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Thailand Live Saturday 4 Oct 2014

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BOI approves more investment plans

BANGKOK, 4 Oct 2014, (NNT) - Deputy Prime Minister M.R. Pridiyathorn Devakula (ปรีดิยาธร เทวกุล) stresses that the government policy to provide a supporting fund of 1,000 baht per rai for rice farmers is not a populist policy. Meanwhile, the Board of Investment (BOI) has approved 20 more large-scale investment projects.

Deputy Prime Minister M.R. Pridiyathorn explained that the support is merely a part of the administration’s economic stimulus package, saying the move would be able to generate income faster than the traditional employment method.

He stated that Thailand is set to become a hub for eco car production in the Southeast Asian region, in the Government’s 2nd Phase of eco car investment promotion campaign.

He also mentioned that the BOI would now shift its focus to concentrate on providing support for a particular type of industry at a time. The Deputy Prime Minister said at the moment Thailand may need to promote more rubber related projects, citing a plan to establish ‘Rubber City’, a rubber industrial estate in the South.

He is confident the move would attract more foreign investments. Currently 86% of the rubber output is being exported.

Meanwhile, the BOI has approved 20 more investment projects worth nearly 90 billion baht. Most of them involve eco car and energy production.

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Ubon Ratchathani extends 15 billion baht loan to help rubber growers

UBON RATCHATHANI, 4 September 2014 (NNT) -- The province of Ubon Ratchathani has extended 1.5 billion baht worth of loans to rubber farmers.

The province has given the nod to more than 15 billion baht worth of loans to rubber tapper cooperatives. The loan is intended for them to buy rubber from farmers and put it into the processing system, in order to help shore up the prices of natural rubber.

According to Governor Serm Chainarong, the province has followed the government's policy to help rubber farmers who have been seriously affected by low prices of rubber. The government has also demanded that the loan program be transparent and free of fraud of any kind.

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Human Rights Workers Concerned about the Police’s Non-Transparency Process of Arresting the Suspects of Two British Tourists Murders

KOH TAO: -- The director of the Cross Cultural Foundation (CrCF) has expressed her concerns about the police’s non-transparency process of arresting the suspects of two British tourists murder and is afraid that the Myanmar workers the police have caught are just scapegoats because she had received information about the police arresting the suspects without charging them.

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Thailand beach murders: Police defend bizarre public 'reconstruction' of slayings by suspects
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KOH TAO: -- Two Burmese migrants who have allegedly 'confessed' to the crimes have been taken to the beach where Hannah Witheridge and David Miller's bodies were found

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/765690-thailand-beach-murders-police-defend-bizarre-public-reconstruction-of-slayings-by-suspects/

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Violence scuppers hopes of resolving Hong Kong standoff

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Another weekend of unrest in Hong Kong, with no end in sight. Photo: AFP

KONG KONG: -- Hopes of finding a resolution to a week of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong collapsed Saturday as students scrapped talks with the government over violent attacks by Beijing supporters and suspected triad members.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/765696-violence-scuppers-hopes-of-resolving-hong-kong-standoff/

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Fire at The Mall Bangkapi was put out and the shopping centre resumes business as usual.

The Mall PR official said the fire happened from electrical short circuit inside a Japanese restaurant, Miyabi, on the second floor.

Security guards using both chemicals and water hose to fight the fire which broke out on the ceiling where the power circuit was located .

During the incident, shoppers were still shopping around, but only the area closed to the scene was sealed off.

It took security guards a short time to keep the fire from spreading.

Business is now back to normal, the official said.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/65616/

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Corruption probe underway in 600-million baht futsal court project initiated by politicians

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BANGKOK: -- The Public Sector Anti Corruption Commission (PACC) and the military are currently launching extensive investigation into irregularities and corruption involving the 600 million baht budget allocated for the building of futsal courts in 350 schools in 17 provinces, mostly in the Northeast, following complaints that they wore out very quickly and were substandard.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/765697-corruption-probe-underway-in-600-million-baht-futsal-court-project-initiated-by-politicians/

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H.K. government denies using triad gangs to break up protests

HONG KONG (AFP) - Hong Kong's security chief furiously denied the government had used triad gangs against pro-democracy protesters Saturday after accusations hired thugs had been brought in to stir up violent clashes.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/765696-violence-scuppers-hopes-of-resolving-hong-kong-standoff/#entry8482658

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Their Majesties return to Sriraj hospital last night

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BANGKOK: -- Their Majesties the King and Queen left Klai Kangwon Palace by royal motorcade Friday night for Siriraj Hospital.

Their Majesties arrived at the hospital at 11.00 pm after leaving the palace at 9.07 pm.

