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Thailand Live Sunday 28 Oct 2012

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Thailand Live Sunday 28 October 2012

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Keep up to date with live updates from the news, hour by hour.

For breaking news, national, regional and international news updates on a daily basis only, this thread is closed to commentary so that those who wish to follow the news can find it here...

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Censure to target PM, Boonsong

Somroutai Sapsomboon,

Pimnara Pradabwit,

Prapan Jindalert-udomdee

The Nation on Sunday

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BANGKOK: -- Rice policy to be focus of grilling on November 27-29

The opposition will grill individual Cabinet members in the upcoming censure debate, with the prime minister and her commerce minister being the main targets over the government's controversial rice price-pledging policy, a source from the Democrat Party said yesterday.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/594022-censure-to-target-pm-boonsong/#entry5789976

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PM outlines 8 strategies for AEC 2015

The Nation on Sunday October 28, 2012 1:00 am

BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has instructed all concerned agencies to work with the private sector in preparing the country for the Asean Economic Community (AEC) in 2015, while the government has outlined eight key strategies to ensure the country's readiness.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/594024-pm-outlines-8-strategies-for-aec-2015/#entry5789984

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Mixed opinions about reshuffle from business

The Nation on Sunday

BANGKOK: -- Business leaders gave mixed reactions to upcoming changes to the Cabinet. Some expressed a lukewarm welcome to the reshuffle.

Pornsilp Patcharintanakul, vice president of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, said he was not excited about the new Cabinet because he knew the government would not appoint people who he thinks "fit" their posts. He just hoped that the government's policies would achieve results.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/594026-mixed-opinions-about-reshuffle-from-business/#entry5789992

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AMLO 'helpless' about foreign banks refusing transactions

Piyanuch Thamnukasetchai

The Nation on Sunday

BANGKOK: -- The Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) could do nothing about foreign banks' refusal to conduct financial transactions with Thai banks, AMLO chief Seehanat Prayoonrat admitted yesterday.

He was commenting about Thailand being on a watch-list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for money-laundering and terrorist financing since February.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/594027-amlo-helpless-about-foreign-banks-refusing-transactions/#entry5789997

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Myanmar considers declaring emergency in west

Yangon

Myanmar's government could declare a state of emergency in Rakhine state if sectarian violence continues there, a legislator said yesterday.

A total of 67 people have been killed and 95 wounded in clashes this week between Buddhists and Muslims in the western state, the government-run New Light of Myanmar and other newspapers reported yesterday.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/594028-myanmar-considers-declaring-emergency-in-west/#entry5790001

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Bangkok, Hanoi seek 20% increase in trade

PETCHANET PRATRUANGKRAI

THE NATION

BANGKOK: -- Thailand and Vietnam plan to boost bilateral trade and investment by 20 per cent within the next three years by cooperating more closely through holding joint cabinet meetings and later under the Asean Economic Community.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/594029-bangkok-hanoi-seek-20-increase-in-trade/#entry5790010

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Responding to scandal: A tale of two media outlets

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- The BBC is taking allegations about Jimmy Saville seriously, but a fraud case in Thailand has been ignored

The Jimmy Saville scandal has shaken the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) to its core after the news organisation was criticised for mishandling the alleged paedophile case.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa....s/#entry5790031

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RT@RichardBarrow: Today Safari World is closed to the public due to an event for Toyota - RT @js100radio: วันนี้ ซาฟารีเวิลด์ปิดบริการ1วัน มีงานของโตโยต้า

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RT@RichardBarrow: Last chance today for the Book Fair at Queen Sirikit (QSNCC), 10am-9pm. Limited parking so best to go by MRT

RT@RichardBarrow: Today, Fun-arium on Sukhumwit Soi 26 are holding their Halloween party for kids, 8:30am-8:30pm. Call 02-6656555 for info

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RT@RichardBarrow: Anti-government rally at the Royal Turf Club on Phitsanulok Rd today from 10am-5pm. Red Shirts may rally nearby so best to avoid area.

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The Crown Prince to Travel by Royal Barge to Wat Arun for the Royal Kathin Ceremony

His Royal Highness Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn will represent His Majesty the King in traveling by royal barge to Wat Arun, or the Temple of Dawn, for the Royal Kathin Ceremony.

