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Thailand Live Sunday 31 Mar 2013

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Villagers doubt the sincerity of PCD pledge to clean up Klity Creek
Tanpisit Lerdbamrungchai
The Nation on Sunday

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Children in Lower Klity Village show paintings expressing villagers

Residents of Kanchanaburi province's Lower Klity Village are sceptical about the Pollution Control Department (PCD)'s vow to clean up a local creek contaminated by lead, saying the department has not made a genuine effort to tackle the problem so far.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/629751-villagers-doubt-the-sincerity-of-p-c-d-pledge-to-clean-up-klity-creek/

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PM promises revival of Cambodia rail link
The Nation on Sunday

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SA KAEW: An unused railway line connecting Sa Kaew's Aranyaprathet to Cambodia's Poi Pet may be revived and developed as part of a high-speed train project that will connect Thailand with other Asean countries, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said yesterday.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/629753-pm-promises-revival-of-cambodia-rail-link/

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Snapshots of the KL peace negotiations
Pakorn Puengnetr
The Nation on Sunday

KUALA LUMPUR: -- Many points were not - or were not properly - covered in Thai officials' recent dialogue with 15 key insurgents of the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (National Revolutionary Front or BRN) and Pattani United Liberation Organisation (Pulo) in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/629760-snapshots-of-the-k-l-peace-negotiations/

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Rural doctors plan mass leave to protest P4P
Wannapa Khaopa
The Nation on Sunday

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BANGKOK: -- Doctors at rural hospitals will go on leave as part of civil disobedience action against the Public Health Ministry's new Pay-for-Performance (P4P) scheme for medical workers after both sides argued via the media over the past week, Dr Arak Wongworachart, a representative of the Rural Doctors Society (RDS) said yesterday.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/629762-rural-doctors-plan-mass-leave-to-protest-p4p/

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3 killed as van collides with truck in Prachin Buri
Manit Sanubboon
The Nation on Sunday

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PRACHIN BURI: -- Three people were killed and five injured yesterday when a public van collided with a truck in Prachin Buri's Sri Maha Pho district.


Two female passengers in the van, which was travelling on a Bangkok-Sa Kaew-Soi Dao route, and the van's male driver were killed. One of the female victims was identified as Kun Suthiyot, 70, a resident of Soi Dao district in Chanthaburi province. The identities of the other two victims was not available yesterday.

Four other female passengers were in critical condition, and an injured boy was recovering from less serious injuries.

The van slammed into the back of a 10-wheel truck transporting soil to a construction site on Highway 359 to widen the road.

The truck's driver, identified as Suphan Pannapang, fled the scene.

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-- The Nation 2013-03-31

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Insurgent leader arrested in rubber plantation
The Nation on Sunday

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A forensic investigator collects fingerprints and DNA samples from suspected insurgent Abdullah Pula, 34, at Yala

YALA: -- Suspected insurgent leader Abdullah Pula was arrested in a rubber plantation in Yala's Than To district yesterday morning, while a roadside bomb went off in Ma Yor in Pattani later yesterday, killing two rangers on patrol and wounding three others.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/629763-insurgent-leader-arrested-in-rubber-plantation/

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BMTA's bus plan approved
Nakarin Srilert
The Nation

The economic policy screening committee, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong, yesterday approved the term of reference for Bangkok Mass Transit Authority's planned purchase of new buses.

Under the ToR, BMTA will open bids for the supply of 3,183 buses, worth Bt13.16 billion, which are driven by diesel, natural gas and other alternative fuels.

After the meeting, Kittiratt said that among the alternative fuels specified is the gasohol E85, which will help boost domestic ethanol demand and boost farmers’ income.

Some diesel-driven buses would be purchased on condition that they can be converted to consume biodiesel, he said.

The Transport Ministry and the state agency will finalise the number of buses under different fuel categories.

Kittiratt said that the government is ready to shoulder extra fuel cost, if alternative fuels are more expensive than conventional fuels.

"The procurement is an urgent issue as most buses are in deteriorating condition. This should be forwarded for the Cabinet’s approval within April. Though the procurement process may take a while, within 2013 new buses should arrive and the one ones would be gradually phased out," he said.

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-- The Nation 2013-03-31

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RT@191Thailand: A 13 year old school boy was stabbed to death in Ratchaburi (Bangkok Post)

RT@191Thailand: Update: Four people killed & 5 injured when a passenger van hit a truck in Prachinburi on Saturday (Bangkok Post)

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Soi 7 Gambling Den shut-down by Undercover Pattaya Police

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PATTAYA:--Pattaya Police arrested the Chinese Owner of an illegal gambling den located in Soi 7 off Pattaya Second Road early on Sunday Morning and confiscated 10 machines which offered players the chance of winning tokens which can then be exchanged for cash.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/629778-soi-7-gambling-den-shut-down-by-undercover-pattaya-police/

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Pattaya Police round-up those involved in Illegal Drugs

