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Thailand Live Monday 4 Nov 2013

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Amnesty opponents to rally nationwide
The Nation

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Pheu Thai to meet today to plan strategy as red-shirt group to hold '10,000 up' rally at Ratchaprasong

BANGKOK: -- Yingluck Shinawatra's government is walking a tightrope as opposition against the Amnesty Bill has now gained momentum with various groups, including the Democrat Party and many red shirts groups who formerly supported her, openly launching their campaigns to tear down the explosive draft law.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/679224-thai-amnesty-opponents-to-rally-nationwide/

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ICJ may let governments decide on boundary
Supalak Ganjanakhundee
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Compromise ruling one of 4 possible, legal experts say

BANGKOK: -- The International Court of Justice (ICJ) might save all parties from disaster when it delivers its judgement on the Preah Vihear case next week, as there is room for compromise - and for Thailand and Cambodia to peacefully make a deal.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/679227-preah-vihear-icj-may-let-governments-decide-on-boundary/

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Makkasan, Chong Nonsi land talks begin today
Suphannee Pootpisut
The Nation

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Finance, transport ministries to discuss long-term lease of two SRT plots

BANGKOK: -- The Ministries of Finance and Transport will today start negotiations on the long-term lease of the State Railway of Thailand’s two land plots in Bangkok, including the 490-rai area in Makkasan.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/679228-bangkok-makkasan-chong-nonsi-land-talks-begin/

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TOURISM
Travel firms gear up for Chinese visitors
Petchanet Pratruangkrai
The Nation
Kunming, China

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Akarapol Chaimongkoltrakul, marketing director of Samphran Elephant Ground and Zoo.

BANGKOK: -- Thai travel-related businesses are preparing for an expected rise in the number of travellers from China next year - and they hope to earn more tourism revenue.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/679229-thai-tourism-travel-firms-gear-up-for-chinese-visitors/

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Ministry aims to revamp vocational education

Patcharee Luenguthai

The Nation

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Vocational students learn skills in the workplace.

BANGKOK: -- The Education Ministry has initiated a mechanism to develop the vocational workforce in 10 skill clusters through a dual educational system providing both academic training and work experience.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/679232-thai-education-ministry-aims-to-revamp-vocational-education/

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Extortionists Arrested for ‘Protection Racket’

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Officers of the “Centre of Protection for Children and Women,” arrested a gang of armed scammers who claimed to be Thai Government officials. These extortionists were collecting ‘protection money’ from foreign workers, who were actually legally employed.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/679234-extortionists-arrested-for-protection-racket-in-pattaya/

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Thai students unleash their creativity
The Nation

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Children who join the TK Young Writer 2013 Project went up on stage at the Thailand Knowledge Park (TK Park) on a recent weekend.

Thailand knowledge park helps pupils grasp vital lessons outside class

BANGKOK: -- An exhibition aimed at building knowledge through creativity was held at Thailand Knowledge Park recently, showcasing the creations of Thailand's teenagers.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/679236-thai-students-unleash-their-creativity/

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Park to close temporarily
Kawintara Jaicheu
The Nation

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SI SA KET: -- Khao Phra Wihan National Park in Si Sa Ket will close today as a precaution before the International Court of Justice rules on the Preah Vihear Temple dispute between Thailand and Cambodia later this month.

"We don't want any violence to erupt before or after judgement day," chief warden Saksit Phonsabsiri said yesterday.

The park on the Thai approach to the mountain temple will reopen when the situation around the border returns to normal, he said.

A Dhamma Yatra group of six people led by Saman Sringarm that arrived at the park from Kantharalak district to defend Preah Vihear and nearby Mon Ton Burapha were not allowed to buy admission tickets because their visit was not for tourism.

A few hours later, soldiers escorted them to Pha-Mo-E-Dang to avoid any violence. However, the other protest group will be allowed to demonstrate only in the controlled area.

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-- The Nation 2013-11-04

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Loei villagers to rally at SET over mine
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BANGKOK: -- A group of 50 villagers from Loei will rally at the Stock Exchange of Thailand today to protest against a gold-digging company's attempt to open another mine.

