THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Wednesday 30 Nov 2016

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Pattaya - Hua Hin ferry could be a dead duck even before it starts as local authority warns of damaged pier

 

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Local authorities in Pattaya think that the much hyped plans for a boat service to Hua Hin could be a dead duck even before the first service starts.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956134-pattaya-hua-hin-ferry-could-be-a-dead-duck-even-before-it-starts-as-local-authority-warns-of-damaged-pier/ 

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Hua Hin Bike Week to feature 5,000 big bikes this weekend

 

 

Big bikes ridden by both Thais and foreigners will converge on Hua Hin this weekend for the 11th Hua Hin Bike Week.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956146-hua-hin-bike-week-to-feature-5000-big-bikes-this-weekend/

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Top policeman denies involvement in controversial Chiang Mai bar

 

 

A top Chiang Mai policeman has denied he is involved in the bar at the center of the beating of a general's son on Friday.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956144-top-policeman-denies-involvement-in-controversial-chiang-mai-bar/

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Queen discharged from Chulalongkorn hospital and returns to Chitralada Palace

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Her Majesty the Queen has returned to the Chitralada Palace from Chulalongkorn hospital on Tuesday after doctors have declared that her condition has improved substantially and returned to almost normal following treatment of lung inflammation.

 

According to fifth statement from the Bureau of the Royal Household, HM the Queen does not have any fever, is fully alert, can walk and eat well with only slight coughing following medical treatment at the hospital.

 

Blood and imaging tests show that the Queen’s lung inflammation has returned to almost normal and doctors who performed the treatment advised that she could return to Chitralada Palace for recuperation.

 

HM the Queen was admitted to Chulalongkorn hospital on November 16.

 

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/queen-discharged-from-chulalongkorn-hospital-and-returns-to-chitralada-palace/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2016-11-30

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PM appeals for chance for authorities to perform their duties

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha on Tuesday appealed to government critics and members of the public to give a chance for authorities to do their job and to allow judicial process to run its course before making the criticism.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956162-pm-appeals-for-chance-for-authorities-to-perform-their-duties/

 

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PM says Thais have been living with monarchical institution throughout their lives

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha said on Tuesday that the Thai people need not have to prepare themselves for the accession to the throne of the new King because most of them have been living with the monarchical institution throughout their lives.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956163-pm-says-thais-have-been-living-with-monarchical-institution-throughout-their-lives/

 

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Cabinet endorses five new ambassadors

 

BANGKOK: -- The cabinet on Tuesday endorsed the appointment of five ambassadors as recommended by the Foreign Ministry.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956164-thai-cabinet-endorses-five-new-ambassadors/

 

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Guns N’ Roses concert in Bangkok on February 28

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Gun N’Roses rock band will play at the SCG Stadium in Bangkok on February 28 next year as part of its “Not in This Lifetime tour” world tour.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956165-guns-n’-roses-concert-in-bangkok-on-february-28/

 

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Dr Wisanu dismisses white clothing rumour

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Deputy Prime Minister Wisanu Krea-ngarm has dismissed as groundless a widely-circulated rumour that government officials had been told to replace their black clothing to white to welcome the new King.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956163-pm-says-thais-have-been-living-with-monarchical-institution-throughout-their-lives/?do=findComment&comment=11380617

 

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Court issues warrants for the arrest of Marlin Sky pub owner and three other suspects

 

 

CHIANG MAI: -- Chiang Mai provincial court has issued warrants for the arrest of four suspects allegedly involved in the assault of the son of an army general in Chiang Mai as requested by the police.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956144-top-policeman-denies-involvement-in-controversial-chiang-mai-bar/?do=findComment&comment=11380622

 

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Ratchayothin bridge to close for another week

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Ratchayothin flyover bridge will be closed for another week as of 10 pm Tuesday night until December 6 for traffic condition assessment before the demolition of the bridge.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956166-ratchayothin-bridge-to-close-for-another-week/

 

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Brain-storming session to solve garbage problem on Koh Samui

 

 

KOH SAMUI: -- Thai PBS, in cooperation with Koh Samui municipal, Tourism Authority of Thailand, hotels, schools and other stakeholders held a round-table discussion on the resort island to mobilize opinions on how to tackle garbage disposal problem.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956167-brain-storming-session-to-solve-garbage-problem-on-koh-samui/

 

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Deputy premier outlines Thai tourism regulations to Chinese tour companies

 

CHENGDU, 30 November 2016 (NNT) – Deputy Prime Minister Tanasak Patimapragon outlined Thailand’s tourism regulations to tour operators based in China's Chengdu city. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956168-deputy-premier-outlines-thai-tourism-regulations-to-chinese-tour-companies/

 

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Settling East Sea disputes by legal and peaceful means

 

HANOI, 30 November 2016 (VOV) - The eighth International Conference on the East Sea, internationally called the South China Sea, concluded in the central coastal city of Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa province on November 15. 

 

Full story:  http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956169-settling-east-sea-disputes-by-legal-and-peaceful-means/

 

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Richest 1 percent of Thais own 58 percent of country’s wealth

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

Photo: seua_yai/Flickr

 

BANGKOK: -- Credit Suisse’s Global Wealth Report 2016 has just broken down which countries in the world have the most unequal distribution of wealth.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956170-richest-1-percent-of-thais-own-58-percent-of-country’s-wealth/

 

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Against All Odds, Keeree Kanjanapas Built Bangkok's Mass Transit Systems

BY RON GLUCKMAN

 

BANGKOK: -- Subways can be transformational, not only for cities, but also for those who build them. That’s been the case in Bangkok, where the elevated Skytrain has helped transform the Thai capital from a city of gridlock to a modern metropolis of gleaming high-rises.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956171-against-all-odds-keeree-kanjanapas-built-bangkoks-mass-transit-systems/

 

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Chiang Rai Airport Welcomes First Flight from HK Express

 

CHIANG RAI – HK Express continues to expand its Hong Kong network, on 25 November the LCC added Chiang Rai, its third destination in Thailand.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956172-chiang-rai-airport-welcomes-first-flight-from-hk-express/

 

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Jenphop Faces Fresh Lawsuit Over Fatal Crash

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter -

 

Jenphop Viraporn and his mother leave the court on Monday in Ayutthaya province.

