Thailand Live Thursday 11 Sep 2014

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PEA targets electricity for all households by 2015
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BANGKOK, Sept 11 -- The Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) has targeted that by the end of 2015, all households in Thailand would have be connected with the kingdom's electricity grid.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/759599-pea-targets-electricity-for-all-households-in-thailand-by-2015/

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10 Japanese provinces are set to invest their SME businesses in Thailand

BANGKOK, 11 September 2014 (NNT) – SMEs from 10 Japanese prefectures are set to invest their businesses in Thailand.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/759605-10-japanese-provinces-are-set-to-invest-their-sme-businesses-in-thailand/

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SET index closed 1,580.87, down 1.26; Bt/USD32.03; GBP51.80; AUD29.16; EUR41.26; CAD29.08; HKD4.12; SGD25.23; JPY29.84

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FOREIGN MINISTRY
New FM to visit China next week

BANGKOK: -- Foreign minister Gen Tanasak Patimapagorn will attend the China-Asean Expo 2014 in China and the United Nations General Assembly in New York this month, said Thai foreign minister spokesman Sek Wannamethee.

Tanasak will attend the Expo in Nanning, capital of Guangxi province, from next Monday to Wednesday.

Tanasak will speak at the Expo and meet State Council of China Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli as well as leaders or foreign ministers of Asean member countries.

Gen Tanasak will later attend the UN General Assembly in New York from September 24-28. He will also meet UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Sek said.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/New-FM-to-visit-China-next-week-30243058.html


-- The Nation 2014-09-11

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RT @ReutersIndia: South African judge disagrees with defence's submission that Oscar Pistorius lacked criminal capacity when he shot Steenkamp

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RT @KarinBBC: Judge Masipa: At the time the accused could distinguish between right and wrong. #OscarPistorius

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RT @ReutersIndia: South African judge rejects Oscar Pistorius' temporary insanity defence

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RT @ReutersIndia: South African judge says state has not proved beyond reasonable doubt Oscar Pistorius is guilty of premeditated murder

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Numbers of M-79, smoke bombs, explosive devices found hidden in deserted home in Saraburi's Wang Muang district /MCOT

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Suphanburi ready for AEC

SUPHANBURI, 11 September 2014 (NNT) - Ms. Anong Tophothai, the Head of the Suphanburi Office of Local Administration, said Suphanburi has prepared transportation, education, and cultural awareness for the arrival of the ASEAN Economic Community. Transportation has been improved to meet higher standards and bilingual signs have been put up.

The curriculum of local schools has been revised in line with the ASEAN Economic Community. Teachers have received training on the purpose of the ASEAN Economic Community. There has been an attempt to build ASEAN corners in libraries. There is also local cultural promotion in terms of dialects, costumes, food and lifestyle and a promotion for learning the identity of ASEAN countries as well.

The Head of the Suphanburi Office of Local Administration added that the citizens have to support the local administrative organizations in order to achieve the goal, of entering the ASEAN Economic Community.

-- NNT 2014-09-11

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The 2nd person suspected of contracting the Ebola virus disease was admitted to hospital, the disease control chief said. He arrived from an Ebola country. /Bangkok Post

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Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives to fix rubber prices problem

BANGKOK, 11 September 2014 (NNT) –The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives has prepared measures to comprehensively alter the rubber pricing system, to strengthen prices, promote quality production, and increase the value of the product.

The Permanent Secretary of the MOAC has reworked the whole system of rubber development which includes 2 measures 9 processes and 12 projects such as agricultural financing for processed rubber, production control, removal of impractical rubber trees and growing trees from better seeds instead.

Moreover, the ministry supports encouraging rubber farmers to use their resources more productively and adopt the tools of technology to reduce production costs, to help harvesting the product, develop production processes, and promote a product transformation.


-- NNT 2014-09-11

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RT @cnni: Oscar #Pistorius "acted unlawfully" when he fired through door at Steenkamp, judge says: http://t.co/MIeYUM45X5 #OscarTrial

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Pistorius not guilty of premeditated murder /Bangkok Post

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RT @SkyNewsBreak: Oscar #Pistorius cleared of both premeditated & second-degree murder of Reeva Steenkamp and the judge will now decide on culpable homicide

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Department of Internal Trade to expand cheap food alliance to Northeast

BANGKOK, 11 September 2014 (NNT) –The Department of Internal Trade is set to expand its cheap food alliance entitled ‘Noo Nid Pa Chim’ to the Northeast of Thailand this October, after the overwhelming success of the project in Bangkok.

Jintana Chaiyawannakarn, the Director-General of DIT, has revealed that it is proposing an extension of product price pegging for 2-3 months, to the Minister of Commerce for approval.

Currently, there are 1,002 shops in Bangkok Metropolitan area participating in the project and another 200 shops in several provinces have shown their intention to join the project. It is estimated that ultimately at least 4,000 shops will be involved in the project. The shops operating within this project offer customers cheaper than normal food prices, at around 30 to 35 baht a dish.


-- NNT 2014-09-11

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RT @ReutersIndia: Judge clears Pistorius of murder dolus eventualis, saying he could not have foreseen he would kill person behind door

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RT @AP: BREAKING: Diplomats say EU has decided on new sanctions against Russia over its actions in Ukraine

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Phuket: Kremlin hits back at out-in visa ban
Alasdair Forbes


The longtail boatmen at Ranong have been finding things rather quiet since multiple out-in visa runs were banned. Photo Krisna

MOSCOW: The Russian government has hit back at the Thai Immigration rules, introduced recently, banning multiple “out-in” visa runs for tourists.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/759635-kremlin-hits-back-at-thai-immigrations-out-in-visa-ban/

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Pistorius 'not guilty' of murder

PRETORIA - "Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius was found not guilty of the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp Thursday as a South African judge dismissed the most serious charges against him.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/759655-pistorius-not-guilty-of-murder/

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UPDATE:

Arrested Men in Black suspects not responsible for Gen Romklao’s death

The five members of the so-called mysterious “Men in Black” arrested by a combined force of police and soldiers and introduced to the media today were not the same group of Men in Black who killed Gen Romklao Thuvatham during the red-shirt protests in April 10, 2010.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/759559-five-men-in-black-suspects-are-in-police-custody/page-4?p=8374105#entry8374105

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to continue:

Thailand Live Friday 12 Sep 2014

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/759712-thailand-live-friday-12-sep-2014/