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PATTAYA:--In the early hours of Saturday a Pattaya Police Patrol was sent to a number of known drug hotspots around the city in search of those involved in the consumption and sale of illegal drugs. A total of 10 people were arrested.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/629784-pattaya-police-round-up-those-involved-in-illegal-drugs/

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Phuket Opinion: Fuelling the tyranny of greed
Phuket Gazette -

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Like land encroachment, oil smuggling is yet another 'rich man, poor man' game of opportunity in Thailand. Image: Gazette Graphics

PHUKET: It is high time for authorities to take serious steps to crack down on oil smuggling in Thai waters. The latest reported case in Phuket revealed itself in the most noxious of fashions last week, when the 20-meter fishing trawler Premika sank in the shallow waters of Klong Tah Jeen, allowing much of its cargo of tens of thousands of liters of diesel fuel to spill out into the remaining stands of mangrove forest that line the waterway

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/629785-phuket-opinion-fuelling-the-tyranny-of-greed/

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Phuket Opinion: Expats in need - who you gonna call?
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Bruce Stanley, a warden with the US Embassy, advises Phuket expats to have a back-up plan in case it becomes necessary to leave.
Bruce Stanley is an American who has been helping foreigners in Phuket for over 20 years. For the past 10 years he has been a warden with the American Embassy, fulfilling a similar function. Here, he talks about resources available to expats in need of assistance.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/629814-phuket-opinion-expats-in-need-who-you-gonna-call/

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Cabinet meeting starts in Chachoengsao
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CHACHOENGSAO, March 31, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Sunday led a cabinet meeting in Chachoensao, planning to develop transportation in this eastern province.

Before the mobile cabinet meeting kicked off at Rajabhat Rajanagarindra University, she paid homage to the revered Phra Buddha Sothorn image, or Luang Por Sothorn.

The abbot gave a replica of the Buddha Sothorn image and some amulets to the prime minister and her entourage, including Transport Minister Chatchart Sithipan and Interior Minister Jarupong Ruangsuwan.The abbot asked the prime minister to help improve roads and piers in the province.

Ms Yingluck said she was intent on developing transportation and making the province a learning centre of ASEAN as well as a tourism destination.

Meanwhile, the People Network for Change of the East submitted a letter to the prime minister at the meeting venue, calling for her to tackle the environmental problem.

The group claimed that local residents in Phanom Sarakham district have been affected by the dumping of chemical waste in the area which contaminated water resources used for local consumption.

They said they lodged a formal complaint to the Department of Industrial Works about seven months ago but to no avail. (MCOT online news)

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-- TNA 2013-03-31

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LPG price to remain until end of May

BANGKOK, 31 MARCH 2013 (NNT) – The Energy Policy and Planning Office (EPPO) has agreed to stabilize the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LGP) for another 2 months.

Energy Minister Pongsak Ruktapongpisal made known that the EPPO meeting had approved a 2-month extension of the LPG price subsidy policy. The country’s LPG price of 18.13 baht per kilogram was originally set to be adjusted on April 1.

The Energy Minister said the delay in the survey on the effect of the price adjustment on low-income earners and street venders has led to the deadline postponement.

Mr. Pongsak stated that the Suan Dusit poll is yet to complete the nationwide survey due to the delay in Bangkok survey.

He went on to say that the study in the capital has been behind schedule because of the March-3 Bangkok Governor election.

As the missing survey is expected to be completed at the beginning of May, the LPG price will remain unchanged until May 30, 2013, said the Energy Minister.

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RT@RichardBarrow: Severe weather warning for 31 March-2 April: There will be isolated thunderstorms in the upper & eastern of North, Northeast and the East.

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Embassy in Seoul on standby to evacuate Thai workers
The Nation

Labour Minister Pademchai Sasomsap Sunday instructed the Thai ambassador in Seoul to plan for the speedy evacuation of all Thais after North Korea on Saturday declared war with South Korea.

Pyongyang's announcement came as the communist country escalated its bellicose rhetoric against both South Korea and is staunch ally the United States.

The emergency plan includes the setting up of temporary shelters in places like Busan and the arranging of flights and ships to transport Thais, mostly contract workers, to Japan if hostilities really break out, Pademchai said.

The labour attache at the embassy was ordered to gather information on the number of Thai workers in the northern part of South Korea.

About 44,000 Thais are in South Korea and 10 Thai employers are in North Korea, Foreign Ministry spokesman Manaswee Srisodaphol said.

The Thai envoy has reported that people are still leading a normal life in the country, he said.

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra directed the Foreign Ministry to closely monitor the conflict on the Korean Peninsula and to take care of Thais living in South Korea.

"We don't want to see any violence or force used. We want to see peace talks," she said.

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-- The Nation 2013-03-31

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DROUGHT
Sakhon Nakhon reels under heat, drought
The Nation on Sunday

The summer heat in Thailand continued to take its toll on people yesterday with the mercury rising to the 40-41 degrees Celsius level in Sakhon Nakhon's Muang district, where residents also suffered from drinking water shortage after underground water became salty and undrinkable.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/629863-drought-smog-still-ravage-thailand/#entry6257197

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