 

AYUTTHAYA — Legal troubles are piling up for millionaire Jenphop Viraporn, who on top of a vehicular manslaughter trial for killing two graduate students eight months ago, now faces a civil suit for refusing to pay damages for the car he wrecked.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956076-benz-driver-”jenphop-in-court-admits-only-to-negligent-driving/?page=3#comment-11380664

 

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Thai whiz kids nab six prizes at World Robot Olympiad 2016 held in India
By SUTHINAN KONGSIN 
THE NATION

 

 

THAI WHIZ KIDS snatched six awards at the World Robot Olympiad 2016.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956174-thai-whiz-kids-nab-six-prizes-at-world-robot-olympiad-2016-held-in-india/

 

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Buddhist leaders asked to help track down fugitive abbot Dhammachayo
By THE NATION

 

Dhammachayo

 

BANGKOK: -- THE DEPARTMENT of Special Investigation (DSI) has written to senior Buddhist figures asking for their help in tracking down Phra Dhammachayo, the fugitive abbot of Wat Dhammakaya in Pathum Thani province.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956175-buddhist-leaders-asked-to-help-track-down-fugitive-abbot-dhammachayo/

 

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PM pushes 20-year national strategy
By Wasamon Audjarint 
Khanittha Theppajorn 
The Nation

 

 

Meeting of cabinet, ncpo and cdc sets agenda for junta’s new framework

 

BANGKOK: -- The three most powerful political bodies in Thailand met yesterday before the regular weekly Cabinet meeting to discuss the planned 20-year national strategy.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956176-pm-prayut-pushes-20-year-national-strategy/

 

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Healthcare experts urge use of condoms to prevent HIV
By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION 

 

 

New infection rates still dropping, but homosexuals and teenagers still at risk

 

BANGKOK: -- CONDOMS ARE essential to prevent the spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), experts said, as the latest studies show that the infection rate is still high among men who have sex with men (MSM) and teenagers due to unsafe sex. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956178-thai-healthcare-experts-urge-use-of-condoms-to-prevent-hiv/

 

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Thailand vows Asean common fishing policy 
By PETCHANET PRATRUANGKRAI 
THE NATION 
SEOUL 

 

Thai Agriculture Minister Chatchai Sarikulya speeched at the Asia Regional Conference on Building Ocean Health: Sharing experience to move towards sustainable fisheries management meeting held in Seoul, the South Korea Nov 29-30.

 

THAILAND has vowed to work for the region as a whole in taking the lead in the formation of an Asean common fisheries policy, in order to solve the problem of illegal fishing and promote sustainable fishery management.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956181-thailand-vows-asean-common-fishing-policy /

 

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Turkey: Fire at schoolgirls’ dormitory kills 12

 

 

ALDAG: -- A fire at a dormitory for schoolgirls in southern Turkey on Tuesday left twelve people dead, eleven of them teenagers.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956183-turkey-fire-at-schoolgirls’-dormitory-kills-12/

 

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Greece debt relief deal ‘doable’ by year’s end says EU’s Moscovici

 

 

ATHENS: -- On a rainy day in Athens, it was a message to warm the heart of the Greek government.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956185-greece-debt-relief-deal-‘doable’-by-year’s-end-says-eu’s-moscovici/

 

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Fatah re-elects Mahmoud Abbas

Catherine Hardy

 

 

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has opened the first congress of his Fatah party for seven years.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956186-fatah-re-elects-mahmoud-abbas/

 

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Can ‘Trump effect’ fuel far-right presidential win in Austria?

 

 

VIENNA: -- Taking hope from Donald Trump’s US election triumph, Austria’s far-right presidential candidate Norbert Hofer is eager to surf a tide of anti-establishment populism sweeping the West and win this Sunday’s re-run election.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956187-can-‘trump-effect’-fuel-far-right-presidential-win-in-austria/

 

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Chernobyl ‘protected for a century’ by new Confinement Arch

 

 

CHERNOBYL: -- There were celebrations at Chernobyl on Tuesday because a feat of engineering has emerged from the ashes of its nuclear disaster.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956188-chernobyl-‘protected-for-a-century’-by-new-confinement-arch/

 

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At least 71 killed as plane carrying Brazilian football club crashes in Colombia

 

 

BOGOTA: -- A chartered plane carrying Brazilian football team Chapecoense to the Copa Sudamericana final crashed in the Colombian mountains, killing at least 71 of the 77 people on board.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956082-plane-carrying-footballers-from-brazil-crashes-in-colombia/?do=findComment&comment=11380797

 

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Trump taps 'Obamacare' foe, champion of privatizing Medicare

By STEVE PEOPLES and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Reaching deep into conservative territory, President-elect Donald Trump chose Georgia Rep. Tom Price to oversee the nation's health care system on Tuesday, picking a fierce "Obamacare" critic who also has championed efforts to privatize Medicare. Trump selected another veteran Republican, Elaine Chao, to lead the Department of Transportation.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956191-trump-taps-obamacare-foe-champion-of-privatizing-medicare/