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Thai Hajj Affairs Office holds meeting to prepare to accommodate Thai Hajj pilgrims

 

 

MECCA, 21 August (NNT) - The Thai Hajj Affairs Office has recently held meeting with the official responsible for Maktap, or the temporary accommodations for Hajj pilgrims at Mina field, before the pilgrims are scheduled to travel to Mina field next week. 

Mr. Banyat Yumyuang, Head of the Thai Hajj Affairs Office, chaired a meeting at the Thai Hajj Affairs Office, Mecca, Saudi Arabia, with the officer responsible for Maktap or a temporary accommodation for Hajj pilgrims at Mina field, Arafah, and Musdalifah. 

The meeting was an important preparation for the Thai pilgrims who will be arrive there next week. Under the service plan for Mina field, Arafah, and Musdalifah, many additional facilities will be provided to the Hajj pilgrims. 

The meeting also confirmed that the Saudi head of Maktap will also meet with the representatives of business operators related to the Hajj pilgrim in order to inform the Thai pilgrims on the code of conduct, and other specifics such as the date, time and location for their pilgrimage to Mina field, Arafah, and Musdalifah.

 

-- nnt 2017-08-21

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Yingluck verdict tipped to have lasting impact

By WASAMON AUDJARINT, 
JAKRAWAN SALAYTOO, 
WICHIT CHAITRONG 
THE NATION

 

 

Country braced for historic verdict against former PM.

BANGKOK: -- WHILE THE political scene after the upcoming court judgement in the case against former PM Yingluck Shinawatra may not be suddenly affected due to suppression by the junta, the verdict itself could be a reminder to future governments to not “cross the line”, say political figures and observers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998089-yingluck-verdict-tipped-to-have-lasting-impact/

 

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Farmers still need income support, says Kittiratt

By THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- KITTIRATT NA RANONG, former deputy premier and finance minister of the previous Yingluck government, yesterday told a Thammasat University seminar that he should have spent more time explaining the merits of the rice-pledging scheme while in office.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998090-farmers-still-need-income-support-says-kittiratt/

 

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Education minister puts focus on teacher training in overhaul of system

By THE NATION

 

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Teerakiat has been fierce critic of rigid bureaucracy and lack of strategy

BANGKOK: -- EDUCATION Minister Teerakiat Jareonsettasin has focused on “knowledge quality” of teachers and students as priorities in the ongoing education reform.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998091-education-minister-puts-focus-on-teacher-training-in-overhaul-of-system/

 

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Private sector pitches in to realise Thailand 4.0

By The Nation

 

Education Minister Teerakiat Jareonsettasin

 

BANGKOK: -- THE Ministry of Education has signed a memorandum of understanding with Big C Super Center Plc to conduct training activities for 5,000 vocational students in the four subjects of logistics, public relations, marketing and accounting throughout its 100 branches.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998092-private-sector-pitches-in-to-realise-thailand-40/

 

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ASEAN’s golden anniversary heralds a golden age for infrastructure

By Stuart Tait, Regional Head of Commercial Banking, Asia Pacific, HSBC 
Special to The Nation

Stuart Tait

 

ASEAN marks its 50th anniversary with its biggest economies pledging to double infrastructure investment to more than US$700 billion (Bt23.2 trillion) in a fiveyear span that could enhance trade, tourism and development and drive sustainable economic growth for decades to come.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998093-asean’s-golden-anniversary-heralds-a-golden-age-for-infrastructure/

 

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Suthasini, Padasak make Thailand proud
By The Nation 

Thailand’s Padasak Tanviriyavechakul and Suthasini Sawettabut in action yesterday.

 

Thailand won the SEA Games table tennis mixed doubles gold medal for the first time in 32 years when Suthasini Sawettabut and Padasak Tanviriyavechakul defeated Yu Mengyu and Pang Xuejie of Singapore 3-1 yesterday.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998094-suthasini-padasak-make-thailand-proud/

 

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Mystery deepens in disappearance of Si Sa Ket female official

By PONGPAT TRAIPIPAT 
THE NATION

 

 

SI SA KET: -- The disappearance last month of a female official from a local administration organisation in Si Sa Ket continues to capture the public’s attention amid serious doubts that she simply decided to quit her job, abandon her child, and cut all contact with her friends and family.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998095-mystery-deepens-in-disappearance-of-si-sa-ket-female-official/

 

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Nida poll reports high approval ratings for PM since 2014 coup

