Thailand Live Sunday 7 Sep 2014

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Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department: 24 provinces have recovered from flooding crisis

BANGKOK, 6 September 2014 (NNT)- The Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department has said that floods in 24 provinces throughout the country have eased up as agencies are trying to speedily give assistance and aid to the residents in the affected areas.

The department said a low pressure cell over the lower parts of the north has brought heavy rains to many provinces. 24 provinces nationwide have been hit hard by the floods and the full extent of the damage and casualties so far is still unknown. Three provinces still remain in crisis including Sukhothai, Tak and Nakon Sawan.

The National Disaster Warning Center (NDWC) also reported that during September 2-3, flash floods and landslides are set to hit a number of northern, northeastern, and eastern provinces. Residents in these provinces have been told to be on high alert.

The department has teamed up with the military and other related units to provide assistance to flood victims and to survey damages across the regions.

Should any residents need assistance, residents can contact 1784 hours a day.

-- NNT 2014-09-07

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Approval to be sought for GMO maize and tapioca cultivation tests

BANGKOK: -- The Agricultural Extension Department will seek government’s approval for research on genetically-modified organism (GMO) cash crops such as maize and tapioca as an integral part of Thailand’s long-term food security strategy to meet increasing global demands.

The department’s chief, Mr Olarn Pitak, said that there is an increasing global demand for the two crops but cultivation areas are limited and, therefore, it is necessary that the productivity must be increased with the introduction of crop strains which produce high yield and the promotion of off-season cultivation.

It was projected that in the next 18 years Thailand’s maize production would increase to 7.8 million tonnes from 11 million rai of farmland compared to today’s five million tonnes from 7.1 million rai of farmland whereas worldwide demand was expected to increase to 951 million tonnes per year.

Thailand’s production of tapioca amounts to 29 million tonnes annually from 8.1 million rai of farmland whereas global demand amounts to 54 million tonnes.

Meanwhile, Mr Prakit Piensiripinyo, deputy secretary-general of Animal Feeds Producers Association, suggested that the government should allow GMO crop cultivation tests to determine the advantages and disadvantages which will enable the government to decide on incorporating GMO crops in food security strategy.

He noted that soybean crops which are currently available worldwide are GMO crops.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/approval-sought-gmo-maize-tapioca-cultivation-tests/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=approval-sought-gmo-maize-tapioca-cultivation-tests

-- Thai PBS 2014-09-07

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NRC member selection panels to hold first meeting on Friday

BANGKOK: -- National Legislative Assembly President Pornpetch Pichitcholchai will hold the formal first meeting of 11 panels in charge of selecting members of the National Reform Council on Friday, Election Commission secretary-general Puchong Nutrawong said.

Pornpetch heads the panel in charge of selecting NRC members who are experts on legal and judicial affairs.

Puchong said the number of all candidates has been updated to 7,362.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/NRC-member-selection-panels-to-hold-first-meeting--30242716.html

-- The Nation 2014-09-07

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30 candidates for NRC disqualified

BANGKOK: -- About 30 candidates or less than one percent of altogether 7,362 candidates vying for 250 memberships of the National Reform Council have been disqualified, Election Commission secretary-general Puchong Nuttrawong disclosed on Sunday.

He expected the final list of the candidates to be ready by Monday and the screening of the qualifications of the remaining candidates would be completed within the September 12 deadline.

National Legislative Assembly Puchong Wichitvorachai has summoned a meeting on Friday all the 11 selection committees to discuss the shortlisting of the candidates into 50 for each of the 11 fields.

The shortlisting process is to be completed within September 22. The National Council for Peace and Order will pick the members of the NRC from the shortlist.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/30-candidates-nrc-disqualified/

-- Thai PBS 2014-09-07

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Choi Song, Khao Tom Mat, Candle Festival and many cultural traditions to be declared as national heritage

BANGKOK, 7 September 2014 (NNT) – The Department of Cultural Promotion has declared Choi Song, Khao Tom Mat, Candle Festival and other 60 local wisdom traditions as officially part of the national heritage this year to protect those traditions from disappearing.

There are exactly 68 traditions that will be registered as part of Thai Intangible Cultural Heritage this year, consisting of performance arts such as Choi Song, Reau Song, brass band, Ram Tone, as well as craftsmanship traditions such as weaving, gold foil forging, Mamora Dresses.

Also included is folk literature such as Chalawan, Thai Drama such as Pan Tai Norrasing, the Hae Nang Maew Festival, the Thai Art of War, along with local recreational acitivites such as leapfrog, Ngu Kin Hang, boat racing, rites and festivals such as candle festival, Chakphra Festival, and Thai traditional weddings.

Other traditional aspects of Thai culture that will be honored include Khao Tom Mat, Mieng Kham, coconut-palm sugar, Thai horoscopes, Thai cats, and language will also be certified as part of the national heritage.

-- NNT 2014-09-07

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Security guard held under suspicion of killing 4-year old girl

Thon Buri: -- A security guard has confessed that he killed a four-year old girl and hid her body wrapped in a black plastic bag in a sewage drain at an apartment in Thon Buri, said Pol Maj-Gen Thitirath Nonghanpitak, deputy commissioner of Metropolitan Police Bureau, today.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/758337-security-guard-held-under-suspicion-of-killing-4-year-old-girl/

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