/

 

Baby saved from mother who dangled one-year-old from third floor in Bangkok

By THE NATION

 

 

A woman suspected of being mentally disturbed on Thursday threatened to throw her baby from the third-floor balcony of an apartment she lived in in Bangkok before rescuers rushed up and saved the baby.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1193116-baby-saved-from-mother-who-dangled-one-year-old-from-third-floor-in-bangkok/

 

Farmers overwhelmed by losses as price of rice falls to just Bt6 per kilo

By The Nation

 

 

Farmers in Kalasin province were reduced to tears due to massive losses after the price of rice dropped to just Bt6 or Bt7 per kilo this week.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1193118-kalasin-farmers-overwhelmed-by-losses-as-price-of-rice-falls-to-just-bt6-per-kilo/

 

‘Bad Student’ group gets ready to hit govt ‘dinosaurs’ with ‘meteors’ on Saturday

By The Nation

 

 

The “Bad Student” group said in a Facebook post on Thursday that they will hold an anti-government protest, under the theme “Meteor Strikes Dinosaurs”, in Bangkok’s Ratchaprasong intersection on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1193120-‘bad-student’-group-gets-ready-to-hit-govt-‘dinosaurs’-with-‘meteors’-on-saturday/

 

BTS demands to be paid for Green Line extensions

By The Nation

 

 

The BTS Green Line extension – Wat Phra Si Mahathat to Khukhot – will be officially opened in a ceremony presided over by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on December 16 as scheduled, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has announced.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1193121-bts-demands-to-be-paid-for-green-line-extensions/

 

Thai police to charge high school students over protest

By Juarawee Kittisilpa and Panarat Thepgumpanat

 

FILE PHOTO: Benjamaporn Nivas, also known as Ploy, speaks during a mass rally to demand constitutional changes and the government resignation in Bangkok, Thailand September 19, 2020. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Two Thai high school student leaders will be charged for joining a banned protest last month, police said on Friday, a day after embattled Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha threatened tougher action against protesters.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1193133-thai-police-to-charge-high-school-students-over-protest/

 

Five killed as pick-up flips on road to Doi Inthanon

By THE NATION

 

 

A pick-up truck flipped over, immediately killing all five people inside, at around noon on Friday as it was heading to Doi Inthanon mountain in Chiang Mai province.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1193134-five-killed-as-pick-up-flips-on-road-to-doi-inthanon/

 

People making the most of long weekend, claims Transport Ministry

By THE NATION

 

 

The Transport Ministry said that more than 4.83 million people used public transport on Wednesday and Thursday (November 18 and 19), before the November 19-22 long weekend began.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1193135-people-making-the-most-of-long-weekend-claims-transport-ministry/

 

Ministry warns against sharing personal info with people masquerading as govt officials

By The Nation

 

 

The Ministry of Finance on Friday warned people against revealing personal information to fraudsters pretending to be government officials offering Bt2,000 cash as Covid-19 relief.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1193136-ministry-warns-against-sharing-personal-info-with-people-masquerading-as-govt-officials/

 

Farmers overwhelmed by losses as price of rice falls to just Bt6 per kilo

By The Nation

 

 

Farmers in Kalasin province were reduced to tears due to massive losses after the price of rice dropped to just Bt6 or Bt7 per kilo this week.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1193137-farmers-overwhelmed-by-losses-as-price-of-rice-falls-to-just-bt6-per-kilo/

 

Hong Kong reports spike in daily cases before travel bubble with Singapore opens

 

FILE PHOTO: Visitors watch the opening show of the Castle of Magical Dreams at Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Hong Kong, China November 20, 2020. REUTERS/Lam Yik

 

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong reported a spike in daily coronavirus cases to 26 on Friday, two days before an arrangement with Singapore to allow a limited number of passengers to fly both ways without having to go through quarantine kicks in.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1193138-hong-kong-reports-spike-in-daily-cases-before-travel-bubble-with-singapore-opens/

 

Hong Kong, world’s most visited city, faces tourism bust

By Farah Master and Joyce Zhou

 

FILE PHOTO: Visitors wearing face masks visit Man Mo Temple for a Hong Kong Tourism Board's free local tour, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Hong Kong, China November 1,2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

 

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hundreds of parked tour buses are gathering dust at a northern Hong Kong container port, having been off the road for 10 months since authorities banned non-resident arrivals into the city due to the new coronavirus.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1193139-hong-kong-world’s-most-visited-city-faces-tourism-bust/

 

Exclusive: Vietnam threatens to shut down Facebook over censorship requests - source

By James Pearson

 

FILE PHOTO: A 3D printed Facebook logo is placed between small toy people figures in front of a keyboard in this illustration taken April 12, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

 

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam has threatened to shut down Facebook in the country if it does not bow to government pressure to censor more local political content on its platform, a senior official at the U.S. social media giant told Reuters.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1193141-exclusive-vietnam-threatens-to-shut-down-facebook-over-censorship-requests-source/

 

City people escape to the simple life in Loei’s Chiang Khan this weekend

By THE NATION

 

 

Loei province’s Chiang Khan district appeared to be the most popular destination during the November 19-22 long weekend, as thousands flocked to this small town to enjoy its old-world charm.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1193142-city-people-escape-to-the-simple-life-in-loei’s-chiang-khan-this-weekend/

 

Luggage handling fees only apply to cabs heading to and from Bangkok airports: Land Transport Dept

By The Nation

 

 

After the latest cab fare hike in the form of “special handling fees” won a mixture of amusement and dismay from the public, the Land Transport Department’s deputy director Tanee Suebrerk announced that this special fee only applies to metred taxis plying to and from Bangkok’s two airports.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1193144-luggage-handling-fees-only-apply-to-cabs-heading-to-and-from-bangkok-airports-land-transport-dept/

 

Life on Mars; green technologies at National Science Fair

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) For anyone who hasn’t decided yet where to go on the long weekend, the National Science and Technology Fair at IMPACT Muang Thong Thani is one great option for the family, held to inspire youth and society on technological and scientific advancements.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1193146-life-on-mars-green-technologies-at-national-science-fair/

 

Michael J. Fox eyeing a second retirement from acting amid health problems

By ADAM S. LEVY

 

 

Michael J. Fox says he's a considering a second retirement from acting amid his health problems.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1193148-michael-j-fox-eyeing-a-second-retirement-from-acting-amid-health-problems/

 

Halle Berry, 54, reveals she had her first orgasm aged 11

By EVE BUCKLAND

 

Very candid: Halle Berry has revealed she had her first orgasm when she was 11 (pictured 2019)

 

Halle Berry has revealed she had her first orgasm when she was 11. 

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1193149-halle-berry-54-reveals-she-had-her-first-orgasm-aged-11/