Thailand Live Monday 11 Jan 2016

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King had fever for the past two weeks but fever has now eased



BANGKOK: -- His Majesty the King had fever occasionally during the past two weeks with more saliva and phlegm although his pulse and blood pressure remain normal, said the Bureau of Royal Household in its 19th statement.

The statement said that HM the King had fast breathing and oxygen level in blood was occasionally below normal. X-ray tests showed inflammation of the lower section of the lung and inflammation of the right knee. Blood test showed inflammation.

Doctors administered anti-bioltics intravenously and medicine to dissolve phlegm as well as oxygen.

The statement said that latest X-ray of the chest did not show any sign of inflammation although inflammation of the knee has eased.

On January 5, doctors asked HM the King for computerized X-ray test which showed minor inflammation of the left lung. Anti-biotics and oxygen were administered.

HM the King’s fever has eased although breathing is slightly faster than normal while pulse and blood pressure remain normal, said the statement.



Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/king-had-fever-for-the-past-two-weeks-but-fever-has-now-eased


-- Thai PBS 2016-01-11

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DPM visits northeastern provinces



NAKHON RATCHASIMA, 11 January 2016 (NNT) – The Deputy Prime Minister has visited provinces in the lower-northeastern region on Sunday, addressing the government’s policies to government officials in the area.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/885462-dpm-visits-isaan-provinces/

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Ministry of Transport set to expand transportation routes throughout 2016

BANGKOK, 11 January 2016 (NNT) - The Ministry of Transport has set plans to continuously construct transportation routes in 2016. The construction of the Bang Yai – Kanchanaburi motorway is expected to begin in June this year.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/885465-thai-transport-min-set-to-expand-transportation-routes-throughout-2016/

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NLA's Wallop to propose MOU on child labor with neighboring countries

BANGKOK, 11 January 2016 (NNT) - A committee under the National Legislative Assembly is planning to propose the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding by Thailand and its neighbors to tackle the problem of child labor.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/885466-nlas-wallop-to-propose-mou-on-child-labor-with-neighboring-countries/

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Udon Thani Groundwater Resource Office: 14 wells dug in 5 provinces



UDON THANI, 11 January 2016 (NNT) – Udon Thani Provincial Office of Groundwater Resource Director Wittaya Meenisai has disclosed the progress of developing groundwater resource for agriculture in the drought-affected area for the fiscal year 2016.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/885467-udon-thani-groundwater-resource-office-14-wells-dug-in-5-provinces/

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SURVEY:

Do you believe that the economic outlook for Thailand is better than last year?

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/885104-survey-do-you-believe-that-the-economic-outlook-for-thailand-is-better-than-last-year/

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CDC spokesman confident draft charter will be ready this week

BANGKOK, 11 January 2016 (NNT) - A spokesman for the Constitution Drafting Commission is confident that the first draft of the new Constitution will be ready within the week.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/885468-thai-cdc-spokesman-confident-draft-charter-will-be-ready-this-week/

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NRSA's Wanchai supports setting up of peace promotion committee

BANGKOK, 11 January 2016 (NNT) - A prominent member of the National Reform Steering Assembly has expressed his support for the setting up of a committee to promote peace in society.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/885469-nrsas-wanchai-supports-setting-up-of-peace-promotion-committee/

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NRSA to host seminar to explain Thailand’s need for national strategies

BANGKOK, 11 January 2016 (NNT) - A National Reform Steering Assembly committee is set to organize a seminar to explain the need for national strategies and to hear more people’s opinions.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/885470-nrsa-to-host-seminar-to-explain-thailands-need-for-national-strategies/

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Birthday Boy Pattaya Taxi Driver offers free rides



PATTAYA: -- An East Pattaya Motorbike Taxi Driver caused a stir on Facebook over the weekend after he offered free rides to celebrate his Birthday. He posted in the popular Thai Facebook Group “We Love Pattaya” and we went in search of him on Saturday to find out more.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/885471-birthday-boy-pattaya-taxi-driver-offers-free-rides/

