Thailand Live Saturday 13 Sep 2014

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Phuket turtle saved ahead of 'save the turtles' marathon in Kamala
Darawan Naknakhon

PHUKET: A battered and sick, young olive ridley sea turtle (Luke Tao Ya in Thai) that was rescued by villagers and Kusoldham volunteers on Kamala beach yesterday, has been treated and has better prospects for recovery and survival now.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/760036-phuket-turtle-saved-ahead-of-save-the-turtles-marathon-in-kamala/

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PM: Cabinet’s duty in high gear after policy declaration

BANGKOK, 13 September 2014 (NNT) – Prime Minister Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha is adamant that all Cabinet ministers will quickly carry out their tasks in full force now that the government policy has been announced to Parliament.

Following the delivery of policy statement before the National Legislative Assembly, Gen Prayuth stated on his weekly TV program “Returning Happiness to the People” that all ministers could now fully take charge of their assigned responsibilities. In his position as the premier, he said he was relieved and elated to know that there was a Cabinet to help the Thai people in restoring happiness, driving the nation forward and rebuilding foreigners’ confidence.

The next crucial step, Gen Prayuth pointed out, would be the government’s continuation of the National Council for Peace and Order’s undertakings in the second phase of reform. With the ultimate goal of ensuring the Kingdom’s security and sustainability, he admitted the difficulty of the task but insisted he would give it his best attempt.

In addition, the Prime Minister touched on the anti-corruption policy, saying the government had laid down short, medium and long-term measures to prevent and eradicate corruption while integrated efforts by all sectors would be necessary. He also noted that corruption cases must be handled with care, with equality and fairness provided for all those involved.

-- NNT 2014-09-13

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Thailand Tourist Police Line Official Account & Sticker Launched in Bangkok

BANGKOK: Thailand’s Tourist Police Division has launched its Line official Account and Line stickers of Lieutenant Change under the Community Policing project, to enhance cooperation between tourist police and both Thais and foreign tourists and to provide travel news information via Social Media.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/760043-thailand-tourist-police-line-official-account-sticker-launched-in-bangkok/

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The World’s Largest Underwater Wedding
By Jessica Vyvyan-Robinson

Originally from England, I first learned to dive so that I could go cage diving with great whites off Guadalupe Island, Mexico, in 2008. From that first shark encounter onwards, I have been utterly hooked on the underwater world, and particularly on the issue of shark conservation.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/760047-the-worlds-largest-underwater-wedding/

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Thalang, Laguna to serve as 'model' for solving Phuket jobless beach vendor issue

Saran Mitrarat

SERIOUSNESS: Phuket Vice Governor Chamroen Tippayapongthada has little patient for solution dialogues that bypass the law.

PHUKET: Phuket Vice Governor Chamroen Tippayapongthada became frustrated in a meeting yesterday afternoon addressing the issue of jobless beach operators insisting on working their previous jobs at their original locations.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/760053-phuket-vgov-tells-ex-beach-vendors-to-find-a-new-job/

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Manhunt ordered for elephant poachers

Tak governor has ordered local authorities to join the police to hunt down elephant poachers in Mae Tuen wildlife sanctuary after an elephant was slaughtered and its chopped body parts were scattered on a jungle road.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/760055-manhunt-ordered-for-elephant-poachers/

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Thai-Indian Girl Commits Suicide In Burning Car

PATTAYA – September 11, 2014 [Pattaya Daily News]; at 15.30 pm Pol.Capt.Rasita Nenpong-female inspector of Na Jomtien police station- was notified that a car was on fire and there was a deceased inside it in front of Khao Chi Chan. After notification the police officers and Sawang Rojjana Thmma Satharn rescue team immediately rushed to the scene.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/760042-thai-indian-girl-commits-suicide-in-burning-car/

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Motorcycle Taxi Riders Caught Drinking Whilst Working

PATTAYA – September 11, 2014 [Pattaya Daily News]; in the afternoon the police were notified that some motorcycle taxi riders which were in front of the Regent Marina hotel, North Pattaya were drinking alcohol and playing loud music annoying people and tourists. Therefore the police had ordered POL.SEN.SGT.MAJ.Somsi Sima who patrolling nearby to inspect the scene.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/760046-motorcycle-taxi-riders-caught-drinking-whilst-working/

