THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Thursday 1 Sep 2016

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Death threat as demolition at Phu Tab Berk resorts continues today

 

 

PHETCHABUN: -- Phetchabun governor Mr Bundit Thaveetivarak said today that he and the chief of the Forestry Resources Management Office 4 were threatened with life if they didn't stop the demolition of resorts in Phu Tab Berk mountain.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/940734-death-threat-as-demolition-at-phu-tab-berk-resorts-continues/

 

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CDC sends charter draft to Constitution Court for third time

The Nation 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Constitution Drafting Commission Thursday sent the charter draft to Constitutional Court for the third time after the court sent it back to the CDC on technical errors in the submission process.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/940735-cdc-sends-charter-draft-to-constitution-court-for-third-time/

 

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Cremation of land-deed suspect indefinitely postponed

The Nation 

 

BANGKOK: -- A brother of a suspect in an illegal land-deed registration case said the cremation of the suspect’s body will be indefinitely postponed pending autopsy’s result.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/940634-ruptured-liver-led-to-death-of-land-deed-suspect/?do=findComment&comment=11106368

 

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25m tourists expected in first nine months

The Nation 

 

BANGKOK: -- Thailand will have welcomed 24.94 million international visitors during January to September, the Tourism Authority of Thailand forecasts.

 

Full story:  http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/940746-25m-tourists-expected-in-first-nine-months/

 

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Sister City proposes more direct flights from China to Phuket

The Phuket News

 

Phuket Governor Chamroen Tipayapongtada (left) and Hainan Vice Governor Lu Junhua. Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: -- Direct flights and marine and medical tourism were the main topics of discussion when representatives from the southernmost Chinese province, and Phuket’s Sister City, Hainan, met with the Phuket Governor at Provincial Hall yesterday (Aug 31).

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/940749-sister-city-proposes-more-direct-flights-from-china-to-phuket/

 

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Bangkok drivers wasting 97 million baht daily on gas burned while stuck in traffic

By Coconuts Bangko

 

Photo: Wikipedia

 

BANGKOK: -- Traffic in Bangkok is a total nightmare, but it was still surprising to find out that traffic jams in Bangkok waste about THB97 million worth of fuel a day on average. That’s THB35 billion a year, according to the chairman of a National Reform Steering Assembly sub-panel.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/940752-bangkok-drivers-wasting-97-million-baht-daily-on-gas-burned-while-stuck-in-traffic/

 

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Thailand attracts huge Chinese investment

The Nation

 

Industry Minister Atchaka Sribunruang, right, welcomes the representative of a delegation from Jiangsu.

 

BANGKOK: -- Thailand has attracted huge investment from China, with the value of investment projects submitted for tax privileges in the first seven months hitting Bt21.46 billion.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/940755-thailand-attracts-huge-chinese-investment/

 

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NLA passes new loan bill that makes overcharging interest rate an offence

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The National Legislative Assembly on Thursday unanimously approved in principle a bill banning creditors from overcharging interest rate on their debtors beyond the limits permissible by law.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/940756-nla-passes-new-loan-bill-that-makes-overcharging-interest-rate-an-offence/

 

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Google could be about to make some major changes to its Nexus smartphones

 

 

Google is about to overhaul its Nexus range of smartphones and could also give Android a major makeover too.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/google-could-be-about-to-make-some-major-changes-to-its-nexus-smartphones/17199/

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Nap attack! Chiang Mai cops don’t like artist copping a snooze at tourist attractions

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

All photos: Norapat Kammart

 

On Tuesday, Chiang Mai artist Norapat Kammart posted a photo of himself on Facebook.  In it, he was sleeping cozily with a pillow and blanket — in a busy crosswalk at a red light in front of loads of cars.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/940776-nap-attack-chiang-mai-cops-don’t-like-artist-copping-a-snooze-at-tourist-attractions/

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Central to build three more malls in Thailand, upgrade six existing malls

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

CentralWorld shopping mall. Photo: Pok/ Flickr

 

Mega mall company Central Pattana (CPN) has announced that the company is building three more Central shopping malls across Thailand and renovating four malls in Bangkok — including CentralWorld.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/940777-central-to-build-three-more-malls-in-thailand-upgrade-six-existing-malls/

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“Unbreakable” – Hua Hin Defiant With High Visitor Numbers

 

 

