Thailand Live Thursday 27 Nov 2014

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Thai Post unamused by your 'box-in-box-in-box-in-box-in-box' gag
By Coconuts Bangkok



BANGKOK: -- Thailand Post responded to a delightful parody of their “box-in-box” packing tip this morning with a complete lack of humor and threats of legal action.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/779865-thai-post-unamused-by-your-box-in-box-in-box-in-box-in-box-gag/

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Thousands of fish suffocate in Makkasan pond
By Coconuts Bangkok

BANGKOK: -- An environmental tragedy has struck the Makkasan area, one of the last green spaces in the capital.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/779868-bangkok-thousands-of-fish-suffocate-in-makkasan-pond/

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Body found floating off Phuket 'may be Westerner'
Darawan Naknakhon


The tattoo on the dead man's left calf featured a swastika, symbol of the Nazi régime.

PHUKET: The body of a man was found floating in the sea near Kata Noi Beach by Marine Biology Centre scientists this morning (November 27).

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/779869-body-found-floating-off-phuket-may-be-westerner/

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D-Day set for Phuket beach restaurant demolitions
Saran Mitrarat


Leading the battling restaurant owners is the owner of the Beach Club.

PHUKET: -- December 8 has been set as D-Day for the last Nai Yang Beach businesses on public land to be demolished.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/779870-d-day-set-for-phuket-beach-restaurant-demolitions/

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Police to examine assets seized from former CIB chief
By Digital Content



BANGKOK, Nov 27 -- A specially-formed Royal Thai Police Office committee will scrutinise assets seized from Pol Lt Gen Pongpat Chayapan, former chief of the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB).

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/779872-police-to-examine-assets-seized-from-former-cib-chief/

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Thai offenders will become fishing boat crews in Samut Sakhon
By Digital Content



BANGKOK, Nov 27 -- Thailand's Employment and Corrections Departments plans to field inmates who have nearly completed their sentences to work in paid jobs aboard fishing boats initially in Samut Sakhon.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/779874-thai-offenders-will-become-fishing-boat-crews-in-samut-sakhon/

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Bright prospects for Thai dairy farming in ASEAN market
By Digital Content



BANGKOK, Nov 27 -- Thailand's Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives pointed out that the dairy farming industry here is able to export products into the ASEAN market, and said that the ministry will promote planting special grass for dairy cow fodder to cut the cost of importing cattle feed.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/779875-bright-prospects-for-thai-dairy-farming-in-asean-market/

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PM pushes for 5th, 6th Thai-Lao friendship bridges
By Digital Content



VIENTIANE, Nov 27 -- Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha promoted building the fifth and sixth Thai-Lao friendship bridges during his two-day visit to Laos which ended yesterday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/779878-thai-pm-pushes-for-5th-6th-thai-lao-friendship-bridges/

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Get the business off Phuket’s beaches, Navy chief warns

Saran Mitrarat

V/Adm Sayan: Stop it or I'll send the troops in.

PHUKET: The Commander of the Royal Thai Navy in Phuket dashed the hopes of Phuket’s beach entrepreneurs this afternoon (November 27) by stating emphatically that no one may run a businesses on the island’s beaches – including in areas under trees if the trees are on public land.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/779945-get-the-business-off-phukets-beaches-navy-chief-warns/

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