The royal barge procession will be performed on 9 November 2012, as part of the ceremony to present royal kathin robes to a congregation of Buddhist monks at Wat Arun.

It is meant to celebrate the 84th birthday anniversary of His Majesty the King on 5 December 2011. The royal barge procession was postponed from last year’s original date, 22 October 2011, since there was severe flooding in many areas of the country.

Buddhist Thais consider the presentation of kathin robes to the monks highly meritorious. The ceremony, known as the merit-making of Thot Kathin, is performed during the period of four weeks upon the end of Buddhist Lent. In 2012, the end of Buddhist Lent is on 30 October.

There are two kinds of Thot Kathin: the Royal Thot Kathin and the Thot Kathin performed by the general public. The Royal Thot Kathin refers to the ceremony during which the King himself or, by royal command, members of the Royal Family present monks in temples under royal patronage with robes and gifts.

Thot Kathin by the general public is an event held in temples other than those under royal patronage, at which people present the monks in residence with robes and gifts.

Located on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok Yai district of Bangkok, Wat Arun was constructed in the 17th century during the Ayutthaya period. This temple is well-known among international tourists as it is featured in many postcards of Thailand and is regarded as a symbol of the country. Its uniqueness owes much to its fine architecture, especially the beautiful prang, a Khmer-style corn-cob-shaped stupa.

Wat Arun is also known as Wat Chaeng. It is famous for two huge figures of giants, commonly referred to as Yak Wat Chaeng. The two giants are patterned from characters of the Ramakian, a uniquely Thai version of the Indian epic, the Ramayana.

Wat Arun is now working with the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and the Royal Thai Navy in preparing the venue for the Royal Kathin Ceremony. The temple can be reached either by road or by boat.

Concerning the Royal Barge Procession, two full-dress rehearsals will take place at 3:00 p.m. on 2 November and 6 November, before the actual procession for the presentation of royal kathin robes on 9 November. It will be the 16th of its kind to be held during the reign of King Bhumibol Adulyadej. The most recent one took place on 5 November 2007, in celebration of His Majesty the King’s 80th birthday anniversary.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will board the Royal Barge Suphannahongse at the Wasukri Landing at 3:10 p.m. on 9 November. It will take about 55 minutes for the Royal Barge Procession to move from the Wasukri Landing to Wat Arun. The Royal Kathin Ceremony is expected to end at about 5:30 p.m.

Foreign Office, The Government Public Relations Department, Office of the Prime Minister

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Phuket Opinion: Forgetting children in island development

Phuket Gazette –

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Last year, after more than 20 babies had been abandoned between October 2010 and September 2011, officials voiced their “deep concern” for what they called the “bleak future” of these infants. Image: Gazette Graphics

PHUKET: This week’s news story of the healthy newborn girl being abandoned by her mother at Thalang Hospital raised again the bleak specter of what the future holds for such children.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/594040-phuket-opinion-forgetting-children-in-island-development/#entry5790483

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16 people wounded in grenade attack at overnight market in Pattani

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PATTANI, Oct 28 – Sixteen people were wounded in a grenade attack at food stalls in a night market in this violence-plagued province on Saturday night.

Police and soldiers inspected the market after a suspected insurgent threw a grenade at locals eating in celebration of Hari Raya.

One teenager Muhammud Simeng, 16, was in critical condition with wounds to his stomach.

The police collected part of an M-16 grenade found at the site for tracing fingerprints.

The market was once hit by a grenade on October 15 but it failed to detonate, so there were no casualties. (MCOT online news)

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-- TNA 2012-10-28

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38 Cambodians arrested at Sa Kaeo border province

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SA KAEO, Oct 28 - Thirty-eight undocumented Cambodian workers were arrested on Sunday for illegal entry at this eastern province's border.

The suspects were walking in a forest grove near Ban Klong Luek in Aranyaprathet district in order to cross the border back to Cambodia's Poipet.

They confessed they had illegally entered Thailand several months ago to work in the eastern provinces of Rayong and Chonburi.

They were on their way back to Cambodia in order to make ID cards in preparation for their national election next year.

Thai local authorities sent the 38 Cambodians to Sa Kaeo's immigration police for futher legal action. (MCOT online news)

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-- TNA 2012-10-28

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