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Thailand Live Monday 10 Jun 2013

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More LED light bulbs to be installed across Bangkok

BANGKOK, 10 June 2013 (NNT) – More LED light bulbs are set to be installed throughout Bangkok after they have proven to help save energy by up to 60 percent during a trial period.

The Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA), last year, tested its light bulbs on a number of streets, the result of which shows the bulbs save 60 percent of power and last longer.

In addition, LED light bulbs do not contain mercury which has been a threat to both humans and the environment. Furthermore, an LED light bulb can be used for as long as 50,000 hours or around 10 years. It also increases visibility at night.

Therefore, the Metropolitan Electricity Authority will put up more LED light bulbs across the capital, with most of the job to be done this year on Yaowarat Road.

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ANALYSIS
Centralised power structure seen as Pheu Thai's achilles' heel
Samudcha Hoonsara,
Praphan Jindalertudomdee,
Khanittha Thepphajorn
The Nation

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Lack of responsiveness to voters' needs could limit success: critics

BANGKOK: -- While many Pheu Thai members are under the illusion that their party is invincible, its top-down power structure has been blamed for what some consider a failure to sense the true wishes and needs of Thais, and is even seen by some as a threat to the party's future.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/645475-centralised-power-structure-seen-as-pheu-thais-achilles-heel/

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SOUTH CRISIS

BRN adopts YouTube to get its way at peace talks

Pakorn Puengnetr

The Nation

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The Barisan Revolusi Nasional Melayu Patani (BRN)'s extensive use of social media networks appears to have put it one step ahead of the government.

PATTANI: -- The southern separatist movement BRN - or the Patani liberation movement, as the militants want to be known - dropped a bombshell on April 26 by publicly issuing five demands on YouTube two days before peace talks were held with the Thai delegation, led by National Security Council secretary-general Pol Lieutenant Paradorn Pattanathabutr.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/645478-b-r-n-adopts-youtube-to-get-its-way-at-peace-talks-thai-south-crisis/

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ENVIRONMENT

Court order to replant trees 'practicable'

Opas Boonlom,

Kawintra Jaisue,

Janjira Pongrai

The Nation

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BANGKOK: -- The Central Administrative Court verdict ordering the Department of Highways to replant a large number of trees along a Tararath Road section in Nakhon Ratchasima, were felled for an expansion project three years ago, is practicable, not far-fetched or unrealistic as many critics say, the court's spokesman said.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/645479-environment-thai-court-order-to-replant-trees-practicable/

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REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE
Thailand the odd man out in regional big power games
Kavi Chongkittavorn
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- One frequently asked question is: Does Thailand have the capacity to be a high-asset game changer in the new Asia? By conventional wisdom, the answer should be a forceful "yes". Unfortunately, this is not the case at this juncture. "Not for the time being," is the preferred answer. Here are two major hindrances.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/645480-thailand-the-odd-man-out-in-regional-big-power-games-opinion/

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Fire damages Verasu Building; no injuries reported
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BANGKOK: -- A blaze yesterday ravaged the seven-storey Verasu Building, but none of the 50 company staff working in it was reported hurt.

Police said the fire started at about 8am on the fifth floor where the kitchenware and baking equipment company was storing paper and cardboard boxes.

Firemen took about two hours to control the inferno. Huge flames were seen from the outside. Some of the company's staff work on Sunday. The first four floors were kitchenware shops and restaurants while the sixth and seventh floors were offices.

Some of the staff working on the sixth and seventh floors had to run up to the roof as the fire and thick smoke prevented them from going downstairs. Officials had to use a crane to bring them down to the ground. Ploenchai Tanlueng, 28, said he was tending a vegetable garden on the roof when some employees alerted him to the fire.