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Govt to give refugee cash aid to Jordan & Lebanon



BANGKOK, 11 January 2016 (NNT) – The government is preparing to give cash aid to Jordan and Lebanon for use in the refugee assistance program.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/885472-thai-govt-to-give-refugee-cash-aid-to-jordan-lebanon/

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Yala beefs up security, searching dorms & rented houses



YALA, 11 January 2016 (NNT) – Security personnel from various units have joined forces to strengthen the crime suppression campaign in target areas.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/885473-yala-beefs-up-security-searching-dorms-rented-houses/

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Trainings for SMEs in Special Economic Zones to take place

BANGKOK, 11 January 2015 (NNT) – The Department of Industrial Promotion (DIP) is set to provide competitiveness enhancement trainings to SME entrepreneurs in 12 Special Economic Zones, in hope of attracting more investment.

The Network of Engineering Services (NES) Chief Wasin Mahatnirankul has revealed the DIP will be providing competitiveness enhancement activities to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for the establishment of Special Economic Zones in Thailand.

The training, overseen by the NES, will encourage SME entrepreneurs to benefit from operating in the Special Economic Zones (SEZ) to enhance their organizations, as well as efficiently connecting with big scale industries from Thailand and foreign countries that may be investing in SEZ.

Registration to attendance is now open on the website www.gotoAEC.com from today to 27 January 2016. Attendance to the activity is free of charge.

The establishment of SEZ in Thailand is part of the economic strategy, spearheaded by the government, to encourage border trade and investment in border areas with great economic potential.


-- NNT 2016-01-11

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Maj-Gen Sansern says government has no money to subsidize rubber price



BANGKOK: -- The government does not have enough money to subsidize the price of rubber sheets at 50-60 baht/kg and wants southern rubber farmers to refrain from protesting to put pressure on the government, said government spokesman Maj-Gen Sansern Kaewkamnerd on Sunday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/885475-maj-gen-sansern-says-government-has-no-money-to-subsidize-rubber-price/

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Thailand Hostel Business Projected to Grow 10% in 2016
BY JACOB MASLOW



BANGKOK: -- Thailand’s hostel sector is expected to grow 10% in 2016 due to an increase in solo travelers from overseas. Deputy dean at College of Management at Mahidol University Burim Otakanon stated that there will be new developments in several of Thailand’s major tourist hubs in 2016.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/885476-thailand-hostel-business-projected-to-grow-10-in-2016/

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Patong police bust Turkish man with bag of 'ganja-looking' tea before apologizing, taking smiling pic
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Patong police bust Turkish man with bag of 'ganja-looking' tea before apologizing, taking smiling pic

PHUKET: -- Officers from Kathu Police Station were disappointed when it turned out that a 'bag of drugs' found on the person of a Turkish national at a Patong apartment, was nothing more than dried tea leaves.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/885478-phuket-police-bust-turkish-man-with-bag-of-ganja-looking-tea-before-apologizing/

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VIDEO: Reticulated python bites Chinese woman's nose at Phuket snake show
Darawan Naknakhon



PHUKET: -- A 29-year-old Chinese tourist is recovering at an undisclosed Phuket hotel after she was bitten on her nose by a reticulated python at a snake show tourism attraction in Chalong on the south of the island.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/885480-reticulated-python-bites-chinese-womans-nose-at-phuket-snake-show/

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Helmetless Phuket man, 36, dies from head injury after motorbike collision with car
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Helmetless Phuket man, 36, dies from head injury after motorbike collision with car

PHUKET: -- The EMS unit at Thalang Hospital was unable to save a 36-year-old man whose head was smashed in a motorbike collision with a speeding car this evening on the north of the island.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/885481-helmetless-phuket-man-36-dies-from-head-injury-after-motorbike-collision-with-car/

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Trump urged to apologise after Muslim ejected from campaign rally

