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Thailand Live Monday 16 May 2011

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Thailand Live Monday 16 May 2011

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NRC, ANR slammed over spending

By The Nation

The National Reform Committee (NRC) and the Assembly for National Reform (ANR) yesterday came under criticism for their excessive spending and "unpractical and repetitive reform proposals", according to a source from the Budget Bureau.

The source said NRC spent Bt57 million within one year while the Assembly for National Reform led by Prawase Wasi spent Bt110 million in the same period. Most of the budget was spent on recruiting people to give their opinions in seminal panels.

The ANR was accused of paying seminar attendants as much as Bt5,000 each, a source from the Budget Bureau said yesterday.

The two committees - each on a three-year term were formed under the government's reconciliation agenda to bridge the political divide and reduce social disparities as well as promote fairness in society. They receive a combined Bt1.187 billion with a state fund plus financial backing from other foundations and private agencies.

The criticism came as the NRC, chaired by former prime minister Anand Panyarachun, on Saturday resigned en masse ahead of the general election effective yesterday. The resignation is seen by critics as showing dissatisfaction with the government's failure to implement the committee's reform proposals.

One of the committee's most controversial proposals concerned a plan to restrict property ownership to 50 rai a family, which ran into opposition from a deputy interior minister.

Critics of the two committees said most of the committees' proposals - such as land reform, tax reform and programmes to bring about social justice - were nothing new, but were what many academics had proposed earlier.

They said the two independent committees were given a massive amount of funding but had not been subject to checks by the Office of the Auditor General. The agency once sent a letter expressing its concern over use of the state budget. The OAG also sent the letter to the PM's secretary-general recommending that the two committees spend money for necessary and appropriate purposes. For instance on brainstorming ideas from every sector of society, the two committees could cut spending by cooperating with other state agencies brainstorming ideas on the same topics to prevent inefficient and repetitive spending.

The source said the Budget Bureau had felt uneasy about the committees' excessive spending but dared not oppose them because social reform had become public sentiment. High-ranking officials of the National Economic Social and Development Board believe the implementation by the two reform committees was not worth the money spent on it.

"They are academics' dreams that can never be translated into reality. No state agency dares to check on them because they are born out of the calls of people after the May incident. People wish that national reform could be a solution for the country,'' the source said.

NRC's secretary Dejcharat Sukkamnerd said the NRC had received government budget of only Bt 55 million. Of that amount, NRC had spent only Bt 13 million on its activities such as organising seminars, meetings and visiting villages with problems.

"All budget that had been spent during past year would be examined by the Budget Bureau and Office of the Ombudsman," he said, adding NRC had conducted its activities with transparency.

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-- The Nation 2011-05-16

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Burial urns found

By The Nation on Sunday

Several clay, capsule-shaped containers - reportedly used in the ancient times by people for burial of the deceased - were unearthed yesterday near Wat Thungsawang Damrongtham in Roi Et's Kaset Wisai district.

Archaeology Office 10 in Roi Et was alerted to investigate after clay capsules - about 60cm wide and 170cm long - were discovered 15cm under the surface about a kilometre south of the Ku Ka Sing ancient site.

Archaeologist Pimnara Kitchoteprasert said the capsule-shaped containers were used for a second burial ceremony, which was traditional in the Thing Kula Ronghai ancient community. A large number of these type of containers were unearthed at Wat Prathuim Khongkha in Kaset Wisai years ago. "This kind of burial tradition could date back to about 2,000-2,500 years ago. The people would bury the deceased in the soil and later unearth the bones to clean them, place the bones in the capsule-shaped container and bury it 5-10 metres deep under a mound the second time," she said, adding that the newly-discovered containers might contain adults.

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-- The Nation 2011-05-16

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Pracha Probe Making Headway: Police

By THE NATION

Police said yesterday that their investigation into the failed assassination of Pracha Prasopdee, the ex-Pheu Thai MP from Samut Prakan, is making headway.

Maj-General Kamronwit Toopkrajang, deputy commissioner of Provincial Police Region 1, said local police, Crime Suppression Division (CSD) police and forensic police were now working hard to solve this case.

They would present progress reports at a meeting today at the Phra Pradaeng Police Station, he said.

Pracha's car was sprayed with bullets on Thursday while he was driving home in Samut Prakan. The former opposition politician has strongly suggested that the attempted murder was politically motivated.