However, they failed to escape to the sixth floor because of the thick smoke, but were rescued. Police said the cause of the fire may have been an electrical short

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Isaan school aims to reach kids before they drop out
Tanpisit Lerdbamrungchai
The Nation
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Bilingual institute in Chaiyaphum has 131 students

CHAIYAPHUM: -- Lots of youngsters in remote communities of Sap Yai district in the northeastern province of Chaiyaphum are at risk of dropping out of school due to abject poverty and a living environment conducive to delinquent behaviour.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/645481-isaan-school-aims-to-reach-kids-before-they-drop-out/

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Two thousand luxury cars hidden in Chon Buri port
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CHON BURI: -- Around 2,000 luxury cars have been smuggled inside Thailand and stored at Laem Chabang port in Chon Buri's Si Racha district, a source from the port's Customs Office has revealed.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/645473-crackdown-more-luxury-cars-snared-in-tax-scam-raids-in-and-near-bangkok/#entry6491638

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Cops say Russian loan sharks are preying on Russian tourists in Pattaya
By Coconuts Bangkok

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PATTAYA: -- How’s this for a fascinating/depressing micro-economy? – Apparently an entire sub-industry of Russian loan sharks has sprung up in Pattaya to service the needs of Russian tourists who run out of money while vacationing in Thailand.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/645502-cops-say-russian-loan-sharks-are-preying-on-russian-tourists-in-pattaya/

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Ayutthaya eradicates motorcycle racing on public roads

Ayutthaya, 10 June 2013 (NNT) -- Ayutthaya authorities arrested more than 100 motorcycle riders over the weekend for involving in unlawful street racing and confiscating several illegally modified bikes.

Ayutthaya Police chief, Police Colonel Chaiya Petchpanya, led an assault team closing Rojana Road, which cuts across the Asian Highway, in order to intercept the racing gang in the vicinity of Klong Suan Phlu Sub-district.

The move followed reports from locals enraged by noisy and dangerous street racing of teenage gangs in the area.

According to the police report, 83 youths aged between 15 and 25 were arrested. Authorities were able to confiscate 80 bikes used in the unauthorized race. Narcotics examination was also conducted on the riders involved. Police disclosed, if found guilty of using addictive substance, the riders will also be charged accordingly.

The police also summoned parents of the young racers to acknowledge the behavior of their children. Police Colonel Chaiya said he has instructed his subordinates not to give leniency to the offenders. In case of an effort to intervene in the case by officials or provincial politicians, he said the police will submit the names of the officials involved to provincial governor, Wittaya Piewpong, for disciplinary investigation.

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Weather warning for Phuket, Andaman as Patong's streets flooded
Phuket Gazette

PHUKET: -- The flood waters from last night’s deluge have cleared from Patong’s streets, but the Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) has issued a weather warning for Phuket and the Andaman region forecasting more heavy rain until at least Friday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/645522-weather-warning-for-phuket-andaman-as-patongs-streets-flooded/

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Special report: Bangkok named world's best destination of 2013

Thailand’s capital city of Bangkok has been named the world's most popular tourist destination this year and the most visited among tourist friendly provinces in Thailand, following two surveys by MasterCard and Tripadvisor.com.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/645540-special-report-bangkok-named-worlds-best-destination-of-2013/

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Chairman of ICANN and creator of internet visits Prime Minister Yingluck

BANGKOK, 10th May 2013 (NNT) - Dr. Steve Crocker, Chairman of the Board of The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and one of the creators of the internet, paid a visit to Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the Parliament house on the 7th June, 2013.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/645542-chairman-of-icann-and-creator-of-internet-visits-prime-minister-yingluck/

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Khao Kheow Zoo celebrates its’ 35th year Anniversary

BANGKOK, 10th June 2013 (NNT) - The Khao Kheow Open Zoo is celebrating its’ 35th year Anniversary under the theme Wildlife Wonderland.

Mrs. Pornsiri Manoharn, member of the committee board of The Zoological Park Organization, today presided over the opening ceremony celebrating the 35th Anniversary of the Khao Kheow Zoo and the 75th Thai Zoo Anniversary. A new exciting show zone was set up under the name “Wildlife Wonderland” to mark this special occasion.

Tourists will get a chance to be up close with selected animals from different continents; for example, the Australian koala, the American raccoon, the Madagascan ring-tailed lemur, the African Pygmy Hippopotamus, and the South American Giant Ant-Eater. A large over head aquarium showcases the only African seal in Thailand amongst schools of fish.

Mr.Sanchai Jullamon, Chief of the Zoological Park Organisation said that the past 35 years have been considered successful and the zoo has continuously raised its standards with further development, attracting both Thai and foreign tourists.

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