Thailand Live Tuesday 10 Jul 2012

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Thailand Live Tuesday 10 July 2012

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D-DAY

PM abroad on decision day

THE NATION

BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra will be attending the Asean-US Business Council in Cambodia on Friday when the Constitution Court delivers its verdict in the charter amendment case.

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FRIDAY THE 13TH

Tight security shields judges

THE NATION

BANGKOK: -- Things are getting tense ahead of this Friday when the Constitution Court is scheduled to hand down its verdict in the case against the proponents of the government-sponsored constitutional amendment bill.

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2011 TOILET AWARDS

Country's cleanest toilets recognised

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Toilets at CentralWorld shopping complex, Suan Luang Rama IX Park and 20 other places in the country have been given Outstanding Toilet Awards for 2011.

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COURT

Compromise sought in childbirth lawsuit

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- The Civil Court will on September 3 attempt to broker a compromise in a case in which a Japanese woman has sought Bt82 million in damages from Bangkok Hospital for burns she received from faulty equipment while giving birth.

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One In Three Thai Youth Ready To Go ‘Under The Knife’: Survey

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2012 Olympic Games broadcast will not be blacked out: NBTC

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New flood barrier at Bang Pa-in Industrial Park 'ahead of schedule'

Anupan Chantana

The Nation

AYUTTHAYA: -- The construction of floodwalls surrounding Bang Pa-in Industrial Estate in Ayutthaya, which was totally inundated last year, is making good progress, with 60 per cent already completed and the rest expected by January, two months ahead of schedule, the manager of the Bt704-million project said yesterday.

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LAND ENCROACHMENT TRIAL

Tan Thaugsuban offers land documents to DSI

PIYANUCH THAMNUKASETCHAI,

PONGPHON SARNSAMAK

THE NATION

Tan : Photo : Tatchadon Panyaphanitkul)

Suthep's son insists he is not encroaching on state land, claims issue is politicised

SURAT THANI: -- Tan Thaugsuban, son of Democrat MP Suthep, yesterday submitted to the Department of Special Investigation evidence related to his alleged involvement in land encroachment on Khao Phaeng, a mountain on Surat Thani province's Samui Island.

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STREETWISE

Dear god, take me away from these nonsense politicians

Achara Debonmee

BANGKOK: -- I guess we need to thank all our lucky stars that the Constitution Court's hearing ended last week before big-wig guests landed in Bangkok for two international events.

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EDITORIAL

A chance to think and then make the right decision

The Nation

Differences in economic opinion should prompt the government to pause and reconsider fiscal policies

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BURNING ISSUE

Ruling won't curb bitter political divide

Avudh Panananda

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Anxiety over the fate of the charter amendment bill and its sponsors has been ramped up by the Constitution Court picking Friday the 13th to hand down its momentous ruling on the case.

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Thein Sein sets the date to visit Thailand late this month

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Myanmar's President Thein Sein set the date to visit Thailand during July 22-24 after the delay since pro-democracy leader visited in May.

During his visit, both sides were expected to reach agreement of cooperation in various fields including a signing of memorandum of understanding on technical cooperation, said Foreign Ministry's spokesman Thani Thongpakdi.

President Thein Sein decided in the last minute to delay his visit to Thailand due since May during the World Economic Forum in Bangkok as Aung San Suu Kyi made her high profile visit to the forum.

Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul discussed the preparation of Thein Sein's visit with his Myanmar counterpart Wunna Maung Lwin on the sideline of Asean meeting in Phnom Penh on Monday.

During the meeting, Thailand requested Myanmar to open four border checkpoints in Prachuab Kirikhan, Kanchanaburi, Mae Hong Son and Chiang Mai to connect to Myanmar's Tanintharyi, Pyathuangsu, Shan State and Kayah state respectively.

Surapong also discussed the issue of Thai nationals who were detained in Myanmar after crossing boundary to work in rubber plantation there.

