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NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Friday 8 December 2023


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The deputy finance minister says The government has sought legal advice on one issue related to its 10,000-baht digital wallet scheme, but declined to elaborate on the issue, however,  he added plans to borrow 500 billion baht to fund the scheme were not in question. 

 

Thailand has asked China to grant visa exemptions for Thai tourists, The matter was raised yesterday during a meeting of foreign ministers in Beijing. 


a government panel due to return to the Chinese capital later this month to continue negotiations.

 

An Activist lawyer has asked the opposition Move Forward Party to push for action on the smuggled pork scandal, saying the public has not seen any progress.  several government officials have confessed to being involved in illegal exports of chicken feet to China, and petrol to Myanmar which was then imported back to Thailand to avoid tax.


2 Members of a loan shark gang who vandalised their victims restaurant in central Thailand  after they registered with the government's scam help center,  have been arrested.


The restaurant owner had borrowed 30,000 baht from a man belonging to the gang who then demanded an interest rate of 850 baht per day until she paid off the debt. 

 


Around The Region

 

In Japan  A start-up company began testing a prototype rocket engine that runs on fuel derived purely from cow dung.
The dung can be converted to produce a liquid “bio-methane” 
The experiment saw the engine blast out a long blue-and-orange flame horizontally out of an open hangar door for around 10 seconds.


This new bio fuel was said to be very cost effective with a high performance.  


Chiang Mai and the north: sunny partly cloudy 31

Bangkok:  sunny partly cloudy 33

Pattaya:  sunny 32

Phuket and the south:  sunny, partly Cloudy. 31C

Hua Hin: Sunny, light cloud  31C


Credits: Bangkok Post, The Nation, Asean Now, Khaosod English,  Hua Hin Today, Royal Coast Review, Kulsawek Sawekwannakorn, Thainewsroom.com, The Pattaya News, Phuket News, Channel News Asia, South China Morning Post, The Straits Times. The Irrawaddy. Windy.com. Wunderground.com
 

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- Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here.

 

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