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Robotics and automation sees a whopping Bt167 billion of investment in three years

By THE NATION

 

 

A Cabinet meeting on December 22 acknowledged the progress in the plan to develop robotics and automation across a variety of key sectors presented by the Industry Ministry, government deputy spokeswoman Ratchada Thanadirek said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198221-robotics-and-automation-sees-a-whopping-bt167-billion-of-investment-in-three-years/

 

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Toxic haze hits 14 areas in Bangkok, vicinity

By The Nation

 

 

Air pollution in 14 areas around Bangkok and its vicinity once again hit dangerous levels on Thursday morning, with PM2.5 readings coming in at 34 to 57 micrograms per cubic metre (μg/m3), the Pollution Control Department reported.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198225-toxic-haze-hits-14-areas-in-bangkok-vicinity/

 

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Thai economy recovering faster than predicted, but tourist arrivals worrying: BOT

By The Nation

 

 

The Thai economy is recovering but downside risks and uncertainties remain high in the period ahead, says the Bank of Thailand.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198227-thai-economy-recovering-faster-than-predicted-but-tourist-arrivals-worrying-bot/

 

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Man charged with murder of BMA official found dead in Surat Thani

 

Picture: Sanood

 

A Thai man from Nakhon Sri Thammarat in the south of the country has admitted to the murder of a Chaiyaphum woman who was an official in the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198229-man-charged-with-murder-of-bma-official-found-dead-in-surat-thani/

 

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Corruption in stimulus packages: Tourism minister to check that the old folk have actually arrived 

 

Picture: Bangkok Biz News

 

Thai tourism minister Pipat Ratchakitprakan is set to make sure that widespread corruption in the "Rao Thiaw Duay Kan" (Let's travel together) stimulus scheme is not repeated in the upcoming version for older folks.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198231-corruption-in-stimulus-packages-tourism-minister-to-check-that-the-old-folk-have-actually-arrived/

 

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Pattaya: Nurse in MG slams into back of truck trailer

 

Picture: Saim Chon News

 

Bang Lamung police and rescue services responded last night after a nurse in an MG car slammed into the back of an 18 wheel truck trailer carrying aluminium around 11 pm.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198232-pattaya-nurse-in-mg-slams-into-back-of-truck-trailer/

 

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Ayutthaya Covid woman: Authorities still don't know where she caught virus

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Senior officials from both Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai are still baffled as to how an Ayutthaya woman caught Covid in the north of the country.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198233-ayutthaya-covid-woman-authorities-still-dont-know-where-she-caught-virus/

 

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"Countdown" events in Chiang Mai set to go ahead as planned

 

 

Chiang Mai News reported that New Year celebrations in the northern Thai province are set to go ahead as planned. 

 

Full story:  https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198234-countdown-events-in-chiang-mai-set-to-go-ahead-as-planned/

 

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Pattaya and Covid: When they should be serious officials abandon their post

 

Picture: Sophon Cable TV

 

Sophon Cable TV received complaints from people at the Talad Mai Na Klua market in Pattaya that officials screening for Covid-19 had simply abandoned their post. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198235-pattaya-and-covid-when-they-should-be-serious-officials-abandon-their-post/

 

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Udon Thani announces first Covid case

By The Nation

 

 

Udon Thani province has found its first Covid-19 case, a seafood vendor who travelled to Samut Sakhon province to buy produce.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198236-udon-thani-announces-first-covid-case/

 

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Samut Sakhon field hospital all set to treat migrant workers

By The Nation

 

 

A field hospital in Samut Sakhon’s Central Shrimp Market is ready to treat migrant workers infected with Covid-19.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198212-1000-bed-field-hospital-to-be-set-up-in-samut-sakhon/?do=findComment&comment=16108023

 

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Laos temporarily bans Thai seafood

By The Nation

 

 

Laos has temporarily banned the import of fresh and frozen seafood from Thailand after a new wave of Covid-19 infections erupted from Samut Sakhon’s seafood market.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198237-laos-temporarily-bans-thai-seafood/

 

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Phuket runs out of face masks amid new wave of Covid-19 infections

By THE NATION

 

 

Phuket has been hit by a shortage of face masks after one local was diagnosed with Covid-19 in this new wave of infections.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198241-phuket-runs-out-of-face-masks-amid-new-wave-of-covid-19-infections/

 

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No national lockdown in Thailand: Prayut

 

 

Prime minister Prayut said on Thursday there is no national lockdown order planned for Thailand, although the government will “intensify” measures following the outbreak of COVID-19 in Samut Sakhon.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198242-no-national-lockdown-in-thailand-prayut/

 

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Thailand confirms 67 new coronavirus infections

 

FILE PHOTO: A worker wears a protective mask at a street market amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Bangkok, Thailand December 23, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand confirmed 67 new coronavirus infections on Thursday, of which nine were imported from overseas, the public health ministry said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198244-thailand confirms-67-new-coronavirus-infections/

 

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Bangkok’s historic Ying Charoen Market ‘free from Covid’

By The Nation

 

 