Their Majesties earlier on September 15 left the hospital for Klai Kangwon Palace after doctors at Siriraj hospital said that they had completely checked the physical health of Their Majesties and found they are healthy enough to leave the hospital.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/majesties-return-sriraj-hospital-last-night/

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OPDC held a ‘Public Sector and the National Reform’ seminar

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BANGKOK: -- Deputy Prime Minister M.R. Pridiyathorn Devakula presided over the opening ceremony of the ‘Public Sector and the National Reform’ seminar and made the speech on the topic of the development of public sector to increase competitiveness.

He highlighted two areas of public sector development, which are the organizational structure adjustment and working process improvement.

Technology can be applied to the current management model and the leader of the organization should be the role model of the development, the Deputy Prime Minister said.

After the speech, representatives from private sectors held a forum on ‘The Public Sector and the National Reform in Private Sector’s Perspectives’.

In the afternoon, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-Ngam presided over the awarding ceremony for government agencies that provide excellent service quality. There are 107 awards granted in 3 categories - the National Public Sector Service award, Quality Public Sector Management award, and Excellence in Inclusive Administration award.

M.L. Panadda Diskul, representing the executives of the Office of the Permanent Secretary, has received the Public Sector Service award in an excellent integrated service category. He said that he is honored to be the recipient of the award and proud of the efforts put in by all the member of the organization. However, he stated that there are areas that the organization can improve on to better serve the people and the public.

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His Majesty's condition improves after admitted to Siriraj with high fever

BANGKOK: -- His Majesty the King's fever has subsided after he was admitted to Siriraj Hospital Friday with high fever, the Royal House Hold announced in the first statement Saturday.

The statement said His Majesty got a high fever of 38.2 Celsius degree Friday evening and doctors diagnosed him with blood infection and his blood pressure had changed, resulting in faster heartbeat.

As a result, the team of doctors asked His Majesty to travel from the Klai Kangwon Palace in Hua Hin to Siriraj Hospital to receive treatment with special medical equipment and for further blood checking.

The bureau said the doctors had given intravenous medicine to His Majesty and found on Saturday morning that His Majesty had stable blood pressure and the fever had subsided while he had better nutrition conditions.

The statement said doctors had performed further examination with special equipment to try to determine the cause of blood infection for further treatment.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/His-Majestys-condition-improves-after-admitted-to--30244768.html

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-- The Nation 2014-10-04

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Baht is expected to remain weakened next week
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BANGKOK, Oct 4 -- The Thai baht is projected to remain weakened during next week after it slipped to 32.50 baht per US dollar on Friday, its weakest position in the past three months, according to a report issued by Kasikorn Research Centre.

The Centre has projected that the Thai baht is expected to move between 32.35 – 32.65 baht per dollar next week as traders cautiously watch dollar movements early in the week while they take into account the latest U.S. employment data.

A report issued by the US Labor Department on Friday said US jobless rate declined to a six-year low of 5.9 per cent in September and that employers hired more workers than projected.

The unemployment rate fell to the lowest level since July 2008, down from 6.1 per cent.

Traders are also closely monitoring the US Federal Reserve and the number of unemployed applying for weekly welfare so that they could assess the direction of US interest rate, according to the Centre report.

The baht remained weak throughout this week due to buying of US dollar before the end of the third quarter and on concerns over the ongoing unrest situation in Hong Kong which has already depressed Asian currencies, it said.

Also, the baht was weak in line with net selling in the bond market and Thai equities by foreign investors while the greenback strengthened late in the week as investors adjusted their positions, the Centre added. (MCOT online news)

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PM instructs all gov’t units to take precaution against cold weather

BANGKOK, 4 October 2014 (NNT) - Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha noted in his weekly television programme, “Returning Happiness to the People” that Thailand has already entered the cold season that possibly causes health-related risks.

The cold may cause deaths in the North and the Northeast as has been the case. He consequently commanded all local administrations to closely monitor the situation and observe precautions against the disaster in order to ensure a limited loss of life and property.

During the winter, the Prime Minister said farmers will be asked to avoid off-season rice planting, but cultivate field crops and vegetables that need less water since the volume of remaining water in all dams and reservoirs is sufficient only for household use. In the meantime, the government will try to create other jobs for farmers so that they can earn substitution incomes.

Gen. Prayut also underlined that prices of agricultural products remain fluctuated. He then urged workers to develop their working skills so that they can earn higher than the minimum wage. He said skill development will also benefit workers as they are about to compete with others in the ASEAN Community to be formed very soon.

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Myanmar murder suspects escorted to Samui court for extended detention

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KOH TAO: -- Two Myanmar rape murder suspects were this morning escorted by the police from Phangan island to Samui island for permission from the court to detain them 12 more days for further questioning.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/765779-myanmar-murder-suspects-escorted-to-samui-court-for-extended-detention/

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