By THE NATION

 

Prayut

 

BANGKOK: -- THE MAJORITY of respondents in a Nida poll gave Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha a thumbs up for his administration’s performance over the past three years following the 2014 coup while Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan was named the most impressive Cabinet member in the same opinion survey.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998096-nida-poll-reports-high-approval-ratings-for-pm-since-2014-coup/

 

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Floods, construction projects top mobile Cabinet meeting agenda

By The Nation 

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha will lead a mobile Cabinet meeting in Nakhon Ratchasima on Monday and Tuesday with focus on long-term water management in the Northeastern region, rehabilitation schemes for flood victims as well as train and motorway construction projects.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998098-floods-construction-projects-top-mobile-cabinet-meeting-agenda/

 

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EDITORIAL

Govt must totally focus on education technology

By The Nation

 

Smartphone penetration can skyrocket soon, changing “schooling” forever

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998099-govt-must-totally-focus-on-education-technology/

 

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Tourism and Sports Ministry promotes tourism in lower Northeast

 

BANGKOK, 21 August 2017 (NNT) – The Minister of Tourism and Sports has visited lower northeastern areas to revive the region's civilization, linking the public's way of life across five provinces and accelerate income distribution to the local areas. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998100-tourism-and-sports-ministry-promotes-tourism-in-lower-isaan/

 

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More influenza cases expected during rainy season

By Thai PBS

 

 

BANGKOK: -- More than 67,000 people fell sick from influenza from Jan 1 until Aug 15 and, of these, 10 of them died, according to Dr Jesada Chokedamrongsook, director-general of Diseases Control Department.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998101-more-influenza-cases-expected-during-rainy-season/

 

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Police suspect stolen pick up trucks converted into car bombs in Pattani

By Thai PBS

 

 

PATTANI: -- Most of the six pickup trucks robbed by southern militaints from a used-car dealer’s shop in Na Thawi district of Songkhla on Aug 16 stopped about one hour in Tambon Tha Rua of Pattani’s Khok Pho district which was suspected to be the location where improvised bombs were fitted onto the vehicles, according to police investigators.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998102-police-suspect-stolen-pick-up-trucks-converted-into-car-bombs-in-pattani/

 

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240,000 ya ba pills seized in Mae Sai district following car chase

By Thai PBS

 

 

CHIANG RAI: -- Police seized a total of 240,000 methamphitamine pills after a hot pursuit against a drug smuggling gang in Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai province early Sunday morning (Aug 20).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998103-240000-ya-ba-pills-seized-in-mae-sai-district-following-car-chase/

 

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2 women left with serious injuries after smash with pick-up

By Online Admin -

 

  

PATTAYA: -- At around 3:30pm on August 20th, Pattaya police and emergency services were called to the scene of a serious accident involving a motorbike and a pick-up truck.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998104-2-women-left-with-serious-injuries-after-smash-with-pick-up-near-pattaya/

 

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Burmese man found dead in fishing lake

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PATTAYA: -- At around 12:30pm on August 20th, Pattaya’s emergency services were called to a local fishing lake, where a man had been found dead.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998105-burmese-man-found-dead-in-fishing-lake/

 

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Aussie tells how he contracted rare disease in Thailand

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SYDNEY: -- EVERY year thousands of Australians head to Thailand’s legendary Full Moon parties and there are lots of things they expect to come home with.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998106-aussie-gets-rare-disease-after-thai-full-moon-party/

 

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Jerry Lewis, king of low-brow comedy and charity fundraiser, dies at 91

By Steve Gorman

 

Cast member Jerry Lewis poses during a photocall for the film "Max Rose" at the 66th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes May 23, 2013. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Jerry Lewis, the high prince of low-brow comedy on stage and in movies as well as a fund-raising powerhouse with his annual Labor Day telethon, died on Sunday of "natural causes" at the age of 91, his family said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998108-jerry-lewis-king-of-low-brow-comedy-and-charity-fundraiser-dies-at-91/

 

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Barcelona attack suspect still sought as investigation expands to other countries

By Angus Berwick

 

A man sleeps by an impromptu memorial where a van crashed into pedestrians at Las Ramblas, in Barcelona, Spain, August 20, 2017. REUTERS/Susana Vera

 

BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) - Spanish police searched on Sunday for the man behind the wheel in the Barcelona van attack that killed 13 people, amid growing signs members of the militant group had connections elsewhere in Europe.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998109-barcelona-attack-suspect-still-sought-as-investigation-expands-to-other-countries/