Health authorities have found no Covid-19 infections among 51 seafood vendors and migrant workers tested at Ying Charoen Market in northern Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198260-bangkok’s-historic-ying-charoen-market-‘free-from-covid’/

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58 new domestic cases, no countrywide lockdown for now

By The Nation

 

 

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration on Thursday (CCSA) reported 67 new cases – 58 domestic ones – over a 24-hour period, while spokesman Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin confirmed that there would not be a lockdown across the country for now.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198244-thailand confirms-67-new-coronavirus-infections/?do=findComment&comment=16108408

 

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Rushing results in a squished load of oranges

By The Nation

 

 

Speeding to complete his delivery before lockdown measures were applied in Nan nearly landed a man and his wife in a ditch.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198261-rushing-results-in-a-squished-load-of-oranges/

 

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Employers warned against hiding migrant workers, especially undocumented ones

By THE NATION

 

 

Business owners are required to report the number of migrant workers they have hired, while officials from the Department of Industrial Works in each province have been instructed to keep a close eye on the state of foreign workers, Industry Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198263-employers-warned-against-hiding-migrant-workers-especially-undocumented-ones/

 

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Restaurateur shows kindness as Myanmar workers hit with more discrimination

By THE NATION

 

 

A Bangkok restaurant owner announced on social media that she was ready to welcome all Myanmar nationals to her eatery after many shops and stores decided to shut their doors to migrants amid the new Covid-19 wave.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198269-restaurateur-shows-kindness-as-myanmar-workers-hit-with-more-discrimination/

 

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The Mall Group temporarily shuts three shops at two branches

By THE NATION

 

 

The Mall Group has closed three shops in two branches after Covid-19 patients visited the outlets recently.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198271-the-mall-group-temporarily-shuts-three-shops-at-two-branches/

 

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Anti-Myanmar hate speech flares in Thailand over virus

By Panarat Thepgumpanat, Shoon Naing and Matthew Tostevin

 

FILE PHOTO: Migrant workers stand in front of a closed shrimp market, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Samut Sakhon province, in Thailand, December 20, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - "Wherever you see Myanmar people, shoot them down," read one Thai comment on YouTube after a surge of coronavirus cases among workers from Myanmar.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198272-anti-myanmar-hate-speech-flares-in thailand over-virus/

 

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Countdown Events in Bangkok, Chiang Mai Cancelled

 

 

BANGKOK, Dec 24 (TNA) – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) cancelled New Year countdown event in Chiang Mai and CentralWorld shopping complex will livestream the countdown event to avoid mass gatherings.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198281-countdown-events-in-bangkok-chiang-mai-cancelled/

 

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Fisheries Chief: Aquatic Animals Safe from COVID

 

 

BANGKOK, Dec 24 (TNA) — The director-general of the Department of Fisheries has confirmed that COVID-19 could not be transmitted through aquatic animals and hygiene standard is strictly implemented with fishing crews and processing plants.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198284-fisheries-chief-aquatic-animals-safe-from-covid/

 

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Field Hospital Prepared at Shrimp Market

 

 

SAMUT SAKHON, Dec 24 (TNA) – The area at the Central Shrimp Market, closed due to the Covid-19 outbreak has been prepared for setting up a field hospital to treat Covid-19 patients in Samut Sakhon.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198285-field-hospital-prepared-at-shrimp-market/

 

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Damage from Covid in Samut Sakhon Estimated to Bt16 Bln

 

 

BANGKOK, Dec 24 (TNA) – The lockdown of Samut Sakhon from Dec 19 to Jan 3 due to Covid-19 infections will cause about 16 billion baht in economic damage, says Samut Sakhon Chamber of Commerce.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198286-damage-from-covid-in-samut-sakhon-estimated-to-bt16-bln/

 

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Deputy PM Confident of COVID Control

 

 

BANGKOK, Dec 24 (TNA) — Deputy Prime Minister/Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said the COVID-19 outbreak that was spreading from Samut Sakhon to many other provinces would be controlled finally as the government was implementing effective measures to do so during the New Year transitional period.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198287-deputy-pm-confident-of-covid-control/

 

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Bangkok’s Ong Ang Canal closed to kayakers

By The Nation

 

 

Kayaking down Bangkok’s Ong Ang Canal will not be allowed from Friday onwards in a bid to curb the spread of Covid-19.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198288-bangkok’s-ong-ang-canal-closed-to-kayakers/

 

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Migrant labourers dumped in Samut Prakan test negative

By The Nation

 

 

Tests on 14 Myanmar workers found dumped at the entrance to Green Lake Village on Bangna-Trat Road in Samut Prakan have all come back negative for Covid-19.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198289-migrant-labourers-dumped-in-samut-prakan-test-negative/

 

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Highways dept suggests new routes Bangkokians can use to escape during holidays

By The Nation

 

 

In a bid to avoid congestion and ensure smooth travel between provinces, the Department of Highways on Thursday released details of new routes from Bangkok motorists can take during the New Year holidays.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198292-highways-dept-suggests-new-routes-bangkokians-can-use-to-escape-during-holidays/