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OCAC selects Krabi and Ratchaburi as Contemporary Art Cities

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BANGKOK, 6 July 2015 (NNT) – The Office of Contemporary Art And Culture (OCAC) is set to promote the Krabi and Ratchaburi provinces as Contemporary Art Cities, to establish a new tourist attraction with the hopes to draw more income to the local people.

The OCAC Director-General Chai Nakhonchai has revealed that the OCAC has chosen Krabi and Ratchaburi to be established as Contemporary Art Cities, according to the strategic plan to establish Contemporary Art City in Thailand in the 2016 fiscal year, in line with the government’s policy to create the new category of tourist destinations.

He has said that the OCAC will be using Kangawa Prefecture in Japan as the model city for the Contemporary Art City development, and will be inviting tourism officials from Kagawa to discuss development guidelines in developing the Contemporary Art City cooperation plan. Krabi and Ratchaburi were selected due to both provinces' great potential in their strong local identities.

To achieve this plan, the OCAC will have to conduct an in depth analysis for each community's potential areas that can be developed using art. The OCAC will also create a database of artists and local leaders who can contribute to the development and hold discussions with the provincial entrepreneurs, shop and restaurant owners, and all tourist attraction owners.

The plan will also involves the creation of artworks and statues at key locations with focus on more than just creating landmarks to attract tourists, but to provide support to the local public's opportunity to study, appreciate, and to create their own artwork.

Community products will also require upgrades to enhance their uniqueness. A tourism route connecting the Contemporary Art Cities and their nearby cities would support the communities' economy, while a cooperative government and private agencies network will also be created, the OCAC Director-General has said.

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EDU UPDATE
British graduates to help students in 45 provinces speak better English

PAKAWAN ROJANASINGSAWAD
MESINEE MUANGPIN
THE NATION

BANGKOK: -- Thai pupils at 92 schools in 45 provinces will get help in improving their English skills under a nine-week programme led by undergraduates and recent graduates from the United Kingdom.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/838242-british-graduates-to-help-students-in-45-thai-provinces-speak-better-english/

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Bangkok Police injured as Pattaya Market Vendors attack

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PATTAYA: -- There was an angry confrontation at a Market in Soi Buakhao on Friday which has prompted an internal Police Investigation after a group of Bangkok Police Officers conducted a raid on the market and seized counterfeit branded items.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/838029-pattaya-market-owner-denies-hitting-police-during-raid/?p=9587534#entry9587534

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Pattaya Police Investigators “unsure” of necklace snatch complaint

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PATTAYA: -- Pattaya Police are investigating a necklace snatch complaint made by a 26 year old Thai man on Friday but are suspicious that the alleged crime may never have taken place.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/838245-pattaya-police-investigators-unsure-of-necklace-snatch-complaint/

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African man nabbed at Phuket airport with fake passport, bag full of pharmaceuticals
Darawan Naknakhon

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PHUKET: Police late last night arrested an African man at Phuket Airport after suspecting him of using a fake passport to illegally enter the kingdom with more than 4,500 pills of pharmaceuticals on his person.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/838133-african-man-nabbed-at-phuket-airport-with-fake-passport-bag-full-of-pharmaceuticals/

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BT14 BILLION RENOVATION
Officials seek govt funds for riverside remodeling

THE NATION

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BANGKOK: -- BANGKOK officials are seeking Cabinet approval for funds to hire a consultant to survey and design the proposed Bt14 billion renovation of the Chao Phraya riverside.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/838246-bangkok-officials-seek-govt-funds-for-chao-phraya-riverside-remodeling/

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INCREASING CRITICISM
PM moves to separate sub deal from health funds worry

THE NATION

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Prayut Chan-o-cha

Prayut says the two are not linked and both decisions will be considered carefully

BANGKOK: -- PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha is attempting to shield himself from increasing criticism over the government's plan to spend billions on the purchase of three submarines from China while dealing with a universal healthcare scheme running out of funds, saying a clear decision is yet to be made on either one.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/838126-prayut-denies-planning-to-abolish-free-healthcare-to-save-money-for-buying-submarines/page-2#entry9587550

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14 DETAINEES
Students face questions after Friday's defiance

THE NATION

Police to push ahead with questioning as lawyers complain about lack of access

BANGKOK: -- POLICE investigators will today resume their interrogation of the 14 detained student activists after some of them refused to cooperate on Friday because they weren't prepared and they considered the interrogation room to be in a poor condition.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/838247-14-detainees-thai-students-face-questions-after-fridays-defiance/

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UNIVERSAL SCHEME
Doctors push for healthcare co-payment

CHULARAT SAENGPASSA
THE NATION

A GROUP of doctors has continued to press for the introduction of a co-payment system in the medical sector.

BANGKOK: -- The doctors insist that if such a system is not launched promptly the country will succumb to the growing weight of a free healthcare system that has devoured an increasing amount of state budget in recent years.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/838248-thai-doctors-push-for-healthcare-co-payment/

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
NRC chairman in a candid mood as reform body races to finish its work

PIYAPORN WONGRUANG
THE NATION

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Thienchay Kiranandana

BANGKOK: -- SHORTLY AFTER THE COUP, 11 key sectors were listed in the interim charter for reform, and the National Reform Council designated to come up with recommendations for the task.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/838249-nrc-chairman-in-a-candid-mood-as-reform-body-races-to-finish-its-work/

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Sustainable tourism for Hua Hin
ACHARA DEBOONME
THE NATION

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A tricycle driver waits for passengers in Hua Hin. The high-end destination draws about 2 million visitors a year, bringing benefits mostly to hotels and restaurants, while the locals remain on the sidelines.

