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Gas station altercation suspect charged and fined

Winai Sarot

 

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Tah Chat Chai Police Superintendent Col Prawit Suttiruengarunt with Mr Usaman (left) and Mr Pariwat. Photo: Winai Sarot

 

PHUKET: The driver who assaulted a gas station employee in Tah Chat Chai on Thursday was charged for the altercation yesterday afternoon.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/953285-gas-station-altercation-suspect-charged-and-fined/

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The week that was in Thailand news: Big Brother is watching you – but is it so bad after all?

 

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For many of us in school in the seventies, the set text of George Orwell’s stark image of “1984” with its surveillance and central control of the people seemed a century away, not a decade. We were young and hopeful, but with the passing years we have seen every corner of our cities under the watchful eye of some camera or another.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/953318-the-week-that-was-in-thailand-news-big-brother-is-watching-you-–-but-is-it-so-bad-after-all/

 

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Phuket business consortium vows Singapore-style bus network within five years

Supatra Sutham

 

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PHUKET: A consortium of 25 investors, driven by key people from prominent Phuket business families, are spending B100 million to design a public transportation system for Phuket. The group have already contracted a feasibility study into the mass-transit system, which will include a bus network, and say they hope to see it under development as early as next year.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/953347-phuket-business-consortium-vows-singapore-style-bus-network-within-five-years/

 

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Phuket U-turn flyover project must proceed, say officials

The Phuket News

 

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Vice Governor Snith Sriwihok. Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: Phuket officials have confirmed that the planned U-turn flyover project on the 402 Makprok-Phuket route must proceed, if cancelled legal action could be taken because contracts have already been signed.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/953348-phuket-u-turn-flyover-project-must-proceed-say-officials/

 

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Sick people told to avoid Sanam Luang

By Sakda Sameorpop 
The Nation

 

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People wait in long lines outside the Grand Palace at Sanam Lung for their turn to pay respects to late His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej Saturday.

 

BANGKOK:-- Sick people have been advised to stay away from the royal funeral until well – for their benefit and potentially to prevent diseases being spread.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/953349-sick-people-told-to-avoid-sanam-luang/

 

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THAI to miss its revenue target for this year

By SUCHAT SRITAMA 
THE SUNDAY NATION

 

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File photo: THAI president Charamporn Jotikasthira

 

NATIONAL FLAG carrier Thai Airways International has admitted that it may be unable to achieve this year’s revenue target of Bt180 billion due to tough global competition and airline’s uncompleted management plans.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/953351-thai-to-miss-its-revenue-target-for-this-year/

 

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DHL gives back to community with tree-planting initiative

By SUCHAT SRITAMA 
THE NATION

 

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Caption: Four hundred workers from DHL Express, DHL Supply Chain, DHL Global Forwarding, and DHL e-Commerce in Thailand recently planted trees in Chon Buri province as part of the logistic giant’s GoGreen project to help the community. — Photo DHL

 

CHANANYARAK Phetcharat, managing director of DHL Express Thailand, says protecting and preserving the environment is the company’s “core strategic priority” – a fact that is evident across all its operations.

 

Full story:  http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/953352-dhl-gives-back-to-community-with-tree-planting-initiative/

 

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Massive canals project to be explained

By KNITA SITHONG, 
PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE SUNDAY NATION

 

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Thale Noi wetland in Phattalung, which environmentalists fear would be affected by Klong Thai Canals project.

 

THE committee studying the feasibility of the Klong Thai Canals project launched a campaign yesterday to inform people in five affected provinces about the benefits of a new navigation canal, which would cut through the Malay Peninsula and reduce the existing shipping route through the Malacca Strait by 700 kilometres.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/953353-massive-canals-project-to-be-explained/

 

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Brighton College Bangkok set to add Prep and Senior levels

By THANAPAT THONGPAIWAN 
THE SUNDAY NATION

 

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First year PrePrep School students (23 years old) learn how to cook through cookinglike simulation following Brighton International College Bangkok's will to promote learning through playing improving the pupils both physically and mentally.

 

AFTER the successful launch of its pre-prep classes this year, the Brighton College Bangkok is now planning to expand its educational services to the Prep and Senior levels by September next year.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/953354-brighton-college-bangkok-set-to-add-prep-and-senior-levels/

 

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PM not looking for faults in ministry officials: govt

By The Sunday Nation

 

The prime minister has no intention of trying to find faults in state officials when making visits to ministries on short notice, government spokesman Lt-General Sansern Kaewmkamnerd said yesterday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/953356-pm-not-looking-for-faults-in-ministry-officials-govt/

 

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PACC sets up panels to probe 515 rice-scheme cases

By The Sunday Nation

 

The Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) has appointed sub-committees to investigate 515 cases, out of nearly 1,000, in relation to alleged irregularities stemming from the previous government’s rice pledging scheme.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/953358-pacc-sets-up-panels-to-probe-515-rice-scheme-cases/

 

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Thai Sutijet and Teenage Phachara in Hunt for Maiden Asian Tour Win.

By The Naion and Agencies

 

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Sutijet Kooratanapisan

 

Cool and calm Sutijet Kooratanapisan moved closer towards his breakthrough on the Asian Tour after carding a three-under-par 69 to lead teenage prodigy Phachara Khongwatmai by two strokes at the US$1 million Resorts World Manila Masters on Saturday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/953359-thai-sutijet-and-teenage-phachara-in-hunt-for-maiden-asian-tour-win/

 

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Five arrested for allegedly felling century-old Rosewood tree in Angkor park

 

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Two senior officials of the Apsara Authority and three contractors were arrested on Thursday for alleged involvement in the felling of a century-old Rosewood tree at the Angkor archaeological park, The Phnom Penh Post Online reported on Friday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/953362-five-arrested-for-allegedly-felling-century-old-rosewood-tree-in-angkor-park/

 

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Ireland tops WCup qualifying group after win in Austria 

The Associated Press

 

Ireland seized control of its World Cup qualifying group on Saturday, beating Austria 1-0 away then seeing rivals Wales and Serbia share the points after a dramatic end to their 1-1 draw in Cardiff.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/953366-ireland-tops-wcup-qualifying-group-after-win-in-austria/

 

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Spain & Italy win to stay tied atop WCup qualifying group 

JOSEPH WILSON, Associated Press

 

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — After missing out on the European Championship, forwards Victor "Vitolo" Machin and Andrea Belotti helped Spain and Italy move one step closer to World Cup qualification by leading their team's comfortable wins on Saturday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/953368-spain-italy-win-to-stay-tied-atop-wcup-qualifying-group/

 

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Brozovic scores 2 as Croatia beats Iceland in empty stadium

 

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia didn't have any fans in its national stadium, but it didn't need their support as two Marcelo Brozovic goals brought a 2-0 win over Iceland, opening up a two-point lead at the top of European Group I in World Cup qualifying on Saturday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/953369-brozovic-scores-2-as-croatia-beats-iceland-in-empty-stadium/

 

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Kindergarten teacher assaulted my three year old and locked her in a toilet, claims Pattaya mum

 

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A mother in Pattaya has complained to police that the head of a kindergarten in the resort badly bruised her three year old daughter then locked her in a toilet.
 
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