Thailand Live Tuesday 24 Jul 2012

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DITP pushes Thai fashion to international level

Bangkok, July 24 2012 (NNT) – The Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP) is organizing an event on the topic of textile fashion in the hope of educating Thai textile producers on international fashion trends.

According to Director General Department of International Trade Promotion Nuntawan Sakuntanaga, the DITP has been organizing the event of “Thai Tex Trend”, or T3, for over 2 years and many entrepreneurs and designers have shown interest in the event, which is hoped to develop Thai textile industry and promote textile products in the international market.

In the event, an Italian marketing and designing expert in textile field delivered a speech on the agenda of “Summer & Spring 2013 Fashion Trends” in order to educate and inform the Thai designers and entrepreneurs in the textile industry of the world’s market demand and trend directions, so that Thai people will be able to develop textile products accordingly and penetrate the international market.

Those who are interested in the T3 program can cantact 1169 or visit www.ditp.go.th

-- NNT 2012-07-24

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Chalerm signs MoU on drug campaign

Bangkok, July 24 2012 (NNT) - Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubumrung and 6 other government agencies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, concerning the treatment for drug addicts.

Mr. Chalerm Yubumrung, as National Council on Crime and Delinquency Director, has signed an MoU on drug rehabilitation for 40,000 drug addicts with other 6 government agencies: Public Health Ministry, Ministry of Justice, Department of Corrections, Department of Medical Services, Department of Mental Health, and Office of the Narcotics Control Board in the hope of enhancing the drug rehabilitation system of the country.

He has unveiled the investigative report on drug problems in prisons which indicates that there is a large number of drug victims and dealers in corrections centers. There will be immediate solutions and measures to be enforced to tackle the problem, given it is a national agenda and weakens national securities. He added that the drug addicts will join the rehab program until they have kicked the habit. Reportedly, over410,000 people have already signed in for the program.

However, Mr. Chalerm anticipated that the number of drug addicts is as high as 1 million across Thailand, and insisted that all drug-related agencies will not stop until the problem is solved.

-- NNT 2012-07-24

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Prayuth says fresh evidences required to reopen probe against Abhisit

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Army chief General Prayuth Chanocha Tuesday said critics of Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva must have fresh evidence in order to reopen the probe into his conscription as the case was closed since 1999 after finding no wrongdoing.

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Outrigger to buy Phuket’s Laguna Beach Resort

Phuket Gazette

Laguna Beach Resort (pictured) is a perfect fit for 'our first major investment in the Asia-Pacific region’, said Darren Edmonstone, Outrigger's Asia-Pacific managing director. Photo: Outrigger Resorts

PHUKET: -- Outrigger Hotels and Resorts announced today in a press release that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the 254-room Laguna Beach Resort, located on Bang Tao Bay on the northwest coast of Phuket.

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Dutchman Falls To His Death From South Pattaya Hotel Balcony

Full story: http://www.thaivisa....-hotel-balcony/

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American and Austrian residents found dead in their Pattaya apartments

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/572258-american-and-austrian-residents-found-dead-in-their-pattaya-apartments/

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Gold Necklace Snatched from Swedish couple outside gym in Central Pattaya

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/572261-gold-necklace-snatched-from-swedish-couple-outside-gym-in-central-pattaya/

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RT @AP: BREAKING: UK prosecutors say they're charging Andy Coulson, Rebekah Brooks and others in phone hack case

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Ukrit calls for amnesty for coupmakers, political prisoners

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Former Parliament president Ukrit Mongkolnavin has recommended amnesty for the 2006 coupmakers and for political prisoners once a section of the Constitution that relates to them is changed, in order to create an atmosphere of reconciliation.

Rewriting the entire 2007 Constitution would result in the automatic cancellation of Article 309, which is the provision protecting the 2006 coupmakers. Therefore, amnesty should be given to them and to political prisoners, while the criminal justice process should go on, he said.

Ukrit, who was Parliament president exofficio and is now chairman of the governmentappointed Independent National Rule of Law Commission, issued a statement saying the amendment of the 2007 Constitution is necessary as the charter was not linked to the people, who are the holders of political power.

-- The Nation 2012-07-24

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Second shipment of 730,000 tablet computers arrive

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- A second consignment of 730,000 tablet computers has been delivered to Thailand, pending random inspection of specifications by the Information and Communication Technology Ministry, before distribution to schools.

Starting next week - if the whole lot passes inspection - the tablets will be distributed to schools in Chon Buri, Chainat, Chaiyaphum, Chumphon, Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai, Trang, Tak, Nakhon Nayok, Nakhon Pathom, Nakhon Phanom, and Nakhon Ratchasima, in an order arranged by the Office of Basic Education Office (OBEC), said secretary-general Chinnaphat Phoomirat.

-- The Nation 2012-07-24

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Two Army rangers wounded in Narathiwat bombing

NARATHIWAT, July 24 – Two army rangers were wounded in a bombing in the southern province of Narathiwat Tuesday afternoon.

The men were targeted by unseen assailants who exploded a five-kilogramme bomb on a road in Rangae district.

Two Army rangers, Areeya Yingprasert and Chanan Kraipet, were wounded while they and another six soldiers were patrolling the route in a village.

The underground bomb was placed in an iron box and detonated by a mobile phone signal.

The incident occurred as army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha travelled to Tuesday morning to boost the morale of local officials there following last week’s car bombing.

Last Friday a car bomb explosion injured eight people and set ablaze a commercial building in Narathiwat. (MCOT online news)

-- TNA 2012-07-24

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Aussie tourist who cried 'rape' in Phuket deported today

Phuket Gazette –

DESTINATION OZ: Stevie Rochelle Bamford at Phuket Immigration headquarters this afternoon. Photo: Atchaa Khamlo

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/572282-aussie-tourist-who-cried-rape-in-phuket-deported-today/#entry5514860

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