Muslim woman ejected from rally

Rose Hamid staged silent protest

Trump supporters suggest it was a stunt

WASHINGTON: -- US Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump is being urged to apologise to a Muslim protester who was forcibly removed from one of his campaign rallies.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/885349-muslim-woman-thrown-out-of-trump-rally;-group-seeks-apology/page-4?p=10293485#entry10293485

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Lawyers for 'El Chapo' Guzman to resist his extradition to US



MEXICO CITY: -- The lawyer for Mexican drug lord Joaquin Guzman said he will resist extradition to the United States for his client.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/885483-lawyers-for-el-chapo-guzman-to-resist-his-extradition-to-us/

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Cologne: Police break up anti-immigration march



COLOGNE: -- Riot police in the German city of Cologne broke up a largely right-wing crowd protesting against the country’s so-called open door migration policy.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/885484-cologne-police-break-up-anti-immigration-march/

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Victims of Paris kosher market siege remembered

"As members of civil society, we will lead the fight against the radicalisation that influences young French men and women to commit vile acts like the ones that happened here a year ago."

PARIS: - Crowds attended a service outside a Paris kosher supermarket on Saturday (January 9) one year after four hostages and a French Islamist gunman were shot dead.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/885485-victims-of-paris-kosher-market-siege-remembered/

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Kosovo anti-government rally turns violent
By Keith Walker



KOSOVO: -- Crowds gathered in Kosovo to rally against an EU-brokered deal to give the country’s Serb minority greater local government powers.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/885486-kosovo-anti-government-rally-turns-violent/

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North Korea H-bomb test was to 'help keep the peace' says official



"This experiment it is to keep the peace in the Korean peninsula and to achieve security of the region in general."

CAIRO: -- A North Korean official said his country will continue to pursue its nuclear programme.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/885487-north-korea-h-bomb-test-was-to-help-keep-the-peace-says-official/

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Family in plea for rare blood to help gap year graduate fighting for her life in Thai hospital after moped crash

Lucy Hill, 21, is in desperate need of a blood transfusion but there is a lack of A negative blood in Thailand

CHIANG MAI: -- A graduate is fighting for her life in a Thai hospital after a horrific road accident just a week into her gap year.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/885488-british-family-in-plea-for-rare-blood-to-help-graduate-fighting-for-her-life-in-chiang-mai/

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Rolling Stone faces criticism over 'El Chapo' interview
By HILLEL ITALIE

NEW YORK (AP) — It was a big scoop, and one Rolling Stone may well regret.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/885492-rolling-stone-faces-criticism-over-el-chapo-interview/

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Powerball jackpot world's largest at $1.3 billion
By JOSH FUNK

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Disappointed you didn't win the Powerball jackpot this weekend? Don't be.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/885493-powerball-jackpot-worlds-largest-at-us13-billion/

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Cruz, Trump up in Iowa, but talk of 'takedown' effort fades
By STEVE PEOPLES

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Three weeks before Iowa kicks off the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are generating overwhelming enthusiasm among Republican voters in the state, along with concern, though not panic, among the party professionals who believe both are unelectable in November against the Democratic nominee.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/885494-cruz-trump-up-in-iowa-but-talk-of-takedown-effort-fades/

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Billionaire sailor Bob Oatley dead at 87

SYDNEY (AP) — Bob Oatley, an America's Cup Challenger of Record aspirant in 2014 and owner of eight-time Sydney to Hobart-winning yacht Wild Oats XI, has died. He was 87.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/885495-billionaire-sailor-bob-oatley-dead-at-87/

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Tourist hiker dead at Dyatlov Pass - another mystery death?

MOSCOW: -- An unidentified body has been discovered by tourist-hikers at the infamous Dyatlov pass in Sverdlovskaya region, according to local security officials. A group of nine tourists reportedly from Perm contacted emergency services overnight on Friday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/885496-tourist-hiker-dead-at-russias-dyatlov-pass-another-mystery-death/