Thailand Live Sunday 28 Jun 2015

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Poll: Phuket votes for bus network
The Phuket News

While politicians secure budgets for expensive roadworks, public transport in Phuket remains stuck in the 1970s. Photo: fitri agung

PHUKET: A majority of votes – more than a fifth (21 per cent) – in the latest Phuket News poll said that the reformation of Phuket’s outdated bus network/system should be prioritized.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/836381-poll-phuket-votes-for-bus-network/

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1 wounded in shooting at San Francisco gay pride event

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Police say a bystander has been shot at a gay pride event in San Francisco when an argument between several young men turned violent.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/836387-1-wounded-in-shooting-at-san-francisco-gay-pride-event/

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Water level in Lam Takhong dam critical

NAKHON RATCHASIMA, 28 June 2015 (NNT) - The Lam Takhong dam in Nakhon Ratchasima province has 57 million cubic meters or 18% of water left for use. The local irrigation department has suggested farmers in the irrigation areas to postpone their cultivation until the rain comes in July.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/836408-water-level-in-lam-takhong-dam-critical/

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Doi Inthanon Park warns motorists of slippery road
The Nation

CHIANG MAI: -- The National Doi Inthanon Park warned tourists to ride cautiously up and down the Doi Inthanon Mountain because rains have made the road very slippery.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/836409-doi-inthanon-park-warns-motorists-of-slippery-road/

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Northern red shirts promise not to protest against Chiang Mai Cabinet retreat
The Nation

CHIANG MAI: -- Pichit Tamool, a leader of the red-shirt movement in Chiang Mai, told a press conference Sunday that his group and fellow red shirts from all 17 northern provinces will not stage a protest when a Cabinet retreat is held in Chiang Mai on Monday and Tuesday.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/836284-chiang-mai-prepares-to-host-mobile-cabinet-meeting/#entry9561600

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Campaign to free 14 student activists launched
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- A campaign supporting for 14 student activists detained in the Bangkok Remand Prison has started at noon Sunday at Thammasat University.

The campaign called "Post it for friends" was initiated by League of Liberal Thammasat for Democracy, calling for people to write messages to give moral support for the students.

People flocked to write the messages at the Historic Wall beside its Book Center near Tha Phrachan gate.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Campaign-to-free-14-student-activists-launched-30263290.html

-- The Nation 2015-06-28

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Opinion: Phuket’s power consumption ‘an insatiable thirst’

Phuket currently uses enough energy in one year to charge 100 billion iPhones. Photo: Tanyaluk Sakoot

PHUKET: Despite reports of the tourism industry taking hit after hit, it appears that commerce in Phuket is thriving, as indicated by the influx of capital pouring onto the island from both the private and public sectors.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/836414-opinion-phukets-power-consumption-an-insatiable-thirst/

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Former Democrat MP calls on Prayut to use Article 44 to pardon students
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Former Democrat MP Watchara Phetthong Sunday called on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to invoke Article 44 of the interim charter in his capacity of the National Council for Peace and Order chief to pardon 14 student activists over charges of violating rally ban.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/836310-call-to-release-students/#entry9561729

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RT@Atomicalandy: ‘Torture made us admit killing British pair’ - today's Sunday Times on Koh Tao murder case http://t.co/GEeSafgbtL

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Reckless driver faces B1,000 fine after falling Phuket lamp post with SUV
Eakkapop Thongtub

PHUKET: A 21-year-old Phuket man faces a maximum fine of B1,000 for reckless driving and damaging public property after he crashed his SUV, knocking over a lamp post from the traffic island just south of Phuket's Heroines Monument this afternoon.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/836451-reckless-driver-faces-b1000-fine-after-falling-phuket-lamp-post-with-suv/

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Vegetable prices skyrocket in Korat with parsley now fetching 200 baht/kg

KORAT: -- Acute water shortage has substantially slashed the production of vegetables and driven up their prices.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/836467-vegetable-prices-skyrocket-in-korat-with-parsley-now-fetching-200-bahtkg/

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RT@SkyNewsBreak: Update - reports: bus which crashed in western Belgium killing one person was carrying 34 British schoolchildren, six adults and two drivers

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