Wunna Maung Lwin took the issue into consideration and would investigate the case, Thani said.

The two ministers also acknowledged a consultation between chiefs of Thailand-Myanmar Joint Boundary Commission (JBC) and wanted body to resume their negotiation on boundary demarcation soon.

-- The Nation 2012-07-10

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Ruangkrai wants court to dissolve six parties, probe ombudsman, EC

CHANIKARN POOMHIRAN

THE NATION

BANGKOK: -- Former senator Ruangkrai Leekitwattana yesterday requested the Constitution Court dissolve six political parties and probe the work of two independent organisations related to the constitution amendment case.

The parties are Pheu Thai, the Democrats, Chart Thai Pattana, Bhum Jai Thai, Chart Pattana and Phalang Chon - and the two agencies are the Ombudsman and the Election Commission, because of their involvement in the charter amendment case.

Ruangkrai said he got the idea after listening to the court's deliberations last week on whether the attempt to change Article 291 of the charter was constitutional according to Article 68. Given politicians and the agencies were involved in the charter-change case, they should be held responsible - no matter which way the verdict turns out, he decided.

Ruangkrai said he also submitted objections to five Constitution Court judges, saying the justices who were involved in drafting the 2007 Constitution should be out of the case. While Judge Jaran Pukdithanakul had already withdrawn, former court president Chut Chonlavorn had not been royally endorsed as a judge after leaving the top post.

"It's for the judges to consider whether their withdrawal was in time," Ruangkrai said. "I only submitted the case because I have the right to [do so]."

The former senator said he revealed his moves, so people in society, plus the media and people involved could follow and consider how to react.

Would there be any issues to follow? "If the judges continue their role, what will be the consequences?" he asked.

-- The Nation 2012-07-10

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Rain warning devices installed across Chiang Mai

Pratch Rujivanarom

The Nation

Chiang Mai

One of 243 devices developed by the National Electronics and Computer Technology Centre as part of an earlywarning system for flash floods and landslides in Chiang Mai.

CHIANG MAI: -- Flash floods and landslides cause major problems for people living near mountains in Chiang Mai every year - but things may be set to get better thanks to a new warning system installed by the National Electronics and Computer Technology Centre (NECTEC).

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ICT Ministry orders 2nd lot of tablets

Asina Pornwasin,

Wannapa Khaopa

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- The Information and Communications Technology Ministry yesterday signed a repeat order for the second lot of tablet computers, consisting of 403,941 units at US$82 per unit or a total of Bt1.05 billion.

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Officials checking forest encroachment on Samui

Pongphon Sarnsamak

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Officials from the Royal Forest Department (RFD) are conducting a survey to determine forest reserve areas on Samui Island after huge illegal encroachment and over-exploitation of the environment by tourist developments in hilly areas.

The department is expected to reclaim over 1,000 rai of forest reserve areas from the land encroachers, RFD director-general Suwit Rattanamanee told a press conference yesterday.

"We hope that by the end of this year we will take the land back from illegal encroachment as much as we can," he said.

He accepted that most public land on Samui was located in forest reserves and sloped land, which the 1964 Forest Reserve Act did not allow any individuals to occupy. However, he said Land Department officials had allowed some people to occupy sloped areas in forest reserve land.

"I wonder why the Land Department allowed and issued land ownership documents so people can occupy land in forest reserve areas," he said.

Asked about the RFD's reaction to the case of Tan Thaugsuban, son of Democrat Party secretary-general Suthep, who has allegedly encroached on forest reserve land at Mount Khao Phaeng, Suwit said his agency was waiting for results of an investigation conducted by the Department of Special Investigation.

"The only thing that we can do is interpret satellite images to study whether these plots are located in forest reserves or not, and then we will send the results of satellite image interpretation to the DSI," he said.

-- The Nation 2012-07-10

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Mahidol sets up 400-bed hospital in Samut Prakan

Duangkamon Sajirawattanakul

The Nation

SAMUT PRAKAN: -- Mahidol University has launched a project that will create big changes in the medical sector.