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Pattaya City Prepares To Demolish 4 Buildings

PATTAYA – September 11, 2014 [Pattaya Daily News]; in meeting room 131, Pattaya City Hall, Mr. Sakchai Taenghor chaired a meeting about the demolition of 4 buildings that had encroached over their boundary on to the public canal (south Pattaya canal).Dr. Weerawat Khakhai (Deputy Mayor of Pattaya city) and related officers attended the meeting.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/760040-pattaya-city-prepares-to-demolish-4-buildings/

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Chinese tour co agrees to pay out B12 million outstanding Phuket invoices
Darawan Naknakhon

PHUKET: Major Chinese group tour company Thai Xin Ya Zhou Tour (Thailand) Co Ltd, has agreed to clear up the B10 to 12 million in outstanding invoices with tour companies in Phuket.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/760063-chinese-tour-co-agrees-to-pay-out-b12-million-outstanding-phuket-invoices/

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Interior Minister Gen Anupong inspects situation in Chai Nat, calls meeting of 10 governors of Chao Phraya-Tha Chin river basin provinces /MCOT

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US, Japanese ambassadors meet new Thai Foreign Minister
By Digital Content

BANGKOK, Sept 13 -- The United States and Japanese ambassadors to Thailand have held discussions with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Gen Thanasak Patimaprakorn, who informed them that the interim Thai government would do everything possible to strengthen the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/760073-us-japanese-ambassadors-meet-new-thai-foreign-minister/

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Police nab 'ice' dealing couple in Thalang projects
Eakkapop Thongtub

PHUKET: Drug suppression police yesterday nabbed a Southern Thai couple at Thalang subsidized housing project, confiscating 108 grams of Ya Ice (crystal amphetamine), a .38 revolver and other paraphernalia and drug-dealing evidence.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/760078-police-nab-ice-dealing-couple-in-thalang-projects/

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Police Seek Activist's Extradition For 'Blackshirt' Charges

By Khaosod Eng.

BANGKOK — Thai Police are seeking the extradition of a 26-year-old Redshirt activist who allegedly engineered violent attacks on security forces during the political unrest in Bangkok in 2010.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/760086-police-seek-activists-extradition-for-blackshirt-charges/

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BKK Students Killed In Suspected Gang Assassination

By Khaosod Eng.

BANGKOK — Two college students were shot dead and a third was seriously injured in what police suspect was a fight between rival gangs in Bangkok yesterday evening.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/760092-bkk-students-killed-in-suspected-gang-assassination/

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ADB ranks Thailand 15th in new creative productivity survey

BANGKOK: -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has ranked Thailand behind Laos, Indonesia and Malaysia in its creative productivity index.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/760095-adb-ranks-thailand-15th-in-new-creative-productivity-survey/

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Malaysia’s MH17 shot by surface-to-air weapon, says Hisham

Malaysia has always maintained that flight MH17 was shot down by a surface-to-air weapon, and unlikely by air-to-air missile, said Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein, The Star Online reported.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/760104-malaysias-mh17-shot-by-surface-to-air-weapon-says-hisham/

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Phuket companies score big in Thailand Property Awards
The Phuket News

The winners on stage at the end of the award ceremony.

BANGKOK: Phuket property companies came home yesterday (September 12) with a couple of fistfuls of awards from the 2014 Thailand Property Awards, announced at a gala dinner on Thursday night at the Conrad Hotel in Bangkok.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/760098-phuket-companies-score-big-in-thailand-property-awards/

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Thai woman fights for the rights of the countries stateless population

BANGKOK: -- The stateless population of Thailand has no nationality, they are not recognised or accepted as citizens by any country and have no ID cards or passports.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/760109-thai-woman-fights-for-the-rights-of-the-countries-stateless-population/

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Ukraine PM says Russia wants to 'restore Soviet Union'

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has accused Russia of wanting to "eliminate" his country and restore the Soviet Union.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/760112-ukraine-pm-says-russia-wants-to-restore-soviet-union/

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Interior Minister inspects water situation in Chai Nat
By Digital Content

CHAI NAT, Sept 13 -- Interior Minister Gen Anupong Paochinda on Saturday inspected the water level at Chao Phraya dam in the central province of Chai Nat and held a meeting with 10 provincial governors, ordering them to closely monitor the situation and to provide assistance to flood victims.

