Thailand Live Tuesday 23 Oct 2012

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RT @CBSNews: BREAKING: CBS NEWS INSTANT POLL Who won the #Debate? OBAMA: 53%; ROMNEY: 23%, TIE: 24% (Margin of Error: 4%; Sample Size: 521)

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One Night in Bangkok: Paris Hilton in town to endorse Sydictive Element Phuket New Year’s party

By Cole Pennington

Photo: Cole Pennington

BANGKOK: -- Paris Hilton flew into Bangkok to help announce a New Year’s Party in Phuket that will feature a stage floating on the ocean.

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Press release

Singha Corporation Presents Elton John and His Band

Live in Bangkok 2012- 40th Anniversary of the Rocket Man

Celebrating 40 Years of a Superb Hit in Bangkok

Elton John

BANGKOK: -- Music icon, singer, songwriter, pianist and composer Elton John returns to Thailand this winter to celebrate 40 years since his top hit Rocket Man was launched. Elton John will grace the stage at Impact Arena, Muang Thong Thani with his one night only gig Singha Corporation Presents

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Mystery Surrounds Multiple Stabbing Incident In East Pattaya

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/592976-mystery-surrounds-multiple-stabbing-incident-in-east-pattaya/

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Party time: Last call to RSVP for Thaivisa 10-year Anniversary party on Koh Samui this FRIDAY 26 October:

http://www.thaivisa....nniversary.html

Edited October 23, 2012 by Rooo

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EGAT closes Pak Moon Dam’s sluice gates in Ubon Ratchathani to store water for dry season /MCOT

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Pak Moon dam's sluice gates closed to store water for dry season

BANGKOK, Oct 23 – The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) has closed sluice gates of the Pak Moon dam in the northeastern province of Ubon Ratchathani in order to store water for the dry season.

The sluice gates had been opened for three months since July before they were closed on Monday to help local residents living along the Mun River and its branch rivers to avoid drought, said Pongdit Potejana, EGAT spokesman.

The decision came after the meeting of the dam’s water management committee, he said.

Meanwhile, in the northeastern province of Nakhon Phanom, Jureerat Thep-art, head of the province’s disaster prevention and mitigation office said that this year, rainfalls has stopped sooner than in previous years and some areas started to face drought, particularly paddy fields in Na Wa district.

About 4,000 acres of rice paddies producing grains are withering as the area is outside the irrigation zone. Another 2,000 acres of paddy fields are at risk of water shortage. The survey on damages is being conducted to seek assistance from the province.

Although the local authority is offering trucks carrying water to alleviate the drought, it is not sufficient to save all the rice paddies.

Farmers are spending about 2,000 -3,000 baht per day to pump water from a creek and ground water, as far as one kilometre away, to keep rice paddies alive until the harvest period. (MCOT online news)

-- TNA 2012-10-23

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To curb 300,000 new daily smokers, new tobacco control law lifting cigarettes buying legal age from 18 to 20 /The Nation

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Phuket Governor marks Chulalongkorn Day

Phuket Gazette

In addition to the many political reforms he introduced, HM King Chulalongkorn, often referred to as Rama V, is best remembered for the abolition of slavery in Thailand, introducing the first Thai banknote and commissioning the first railway in the Kingdom. Photo: PR Dept

Phuket Governor Maitri Inthusut led the assembly of officers in honoring HM King Chulalongkorn at a ceremony this morning. Photo: PR Dept

PHUKET: -- Phuket Governor Maitri Inthusut this morning led an assembly of officials in a ceremony to honor Chulalongkorn Day, known in Thai as Wan Piya Maharat.

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Problem with family pet leads to suicide in East Pattaya

PATTAYA:--A family dispute between a Mother and Son over excessive force used on the family cat is thought to have led the son to attempt suicide at their East Pattaya family home late on Monday Night.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/593027-problem-with-family-pet-leads-to-suicide-in-east-pattaya/#entry5777011

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Pattaya Celebrates Chulalongkorn Day

Full story: http://www.thaivisa....lalongkorn-day/

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Deputy PM, army chief to visit far South Wednesday

BANGKOK, Oct 23 - Thai Deputy Prime Minister Gen Yuthasak Sasiprapa will visit the restive southern region on Wednesday to follow up on security operations and boost officials' moral.

The deputy premier who overseas national security will visit the deep South with army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha and will meet with governors of five southern provinces.

Gen Yuthasak said he was assigned by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to visit the violence-plagued provinces to give moral support to officials and follow up on the setup of security checkpoints, as well as inspect the army armaments.

Following the proposal of the army chief to assess the performance of all agencies concerned in tackling the southern violence for every three month, Gen Yuthasak said he has informed the premier of the army chief's request.

He said the prime minister agreed to chair the performance assessment committee in order to boost the work's efficiency.

4th Army Region Commander Lt-Gen Udomchai Thamsarorach said that Gen Yuthasak and Gen Prayuth will visit Ingkayut Borihan military camp in Pattani's Nong Chik district and will be briefed of the situation in the three Muslim-majority provinces.

Both the deputy premier and army chief will then meet with dozens of Thai Muslims who graduated from Arab countries such as Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Pakistan to exchange views over possible solutions to solve the violence in the region.

Meanwhile, a railway worker was gunned down in Pattani's Khok Pho district Tuesday morning as he was on his way to work at Napradoo Train Station.

The victim was identified as Likhit Insing, 41. He was shot four times in the back and legs.

Investigation is now underway to verify if the attack is insurgency-motivated or stems from a personal conflict. (MCOT online news)

-- TNA 2012-10-23

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Internet Buyers Will Pay VAT By 2015

The Revenue Department plans to eventually add the VAT (Value Added Tax) to any purchases made via the Internet in Thailand. The decision was made in anticipation of the opening of the ASEAN free market in 2015, which is expected to stimulate commerce among the 10 Asian nations.

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Student Killed In Late Night Central Pattaya Road Crash

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