With a Bt6.2-billion budget, a 400-bed hospital will be built along with new sites for the faculties of medicine, nursing, and science in Samut Prakan's Bang Phli district.

The new hospital will establish itself as a centre of occupational medicine and will focus on serving local residents. Samut Prakan has more than 8,000 factories and is not far from many industrial zones on the Eastern Seaboard.

"With this new facility, we are going to reform how medical students are taught and turned into doctors too," the university's president Dr Rajata Rajatanavin said at a press conference yesterday.

He said once the Faculty of Medicine at Ramathibodi Hospital relocated its production base for undergraduates from Bangkok to Samut Prakan, medical students would be required to stay overnight there too.

"That means the teaching will not run just from 8am to 4pm. Students can learn round the clock. They will have opportunities to get closer to their medical lecturers," Rajata said. He believed it was going to be easier to inculcate medical ethics too.

"This is a new teaching approach," he said.

Currently, the Faculty of Medicine can produce just 180 doctors a year. With the relocation and new facilities, it will be able to provide between 300 and 400 new doctors annually.

"The production capacity of the Faculty of Nursing will also rise from 200 graduates a year to 350," Rajata added.

Meanwhile, the Communications Disorder Department in the Faculty of Science would be able to produce 30 scientists in that field each year once the project was completed.

Dr Winit Phuapradit, dean of Medicine at Ramathibodi Hospital, said the new hospital in Samut Prakan would be able to serve about one million outpatients and 16,640 inpatients each year.

-- The Nation 2012-07-10

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Govt slashes BMA subsidy by up to Bt20bn

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration's government subsidy for next year has been slashed by more than Bt20 billion, and the agency needs to consult with the Finance Ministry to "discuss future budget allocation policies", city clerk Charoenrat Chootikarn said yesterday.

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Update

NBTC agrees 'must carry' TV broadcast

WATCHIRANONT THONGTEP

THE NATION

BANGKOK: -- In a bid to ensure that almost 7 million satellite-TV viewers have access to live broadcasts of the Summer Olympic Games in London, the National Broad-casting and Telecommunication Commission (NBTC) yesterday approved "must carry" rules, which will be put before a public hearing on next Monday.

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Drugs seized in Phuket revealed to be "normal" crystal meth

Phuket Gazette

Methamphetamine crystals are usually found in fairly uniform size, but the size can vary in some drug batches, police say. Photo: Gazette file

PHUKET: -- Reports that a "new kind" of methamphetamine was recovered in a Phuket drug bust last week were false, according to arresting officers in Thalang.

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Thai stock index opens on Tuesday at 1,189.32, up 2.37 points /MCOT

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RT @ACSBKK: Happy 50th Birthday to Peace Corps Thailand and greetings to all our resident and visiting RPCVs.

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Thailand can contain hand foot and mouth disease, not as severe as in Cambodia, stringent control in Kanchanaburi schools: Health Ministry /MCOT

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Samsung wins court case against Apple in patent dispute as Samsung Galaxy tablet design not trendy like Apple, British judge ruled /The Nation

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Their Majesties send message of condolences to Russian President over floods

BANGKOK, 10 July 2012 (NNT) – Their Majesties the King and Queen have sent a message to Russian President Vladimir Putin, expressing sympathy over the severe floods that washed through southern Russia on July 6.

In the message, Their Majesties said they were deeply saddened by the news about the deluge in the South of the Russian Federation which has caused heavy casualties, property losses and great damage to public infrastructure.

Their Majesties the King and Queen conveyed their deep sorrow to the Russian President and the people in the disaster area.

-- NNT 2012-07-10

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5.1-magnitude earthquake rocks Myanmar's Kachin state

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Pattaya Ladyboy Gang Beats Three People And Chases Them On Motorbikes

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Enraged Pattaya Bartender Chops Up A Drunk Customer

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