New tsunami buoys off Phuket by new year: NDWC

The Raydant tsunami buoy that went adrift should be redeployed

some time in January, said Raydant General Manager Aurasa Paenghom.

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Gov lauds PPAO sponsorship of Laguna Phuket Triathlon

FROM LEFT: Bangonrat Shinaprayoon, director of the Phuket Tourism

Authority of Thailand office; Debbie Dionysius, assistant vice

president Destination Marketing, Laguna Phuket; Phuket Vice-Governor

Nivit Aroonrat; and Prasert Tanhausa, district sales manager Phuket

of official sponsor Thai International Airways.

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Bueng Khan Endorsed by House as Thailand's Newest Province

The House of Representatives has voted 318-0 in favor of naming Bueng Khan the newest province of Thailand. The area was formerly part of Nhong Kai province.

-- Tan Network 2010-11-26

N Korea apparently stages artillery firing drill in Yellow Sea, 3 days after North's deadly shelling hit S Korean island: Seoul defence ministry spokesman /MCOT

Business Air increases Phuket - South Korea flights

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No projectiles land on South Korean territory after series of explosions is heard from the North, which this week bombarded a South Korean island, says military spokesman /MCOT

Bangchak Raise Diesel Pump Prices by Bt0.40/Ltr

Bangchak and other oil distributors will raise pump prices for diesel fuel by 40 satang per liter. B5 will now cost Bt28.59 baht/liter. The new prices will take effect tomorrow.

-- Tan Network 2010-11-26

Suthat Temple offers to perform religious rite for 2,002 aborted foetuses

Suthat Thepwararam Temple has offered to perform a religious rite and bury 2.002 aborted foetuses, a senior official said Friday.

Nopparat Benjawattananon, the director of the National Buddhism Office, said Wat Suthat and other temples offered to burial ground for foetuses.

The foetuses have been hidden inside the mortuaries of Wat Phai Ngern by undertakers there until they were uncovered recently. The undertakers were hired by some abortion clinics to dispose the foetuses.

Nopparat said his office would consult with police investigators to find out if the foestues could be buried and they would have to be kept as evidences.

-- The Nation 2010-11-26

Bangkok-Kantang train derailment at Nakhon Si Thammarat's Thung Song, halting southern bound service; approx 2 days needed to clear route /MCOT

Money Expo Chiang Mai opened

By The Nation

Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij on Friday presides over the SET in the City Zone at the Money Expo in Chiang Mai.

The event runs until Nov 28 at Chiang Mai Plaza Chiang Mai Airport.

Banks and other financial institutions have offered a wide range of products, targeting to draw new clients in Chiang Mai and nearby provinces.

-- The Nation 2010-11-26

Daily minimum wage should be increased by Bt10: PM

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Friday that the daily minimum wage should be increased by Bt10 to Bt11 next year.

Abhisit said he had instructed the government representatives on the tripartite wage committee to increase the daily minimum wage by Bt10 to Bt11 next year.

The prime minister said businesses should adjust themselves for the pay increases.

He said the wage rise should make Thai economy more acceptable.

-- The Nation 2010-11-26

SET index closed at 991.71, down 4.71; Bt/USD30.04; GBP47.06; AUD28.97; EUR39.68; CAD29.63; HKD3.86; SGD22.69; JPY35.61

Pattaya Police Enforce New Bar Closing Times

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Nong Pla Lai Mayor injured during funeral at Pattaya Temple

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East Pattaya House Fire Leaves Burmese Family Homeless

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60,000 Yaba Tablets seized in major Pattaya drug bust

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INN: Constitution Court resolves to allow Judge Jaroon Intajan to withdraw frm Democrat dissolution case; doesn't allow Supot to do the same /TAN_Network

AFP: Thai ruling party faces ban verdict Monday: deputy PM

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AFP: Thai police make 2 million-dollar drugs haul

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to be continued

Thailand Live Saturday 27 November 2010

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