He had been transferred to Praram 9 Hospital in Bangkok and is now receiving treatment there.

The gunman has not yet been identified but Pol Colonel Pornsak Surasit, a CSD superintendent, said footage from closed-circuit televisions and witness accounts point to a black Toyota Vigo pickup truck as the vehicle used in the attack.

The hospital is preparing to hand over to police today tiny fragments removed from Pracha's neck yesterday morning.

It was one of many operations the victim has undergone since he was shot.

"Now, he is still taking antibiotics," said Supatorn Jantarakul, the hospital's marketing communications manager.

Doctors have ordered that Pracha get more rest, he said.

"With many visits during the past days, he is quite exhausted," he said.

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-- The Nation 2011-05-16

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Support for ethics and Buddhism classes

By The Nation

Most people want schools to bring back ethics as a subject and improve its instruction to be more effective while also teaching Buddhism at all levels, according to a recent opinion poll.

The National Economic and Social Advisory Council had engaged King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok to conduct the survey of opinions towards "Educational Reform in the Second Decade (2009-2018)".

The study found that 94 per cent of the respondents thought reform should cover religion, ethics, morality and virtues, while 93 per cent thought the government should revive the teaching of ethics at schools.

More than 93 per cent felt that the government should promote Buddhism at all educational levels and 90 per cent urged the government to support Buddhism schools by providing budgets and personnel and enhancing the morale of staff.

About 89 per cent called on the government to draft a law on morality education with the participation of experts, Buddhist monks and laymen, officials and agencies.

Some 91 per cent believed the government should use education as an important strategy to promote His Majesty the King's speeches on religion, ethics, morality and virtue, while 93 per cent backed fair and thorough access to education for underprivileged people and those with disabilities.

Of the respondents, 93 per cent believed that education reform should provide opportunities for lifelong learning via formal education, non-formal education, informal education and alternative education.

About 90 per cent favoured power decentralisation for education and 93 per cent wanted civics and history to be taught in schools. About 90 per cent said the indicator of success for educational reform was the quality of people in terms of possessing virtue as well as analytical and thinking skills and giving importance to the majority's well-being over one's own.

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-- The Nation 2011-05-16

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7 red-shirt leaders who'll contest election under Pheu Thai banner won't speak at May 19 gathering on fear of violating election law /TAN_Network

PM cancels appearance in Kanchanaburi to unveil Democrat MP candidates on 3rd day of cold /TAN_Network

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Two monks killed, two soldiers in security escort wounded in bombing attack in Yala

YALA, May 16 -- Two Buddhist monks died today and two Thai army soldiers in their security escort were wounded during their alms-rounds in Yala.

Police said the explosion seriously damaged the pickup truck which carried two monks, one the acting abbot of Suan Kaew (Poolae) temple, who were traveling on their customary morning circuit.

The attack occurred at about 6am today.

The two monks died at the scene, and wounded two soldiers, who were part of the monks escort, were rushed to Somdej Phra Yupparaj hospital for treatment.

The soldiers were driving the monks for alms collection in Yaha municipality but were attacked enroute on a road in Baro subdistrict.

Police said the bomb was a homemade explosive device weighing 20 kilograms built into a cooking gas cylinder hidden on the roadside.

The bomb was attached to an electric detonation wire over 100 metres long extending into the nearby roadside forest, and that it was triggered manually using a battery. (MCOT online news)

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-- TNA 2011-05-16

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Engine on Cathay Pacific A330-300 catches fire in midair, forcing plane to make emergency landing in Singapore; No one is injured /MCOT

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Cathay Pacific plane makes emergency landing in Singapore

Singapore - A Cathay Pacific plane carrying 136 passengers made an emergency landing in Singapore early Monday after the pilot was forced to shut down one of its two engines, the airline said.

An engine on the Airbus A330 stalled shortly after taking off from Singapore for Jakarta just before 1 am Monday (1730 Tuesday GMT), a the Hong Kong-based airline said.

"The crew shut down the Rolls Royce engine when they received the (stall) alert," a Cathay Pacific Ltd spokeswoman told the German News Agency dpa.

"An emergency landing was declared and the aircraft returned at 01:57 am without incident."

Fire services doused the engine number two after sparks were reported coming out of it, she said.

The incident was reported to the Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department and both Cathay Pacific and Rolls Royce were investigating, the spokeswoman said

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-- The Nation 2011-05-16

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