 

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Thailand Live Gastronomy festival to boost culinary tourism in the Kingdom

Travel log 

 

Photo: Tourism Authority of Thailand

 

BANGKOK: -- The ‘Thailand Live Gastronomy’ festival is being organized as part of a strategy to put greater emphasis on Gastronomy Tourism, which is considered as an important part of travel and the unique local Thai experience.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998110-thailand-live-gastronomy-festival-to-boost-culinary-tourism-in-the-kingdom/

 

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Prominent U.S. religious conservatives defend Trump after Charlottesville

By Doina Chiacu and Sarah N. Lynch

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump responds to a reporter's question after signing a memorandum at the White House in Washington, U.S. on August 14, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two prominent religious conservatives defended U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday after he was widely criticized for blaming both white nationalists and counter-protesters for last weekend's violence at a Virginia rally organised by neo-Nazis and white supremacists.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998111-prominent-us-religious-conservatives-defend-trump-after-charlottesville/

 

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Merkel attacks Turkey's 'misuse' of Interpol warrants

 

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a meeting of his ruling AK Party (AKP) in Istanbul, Turkey, August 20, 2017. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticised Turkey's use of an Interpol arrest warrant to detain a German writer in Spain, telling an election town hall event on Sunday that this amounted to abuse of the international police agency.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998112-merkel-attacks-turkeys-misuse-of-interpol-warrants/

 

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Israeli opposition says Abbas tried to resume security ties with Israel

 

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stands during a reception ceremony for Jordan's King Abdullah II in the West Bank city of Ramallah, August 7, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

 

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told Israeli opposition lawmakers on Sunday that he had proposed rolling back his month-old suspension of security coordination with Israel, but that it did not respond to the overture, the delegation said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998113-israeli-opposition-says-abbas-tried-to-resume-security-ties-with-israel/

 

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Finnish police search new sites, talk to suspect in knife rampage probe

By Jussi Rosendahl and Lefteris Karagiannopoulos

 

People attend a moment of silence to commemorate the victims of Friday's stabbings at the Turku Market Square in Turku, Finland August 20, 2017. Lehtikuva/Vesa Moilanen via REUTERS

 

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Police searched premises in the city of Turku and interviewed the chief suspect on Sunday as part of an investigation into Finland's first suspected Islamist militant attack.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998114-finnish-police-search-new-sites-talk-to-suspect-in-knife-rampage-probe/

 

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Leading Democrat: Critics can't conclude Trump is impaired

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump answers questions about his response to the violence, injuries and deaths at the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville as he talks to the media in the lobby of Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York, U.S., August 15, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said on Sunday that it was premature to try to remove U.S. President Donald Trump by claiming he is physically or mentally impaired.

 

Full story; https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998115-leading-democrat-critics-cant-conclude-trump-is-impaired/

 

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Lost WW2 warship USS Indianapolis found after 72 years

 

The World War Two heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis has been found in the Pacific Ocean, 72 years after its sinking by a Japanese submarine.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998116-lost-ww2-warship-uss-indianapolis-found-after-72-years/

 

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They’re heroes! Foreign tourists praised for rescuing Thai family after car plunges into Chiang Mai moat

 

Picture: Tungmayy May Facebook

 

CHIANG MAI: -- Two foreign tourists were hailed as heroes this weekend after they dived into the moat in Chiang Mai to rescue three people who were trapped inside a car.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998118-they’re-heroes-foreign-tourists-praised-for-rescuing-thai-family-after-car-plunges-into-chiang-mai-moat/

 

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Warning issued after foreign tourists stung by dangerous jellyfish on Pranburi beach

 

Picture: Manager

 

Officials have issued a safety warning after eight foreign tourists were stung by jellyfish at Pranburi beach.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998119-warning-issued-after-foreign-tourists-stung-by-dangerous-jellyfish-on-pranburi-beach/

 

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Italian woman charged after viral attack video

By Angsuma Sridokkham 
The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- An Italian woman, nabbed on Sunday for attacking a Thai female stranger in Bangkok’s Khao San Road area on Saturday, claimed to be drunk and told police that the victim had a “negative attitude” towards her. The assault at a fast food restaurant at 3am on Saturday was captured on video and the clip went viral.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/997952-thai-lady-attacked-by-foreign-woman-in-mcdonalds-khao-san-but-police-wont-do-anything/?do=findComment&comment=12197544