Business owners, hotels and attractions are reporting that visitor numbers remain high in Hua Hin
as life returns to normal after the recent incidents on August 11th – 12th.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/940779-“unbreakable”-–-hua-hin-defiant-with-high-visitor-numbers/

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Hua Hin Police Maintaining Hua Hin as a ‘Safe Haven’

 

 

Last month Hua-Hin Today had the opportunity to meet with Police Major General Kasana Jamsawang, Commander of the Prachuap Khiri Khan Provincial Police and Colonel Sittichai Srisopacharoenrat, the Superintendent of the Hua Hin Police.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/940782-hua-hin-police-maintaining-hua-hin-as-a-‘safe-haven’/

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Hua Hin High-speed Rail Put on Fast Track

 

 

Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak has sped up the construction of four high-speed railways, pushed for
property development along their routes and pointed at the Bangkok-Rayong railroad as the pilot project.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/940785-hua-hin-high-speed-rail-put-on-fast-track

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Phetchaburi gets its own immigration office

 

 

In recent weeks, there has been a portable office alongside the main Prachuap Khiri Khan Immigration office declaring itself as “Phetchaburi Immigration”.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/940786-phetchaburi-gets-its-own-immigration-office/

 

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Bogus 'ISIS' bomb threat fails to stop demolition of encroaching resorts

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Interior department officers watch over the site where an illegally built structure is being demolished Thursday in Phetchabun province.

 

PHETCHABUN — Two officials on a mission to demolish resorts built on public land in Phetchabun province said an anonymous caller Thursday threatened that they would be attacked by the Islamic State if they did not cease operations.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/940801-bogus-isis-bomb-threat-fails-to-stop-demolition-of-encroaching-resorts/

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Institute denies it sought free train trip for students

The Nation

 

King Prachadipok’s Institute on Thursday reiterated that it intended to pay for renting carriages from the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) for its students to go on field trips in Kanchanaburi province.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/940802-institute-denies-it-sought-free-train-trip-for-students/

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Hospital contradicts DSI 'suicide' explanation for suspect's death in custody

By Sasiwan Mokkhasen, Staff Reporter

 

The detention room at DSI headquarters on Bangkok’s Chaeng Watthana Road where the agency claimed Thawatchai Anukul hanged himself early Tuesday.

 

BANGKOK — The DSI is trying to explain how an official accused of illegally issuing hundreds of land deeds in the south died in its custody after its explanation — suicide — was challenged by an autopsy.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/940803-hospital-contradicts-dsi-suicide-explanation-for-suspects-death-in-custody/

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Hospital director dismisses possibility that CPR may cause abdominal bleeding or liver rupturing

 

 

Mongkut Wattana hospital director Dr Rienthong Naenna has insisted that the performance of CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) on former Phang-nga land official Thawatchai Anukul by an emergency medical team did not cause abdominal bleeding and ruptured liver in the patient.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/940803-hospital-contradicts-dsi-suicide-explanation-for-suspects-death-in-custody/?do=findComment&comment=11107361

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Sam Kong Underpass works bring blackout

The Phuket News

 

The blackout will allow workers to more and reorganise electrical cables at the Sam kong Underpass site. Photo: Tanyaluk Sakoot
 

PHUKET:-- The Phuket Provincial Electricity Authority (PPEA) has announced that electricity supply along the bypass road near the Sam Kong Underpass will be shut off from 9am-5pm on Friday as workers remove and rearrange power lines.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/940805-sam-kong-underpass-works-bring-blackout/

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Kiwi's fatal balcony fall near Khaosan Road ruled accidental

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Photo: Chillax Resort

 

BANGKOK — Police said today that a foreign national who plunged to his death from a hotel near Khaosan Road on Monday fell trying to climb between balconies.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/940806-kiwis-fatal-balcony-fall-near-khaosan-road-ruled-accidental/

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PEA holds bomb drill in Patong

Chutharat Plerin

 

 

PHUKET:-- Emergency services rolled into action at the Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) office in Patong in a simulated bomb incident yesterday. 

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/940807-pea-holds-bomb-drill-in-patong/

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Darasamuth Underpass southbound lane closed

Chutharat Plerin

 

 

PHUKET:-- The southbound lanes of the Darasamuth Underpass have been temporarily closed and the traffic light system shut down. 

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/940809-darasamuth-underpass-southbound-lane-closed/

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