"The fact is local people were not allowed to join the public hearing that was held on September 8," Jatuphat Boonphattararaksa, a coordinator of the student activist Dao Din group, said yesterday.

"We were blocked by 700 police," he said.

The group would inform the shareholders of Tongkah Harbour, the parent of Tungkum Co, that the public hearing for the new gold mining lease was not as smooth as the company had reported to the SET.

The hearing was part of the environmental and health impact assessment (EHIA) required by the Constitution for a project that might be harmful to the environment and people's health.

The company must conduct the EHIA to seek an operating permit for the new mine.

The September public hearing was held to gather opinions and concerns from the surrounding community. Some local people were allowed to join but a group of 600 members of the Khon Rak Ban Kerd group that opposed the project was blocked.

The company received a licence in 1991 to search for gold on more than 270,000 rai of land in Loei. The company has engaged in actual gold mining on more than 1,300 rai. It was ordered by the Industry Ministry to suspend its activities as the mine's tailing pond needed maintenance.

However, managing director Bundit Sangsaree-thamm has said the company plans to end gold extraction in Loei within five years and move to Laos because of the strong resistance from local people and its heavy financial burden. There is also no guarantee that the amount of ore remaining in this site would be enough to justify significant further investment.

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Volunteer killed by blast at train station
Narong Nuansakul
The Nation

Unrest continued in the deep South with bomb attacks over the weekend.

NARATHIWAT: --Yesterday an explosion near a train station in Narathiwat's Sungai Padi district killed territorial-defence volunteer Fandee Jeh-arong, 31.

Fandee headed a team guarding Toh Deng Train Station. His eight subordinates were unharmed.

Police said a homemade device weighing about five kilograms was set off soon after 6am when Fandee was about to open a steel gate for a train arriving from

Sungai Kolok Train Station. He died from his wounds at a local hospital.

The blast left a three-feet-deep and six-feet-wide hole in the ground near the gate, which was 200 metres from the train station.

Police believe the ambush was staged to fan violence in the southern border provinces, which has dragged on in the region for about a decade.

Even though Thai authorities entered into peace talks with the Barisan Revolusi Nasional earlier this year, hostilities have not ceased.

On Saturday night, a five-kilogram bomb blew up in front of a mosque in the same province, wounding two privates when they were patrolling along a local road.

Lieutenant Ekachai Nakchum, who witnessed the attack, said he believed his team was targeted because it was conducting the patrol past the same spot every night.

However, he said his team members including Piyapong Chuchana and Boonchu Sawangwong were not discouraged.

"Piyapong and Boonchu are now in safe condition. They will go back on duty after they recover," he said.

Last week, a blast annihilated a team of three police including respected bomb disposal expert Shaen Warongphaisit.

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Seven die as Pattaya ferry capsizes

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The ferry was aiming to bring its 200 passengers into the Bali Hai Pier, the landmark landing on the mainland, after a day at the island. (File photo by Patipat Janthong)

PATTAYA: -- Seven people were killed, four foreigners and three Thais, after a tourist ferry capsized about 100 metres off the main Bali Hai pier in Pattaya Sunday evening.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/679221-six-dead-as-tourist-ferry-sinks-off-pattaya-resort/#entry6998054

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Thaksin Shinawatra is re-examining options including a new general election as Constitution Court may reject all controversial laws initiated by the government. /Bangkok Post



The Revenue Department plans to double tax-deductible expenses for individual taxpayers to 120,000 baht in order to alleviate the tax burden. /Bangkok Post



Police step up strict security at Govt House after Samsen protesters plan move; PM to chair meeting to check readiness before ICJ verdict on Preah Vihear /MCOT



Police on full alert for scattered amnesty bill protests today which will affect traffic flow /The Nation



Several civil society groups lead supporters on march from Lumpini Park to join other protesters at Uruphong intersection /The Nation



Democrat Party to lead march of amnesty bill protesters from Samsen railway station to undisclosed locations today /The Nation


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