Gen Anupong inspected the water situation for the first time after the interim government delivered a policy statement to members of the National Legislative Assembly members on Friday.

He first inspected the water level stored at Chao Phraya dam in Chai Nat’s Sapphaya district and then attended the meeting with 10 governors from Chao Phraya-Tha Chin River basin near Bangkok.

The governors were told to closely monitor flooding situation along the Chao Phraya – Tha Chin river basin and to also provide necessities to flood victims.

Speaking to journalists before the meeting began, Gen Anupong said he was informed that the volume of rainwater this year would be low and that he was worried of water shortage during the dry s ason.

On Typhoon Kalmaegi, which is expected to enter China between September 17 – 18, Gen Anupong said he is still awaiting a report from the Meteorological Department, and that concerned officials are on alert.

He assured people that this year Thailand would not suffer severe flooding as in 2011. (MCOT online news)

-- TNA 2014-09-13

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Exporters urged to enter deeper into Indonesian market
By Digital Content

BANGKOK, Sept 13 -- Thai exporters have been urged to penetrate deeper into the Indonesian market after the newly president of that country, Joko Windows, is focusing on stimulating the economy and speeding up amending trade and investment laws to facilitate foreign investors, said Ampawan Pichalai, director of the Commerce Ministry Trade Policy and Strategy Office.

Ms Ampawan said Mr Widodo’s plans to boost Indonesia’s economy as well as improving the country’s basic infrastructure and amending trade and investment law would offer an opportunity for Thai exporters to market more goods to Indonesia, a fellow member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

With a total population of about 248 million and having an abundance of oil and gas resources as well as agricultural products, Indonesia is currently developing several industries including automobile, electronics, textile and fishery.

However, Indonesia’s upstream and midstream industries are still not too strong and it is a good opportunity for Thailand to export auto spare parts after China has steadily relocated production bases to Thailand.

On the other hand, Japan wants to see Thailand as the regional hub for R&D.

Thai investors are advised by the Commerce Ministry to use Indonesia as a production base for manufacturing low-cost items which would enable them to compete in the world market. (MCOT online news)

-- TNA 2014-09-13

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Thailand plans to boost exports to NZ by eight per cent in 2014
By Digital Content

BANGKOK, Sept 13 -- The Commerce Ministry has planned to boost Thai exports to New Zealand by eight per cent in 2014 from last year, said Nantawan Sakuntanak, director-general of International Trade Promotion Department.

Ms Nantawan said her department would use Thailand-New Zealand Closer Economic Partnership Agreement and the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement as major tools in boosting Thai exports, and this would assist Thailand’s small- and medium-sized enterprises in cooperating with the government to boost their production and exports of agricultural products.

Also, ten exhibitions of Thai goods would be organised for 2015 and senior executives from New Zealand would be invited to visit Thailand, she said.

The department has targeted to double bilateral trade by 2020.

Bhuthong Thongyai, director of International Trade Promotion office in Sydney, said that trade between ASEAN and New Zealand during one year, from June 2013 to July 2014, increased to about 13.46 billion NZ dollars, or 13.4 per cent of New Zealand’s total trade.

Goods exported by ASEAN member countries to New Zealand accounted 16.7 per cent during the same period, said Bhuthong, adding that the majority of goods exported by the regional grouping were: petroleum products, animal feedstuff, plastic, rubber and seafood. (MCOT online news)

-- TNA 2014-09-13

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Scotsman Brutally Assaulted By Thais In Pattaya, Police Say

By Khaosod Eng.

CHONBURI — Police say they are searching for two Thai men who brutally assaulted a foreign tourist in the popular resort town of Pattaya early this morning.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/760167-scotsman-brutally-assaulted-by-thais-in-pattaya-police-say/

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