THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Wednesday 17 May 2017

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Foreigners to be allowed to set up universities in Special Economic Zones
By The Nation

 

Credit : http://www.taksez.com/

 

BANGKOK: -- Thailand is planning to allow foreigners to set up universities in Special Economic Zones in an effort to address skill shortages.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983566-foreigners-to-be-allowed-to-set-up-universities-in-special-economic-zones/

 

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Public Health Ministry reaches out to skeptical nurses

By The Nation

 

Public Health Ministry’s permanent secretary Dr Sopon Mekthon

 

Public Health Ministry’s permanent secretary Dr Sopon Mekthon had a video conference call with nurses at state hospitals across the country on Wednesday to assure them about the government’s plan to enhance their hiring status and welfare.

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983568-public-health-ministry-reaches-out-to-skeptical-nurses/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

National Theatre bomb blast called ‘accident’ as part of strategy : City police chief

 

Pol Lt General Sanit Mahatavorn said on Wednesday that he wanted to strategically mislead the culprits when he initially described a bomb blast at the National Theatre as an accident involving a falling sign.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983589-national-theatre-bomb-blast-called-‘accident’-as-part-of-strategy-city-police-chief/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

PM upset with nurses’ objection to government’s employment plan

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha hit back at the Federation of Nursing Profession and some nurses for rejecting the government’s plan to upgrade the status of nurses to that of civil servants within three years.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983592-pm-upset-with-nurses’-objection-to-government’s-employment-plan/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Cabbie returns THB100,000 to tourist, turns out money was for cancer treatment

 

A Suvarnabhumi taxi driver returned cash worth nearly THB100,000 to a tourist from Myanmar on Monday, who later revealed the money was for his wife’s cancer treatment.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983590-cabbie-returns-thb100000-to-tourist-turns-out-money-was-for-cancer-treatment/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Three injured as ceiling collapses at Central Pinklao mall

 

Three people were slightly injured when a section of ceiling on the fifth floor of Central Pinklao mall in Bangkok fell on them on Wednesday afternoon, police said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983591-three-injured-as-ceiling-collapses-at-central-pinklao-mall/

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Phuket Police charge British boyfriend for death of Sophie Anderson

 

 

PHUKET: British national Danny Glass from Margate in Kent, England, has been charged with reckless driving causing the death of his long-term partner, British mum Sophie Emma Rose Anderson.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983593-phuket-police-charge-british-boyfriend-for-death-of-sophie-anderson/

 

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Srivara confirm explosion at National Theatre was bomb

 

THE deputy national police chief on Wednesday confirmed that the incident in front of the National Theatre on Monday was an explosion caused by a bomb.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/983599-srivara-confirm-explosion-at-national-theatre-was-bomb/

 

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