THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Sunday 22 August 2021

[Jonathan Fairfield]

24 foreigners, Thais arrested after raid at luxury villa in Koh Samui

 

Image: Bophut Police

 

Twenty four people were arrested during a raid on a luxury villa in Koh Samui during the early hours of Saturday morning (Aug 21).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1228264-24-foreigners-thais-arrested-after-raid-at-luxury-villa-in-koh-samui/

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Foreigners bought 660 condos in Bangkok area this year: Average price 5M baht , Thais 3.8 M baht

 

File photo: REUTERS

 

Dr Sophon Pornchokchai of the Agency of Real Estate Affairs Co. Ltd (AREA) told the Thai media the data for condo purchases in Bangkok and surrounding provinces in the first half of 2021.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1228245-foreigners-bought-660-condos-in-bangkok-area-this-year-average-price-5m-baht-thais-38-m-baht/

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Thai Authorities to Distribute 8.5 Million Antigen Test Kits to Hospitals and Pharmacies

 

 

BANGKOK(NNT) - Thailand’s National Health Security Office (NHSO) has partnered with the Public Health Ministry and the Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) to distribute 8.5 million COVID-19 antigen test kits (ATK) to hospitals and pharmacies nationwide.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1228297-thai-authorities-to-distribute-85-million-antigen-test-kits-to-hospitals-and-pharmacies/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Thai Customs Department Will Launch Online Tax Compensation System in September

 

 

BANGKOK(NNT) - Thailand’s Customs Department reports that its online payment system has been completed and the digital tax compensation system is set to begin on 21 September.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1228298-thai-customs-department-will-launch-online-tax-compensation-system-in-september/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Bank of Thailand Relaxes Debt Assistance Measures

 

 

BANGKOK(NNT) - The Bank of Thailand (BoT) has relaxed its debt assistance measures to help entrepreneurs and individual borrowers during the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1228299-bank-of-thailand-relaxes-debt-assistance-measures/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

2/3 of COVID-19 Fatalities in Thailand Were Unvaccinated

 

Reuters file photo

 

BANGKOK(NNT) - Thailand’s Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) has revealed that about two-thirds of those who died recently after catching COVID-19 were not vaccinated against the disease.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1228300-23-of-covid-19-fatalities-in-thailand-were-unvaccinated/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Flights between Phuket and Samui Will Be Resumed on 25 August

 

 

BANGKOK(NNT) - Thailand’s Surat Thani province will continue the “Samui Plus” program to attract vaccinated foreign tourists, with Bangkok Airways set to resume flights between Phuket and Samui Island on 25 August.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1228301-flights-between-phuket-and-samui-will-be-resumed-on-25-august/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Thailand reports 19,014 COVID-19 cases, 20,672 recoveries, 233 deaths

 

Health care workers move a dead body to a container after a hospital morgue overwhelmed by COVID-19 deaths begun to store bodies in refrigerated containers, as the country struggles to deal with its biggest outbreak to date, in Pathum Thani, Thailand July 31, 2021. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

Thailand on Sunday reported 19,014 new COVID-19 cases and 233 additional deaths, according to the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1228302-thailand-reports-19014-covid-19-cases-20672-recoveries-233-deaths/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Confiscated methamphetamine machine used for Fah Talai Jone pill production

 

 

The Thai Justice ministry has modified a tablet press, confiscated from an illicit drug manufacturing network, to produce Fah Talai Jone (Green Chiretta) tablets, in an effort to alleviate the country’s COVID-19 medicine shortage.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1228303-confiscated-methamphetamine-machine-used-for-fah-talai-jone-pill-production/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

House passes Thailand’s 37.6 billion baht public health budget in its second reading

 

 

Thailand’s House of Representatives passed the Public Health Ministry’s (MoPH) 37.6 billion baht budget for the 2022 fiscal year, in its second reading today (Saturday), by 242:124 votes, despite opposition MPs’ heavy criticism of a the lack of transparency and inappropriate budgeting for several medical items, such as rapid antigen test kits (ATK) and the Chinese made Sinovac vaccine.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1228306-house-passes-thailand’s-376-billion-baht-public-health-budget-in-its-second-reading/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Outcry over reported removal of Suchat Sawatsri as a Thai national artist

 

 

The Thai Writers Association, several prominent writers, politicians and academics have voiced opposition to the reported decision by the National Culture Commission of Thailand to strip Mr. Suchart Sawatsri of his status as a national artist.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1228308-outcry-over-reported-removal-of-suchat-sawatsri-as-a-thai-national-artist/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Two seriously injured after two vehicle accident at a Phan Thong intersection

 

 

Two people have sustained serious injuries after a sedan plunged into a motorbike at an intersection in the Phan Thong District.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1228309-two-seriously-injured-after-two-vehicle-accident-at-a-phan-thong-intersection/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Pattaya Mayor reveals results of 10-day proactive Covid-19 community testing in Pattaya

 

 

The Pattaya Mayor, Sonthaya Khunplume, revealed the results today after ten days of proactive Covid-19 community testing using Rapid Antigen Test Kits (ATK).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1228310-pattaya-mayor-reveals-results-of-10-day-proactive-covid-19-community-testing-in-pattaya/

 

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Thailand to gain 31,000 new hotel rooms

 

 

The TOPHOTELPROJECTS construction database reveals that Thailand’s hotel pipeline is looking promising, with established travel destinations set to see the most rapid growth.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1228312-thailand-to-gain-31000-new-hotel-rooms/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Phuket Opinion: Punishing tourists for wanting a drink

 

‘Whoa… Get drunk! Once drink liquor, everyone at risk to be infected’ – one of the anti-COVID alcohol messages posted online earlier this week. Image: Thai Health Promotion Foundation

 

PHUKET: Phuket officials this week shared online a series of images with messages trying to explain why the ban on venues serving alcohol and having alcohol consumed n the premises are in effect to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1228313-phuket-opinion-punishing-tourists-for-wanting-a-drink/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

New Phuket order revises conditions for suspending Sandbox scheme

 

Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew (left) at the meeting at Provincial Hall yesterday (Aug 20). Photo: PPHO

 

PHUKET: A new provincial order issued by Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew has revised the conditions required for determining whether or not officials are to suspend the Phuket Sandbox scheme in light of the current high number of COVID-19 infections across the island.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1228314-new-phuket-order-revises-conditions-for-suspending-sandbox-scheme/

 

[rooster59]

When it’s almost comforting that a tourist got robbed!

 

 

I make no excuse for harking back to happier days this week. Dwelling on the mess that Thailand finds itself in - along with record death tolls - is quite frankly “doing my head in” as us Brits are wont to say.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1228320-when-it’s-almost-comforting-that-a-tourist-got-robbed/

 

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