Thailand Live Tuesday 9 Jun 2015

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SET index closed 1,492.32 down 15.96; Bt/USD33.60; GBP51.19; AUD25.34; EUR37.65; CAD26.83; HKD4.31; SGD24.59; JPY26.82

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HSBC slashes jobs as it shifts focus back to Asian roots
PAN PYLAS, Associated Press

LONDON (AP) — HSBC Holdings, Britain's largest bank by market value, will cut between 22,000 and 25,000 jobs around the world in an attempt to reduce costs and shift its center of gravity back toward fast-growing Asian economies.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/831645-hsbc-slashes-jobs-as-it-shifts-focus-back-to-asian-roots/

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Obama: Congress can fix health law if court rules against it
By JIM KUHNHENN

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he has no alternate plan if the Supreme Court invalidates a key benefit of his health care law and he places the burden on the Republican-controlled Congress to fix the law if the high court wipes out insurance for millions of Americans.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/831646-obama-congress-can-fix-health-law-if-court-rules-against-it/

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AP Interview: Iran partially opens stadium doors to women
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A limited number of Iranian women will be allowed to watch Volleyball World League games in Tehran later this month, a senior government official has told The Associated Press, part of a government move to allow women and families to attend male sporting events.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/831647-iran-partially-opens-stadium-doors-to-women/

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Long waits ahead for driver's licenses in Phuket
Matt Pond


The queue of people applying for driver's licenses stretches out the door at the PLTO this morning.

PHUKET: -- Those wanting to get a new motorbike or car licence in Phuket will have to wait longer than than they probably expected, as a reporter at The Phuket News found out today (June 9).

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/831648-long-waits-ahead-for-drivers-licenses-in-phuket/

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Labor network calls for wage hike to 360 baht

BANGKOK, 9 June 2015 (NNT) – The Thai Labor Solidarity Committee (TLSC) is planning to request the Ministry of Labor to consider raising the daily minimum wage to 360 baht.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/831651-labor-network-calls-for-wage-hike-to-360-baht/

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NACC Summons Yingluck for Crackdown Compensation Inquiry
By Khaosod English


Vicha Mahakhun, a director of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), speaking to the press in Bangkok on 9 June 2015.

BANGKOK — Former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has been ordered to report to Thailand's national anti-graft agency by 30 June to hear criminal charges over a government program that compensated victims of political violence.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/831572-yingluck-designates-lawyer-to-hear-charges/#entry9497667

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Cabinet gives green light to promote meetings in tourist destinations

BANGKOK, 9 June 2015 (NNT) - The Cabinet on Tuesday agreed to encourage government units, state enterprises and local administrative organizations to organize meetings, training and seminars in other provinces more in an effort to help stimulate the Thai tourism sector.

The Cabinet also instructed the above organizations to use the hotels which had registered legally and suggested that they prefer the International Convention and Exhibition Center Commemorating His Majesty’s 7th Cycle Birthday Anniversary as a meeting venue. The center is located in Chiang Mai province.

Such tourism stimulus measure will also benefit the government urgent disbursement of the 2015 budget and help promote domestic tourism. The Cabinet suggested that the measure be implemented in the third and fourth quarters this year.

The government has declared 2015 the Discover Thainess Year with the objective to promote domestic traveling with the use of unique Thai characteristics.

nnt]2015-06-98[/nnt]

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People who post the location of police checkpoints may be sued, Somyot says
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- POLICE ARE considering legal action against people who post the location of checkpoints for street racers on their social network pages, as they would be accessories to such offences, police chief Pol General Somyot Poompanmoung said Tuesday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/831538-pm-prayut-to-tackle-street-racing-by-dek-van-seriously/page-3#entry9497716

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Mama instant noodles sale drops for the first time in 42 years

BANGKOK: -- Sale of Mama instant noodles dropped 0.3 percent for the first four months of this year, the first ever record of Saha Pattanapibul Corporation in 42 years, said Mr Wathit Chokewattana, vice president of the company, on Tuesday.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/831699-mama-instant-noodles-sale-drops-for-the-first-time-in-42-years/

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Thailand Live Wednesday 10 Jun 2015

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