HUA HIN: -- Hua Hin and adjacent areas will soon come under zoning and other regulations designed to control future development in the popular tourist destinations.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/838250-sustainable-tourism-for-hua-hin/

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EDITORIAL
'Runway crack' reporter finds redemption

The Nation

Court backs media role in historic ruling

BANGKOK: -- A recent legal victory of a senior journalist whose career took a bad turn following his Suvarnabhumi Airport "runway cracks" story is not just a personal triumph. His case made headlines a few years ago when then prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra threatened to sue the journalist's employer for hefty damages in the wake of the runway report. The legal threat did not materialise but the reporter lost his job and blamed it largely on his Suvarnabhumi work.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/838251-runway-crack-thai-reporter-finds-redemption/

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Phuket woman, 36, found hanged with suicide letter apologizing over lost B400,000

PHUKET: -- Mueang Phuket Police were alerted this morning that a maid had found the body of a suspected suicide victim, hanged on an apartment stairwell in Rassada.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/838252-phuket-woman-36-found-hanged-with-suicide-letter-apologizing-over-lost-b400000/

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Five tourists killed and over 50 injured in tram accident at Khon Kaen zoo

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KHON KAEN: -- Five tourists were killed and over 50 others injured on Sunday when a tram carrying about 30 tourists on a sight-seeing tour at an open zoo in Khon Kean crashed into another tram as it was descending from a hill after developing a mechanical problem.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/838139-4-dead-30-injured-in-tram-accident-at-khon-kaen-zoo/#entry9587595

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MRTA board decides not to dismantle Ratchayothin flyover

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BANGKOK: -- The board of the Metropolitan Rapid Transit Authority has decided not to dismantle the Ratchayothin flyover in response to public concern that the dismantling of the flyover will cause traffic nightmare in and around the area thus affecting a lot of people.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/838253-mrta-board-decides-not-to-dismantle-ratchayothin-flyover/

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Father faces deportation to Thailand after 27 years in Britain for two 'stupid crimes'
CAHAL MILMO

PRESTON: -- As a young boy, Jalin Beaksantia would often be left to sleep in his mother’s car parked on the driveway of a Thai restaurant in Preston while she worked inside.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/838255-father-faces-deportation-to-thailand-after-27-years-in-britain-for-two-stupid-crimes/

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Thailand's love-hate relationship with Chinese tourists

BANGKOK: -- Accused of urinating in public, spitting on the street, or kicking a sacred temple bell – free-spending Chinese tourists are receiving a mixed welcome as their soaring numbers help the kingdom’s creaking economy.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/838256-thailands-love-hate-relationship-with-chinese-tourists/

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Little difference in death rates of health scheme users: NHSO
PRATCH RUJIVANAROM
THE NATION

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Dr Athaporn Limpanyalerd

BANGKOK: -- THE NATIONAL Health Security Office has confirmed there is not an unusually high death rate among Universal Coverage (UC) scheme beneficiaries and no big difference in the death rate between UC and Civil Servant Medical Benefit Scheme (CSMBS) beneficiaries.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/838260-little-difference-in-death-rates-of-thai-health-scheme-users-nhso/

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Singapore was Myanmar's top foreign investor in 2014: DPM


Singapore was Myanmar's top overseas investor in 2014, accounting for more than half of the over US$8 billion in total inflow, which had doubled from US$4 billion in 2013.



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Greece enters uncharted territory after referendum 'no' vote
By ELENA BECATOROS and DEMETRIS NELLAS

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece lurched into uncharted territory and an uncertain future in Europe's common currency Sunday after voters overwhelmingly rejected demands by international creditors for more austerity measures in exchange for a bailout of its bankrupt economy.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/838262-greece-enters-uncharted-territory-after-referendum-no-vote/

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7/7 spurred tough anti-terror measures some say went too far
By JILL LAWLESS

LONDON (AP) — After four home-grown suicide bombers killed 52 London commuters on July 7, 2005, Prime Minister Tony Blair vowed that Britain would stop at nothing to defeat terrorism. "Let no one be in any doubt," he said. "The rules of the game are changing."

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/838263-uk-77-spurred-tough-anti-terror-measures-some-say-went-too-far/

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Pope Francis on home turf urges defense of poor and planet
By NICOLE WINFIELD and FRANK BAJAK

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Latin America's first pope returned to Spanish-speaking South America for the first time Sunday, stressing the need to protect the poor and the environment from exploitation and to foster dialogue among all sectors of society.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/838264-pope-francis-on-home-turf-urges-defense-of-poor-and-planet/

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US-led coalition unleashes wave of airstrikes on Raqqa
ZEINA KARAM, Associated Press

BEIRUT (AP) — U.S.-led coalition aircraft unleashed a wave of airstrikes targeting the Islamic State group's stronghold of Raqqa in eastern Syria in what the coalition said Sunday was one of its most sustained aerial operations carried out in Syria to date.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/838266-islamic-state-crisis-us-led-coalition-unleashes-wave-of-airstrikes-on-raqqa/

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NLA to deliberate amendment to Civil Procedure Code on Thursday

BANGKOK, 6 July 2015 (NNT) – Members of the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) are to convene on Thursday to deliberate the draft of the amended Civil Procedure Code.


NLA President Pornpetch Wichitcholchai has ordered NLA members to convene at 10 am on Thursday for the 42nd meeting of the NLA in 2015. The main agenda of the meeting will be the deliberation of the Civil Procedure Code's draft amendment dealing with the selling of condominium units and housing estate plots. The amendment was proposed by the Cabinet.

The legislators will also go over reports on the performance of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission and the proposed improvement of local administrative organizations' budget management efficiency. They will also consider extending the time allotted to the NLA committee studying urban planning and use of space, as well as the time allotted for the deliberation of a draft amendment to the Civil Procedure Code dealing with case transfers to the Civil Court and service of pleadings.

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