rooster59 Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 The week that was in Thailand news: Investing in Thailand? Plenty have done very well, thank you very much. Whenever a news item mentions a foreigner who got their investment fingers burnt in Thailand, out they come. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143944-the-week-that-was-in-thailand-news-investing-in-thailand-plenty-have-done-very-well-thank-you-very-much/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted January 18, 2020 Author Share Posted January 18, 2020 Finance Ministry to launch campaign in bid to woo investments By THE NATION Finance Minister Uttama Savanayana said on Saturday (January 18) that his ministry is working with related agencies to launch the “2020: The year of investment” campaign, which will be presented to the Cabinet for approval soon. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1144000-finance-ministry-to-launch-campaign-in-bid-to-woo-investments/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted January 18, 2020 Author Share Posted January 18, 2020 Pork prices hit record high amid lower supplies due to drought By THE NATION Pork prices have shot up in the fresh market of Betong district in Yala province in the South due to lower supplies and the upcoming Chinese New Year next week, traders said on Saturday (January 18). Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1144001-pork-prices-hit-record-high-amid-lower-supplies-due-to-drought/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted January 18, 2020 Author Share Posted January 18, 2020 Gains from SCB Life sale pump up SCB profits By THE NATION Arthid Nanthawithaya Siam Commercial Bank and its subsidiaries reported pre-provision operating profit (PPOP) of Bt95.6 billion last year, up 30 per cent year on year (YoY). Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1144002-gains-from-scb-life-sale-pump-up-scb-profits/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted January 18, 2020 Author Share Posted January 18, 2020 Bangkok water quality back to WHO-recommended levels, authority confirms By THE NATION The Metropolitan Waterworks Authority (MWA) said the quality of tap water has returned to normal in Bangkok, Nonthaburi and Samut Prakarn provinces over the weekend. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1144004-bangkok-water-quality-back-to-who-recommended-levels-authority-confirms/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted January 18, 2020 Author Share Posted January 18, 2020 Stamp to defend ONE atomweight title against Todd in Singapore By THE NATION ONE Championship returns to the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Friday, 28 February for ONE: King of the Jungle, set to showcase the absolute best in world-class martial arts talent. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1144009-stamp-to-defend-one-atomweight-title-against-todd-in-singapore/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted January 18, 2020 Author Share Posted January 18, 2020 MEA enters joint venture to develop Smart Metro Grid By THE NATION The Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) is embarking on a joint venture to install smart meters for some 33,000 households in a move to pilot the government’s smart city initiative. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1144010-mea-enters-joint-venture-to-develop-smart-metro-grid/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted January 18, 2020 Author Share Posted January 18, 2020 Norway aims to cash in on growing Thai appetite for salmon By Sirivish Toomgum THE NATION The Thai appetite for Norway's salmon has grown substantially, despite the economic slowdown, according to Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC). Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1144012-norway-aims-to-cash-in-on-growing-thai-appetite-for-salmon/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted January 18, 2020 Author Share Posted January 18, 2020 Man City drop more points, Norwich get lifeline By Martyn Herman Soccer Football - Premier League - Norwich City v AFC Bournemouth - Carrow Road, Norwich, Britain - January 18, 2020 Norwich City's Emiliano Buendia in action with Bournemouth's Simon Francis Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers LONDON (Reuters) - Even when Liverpool are not in action they continue to bolster their seemingly impregnable Premier League lead and it happened again on Saturday as second-placed Manchester City could only draw 2-2 with Crystal Palace at the Etihad Stadium. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1144015-man-city-drop-more-points-norwich-get-lifeline/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 Scores wounded as security forces, protesters clash in Beirut A demonstrator throws a tear gas canister during a protest against a ruling elite accused of steering Lebanon towards economic crisis in Beirut, Lebanon January 18, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir BEIRUT (Reuters) - Cat-and-mouse clashes between Lebanon's security forces and protesters wounded scores of people on a night of violence that rocked central Beirut on Saturday. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1144018-scores-wounded-as-security-forces-protesters-clash-in-beirut/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 Spain's Magaluf and Ibiza crack down on booze-fuelled tourists FILE PHOTO: Tourists walk at Punta Ballena street in Magaluf, on the Spanish Balearic island of Mallorca, July 25, 2014. REUTERS/Enrique Calvo/File Photo MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Balearic Islands banned pub crawl tours and happy hours in three holiday hotspots on Friday in a string of new measures to crack down on binge-drinking tourists. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1144019-spains-magaluf-and-ibiza-crack-down-on-booze-fuelled-tourists/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 China reports new virus cases, raising concern globally before key holiday By Se Young Lee and Hallie Gu FILE PHOTO: International travelers arrive at John F. Kennedy international airport in New York City, U.S., February 4, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid BEIJING (Reuters) - China reported four more cases of pneumonia believed to be caused by a new coronavirus strain, causing rising concern globally that a disease health officials do not yet fully understand could spread during a key holiday period. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1144020-china-reports-new-virus-cases-raising-concern-globally-before-key-holiday/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 Unreliable GPS and faulty brakes blamed after scores injured in bus crash in Nan Fifteen people were injured, one seriously, when a tour bus carrying forty cyclists crashed in Nan province in northern Thailand on Saturday morning. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1144021-unreliable-gps-and-faulty-brakes-blamed-after-scores-injured-in-bus-crash-in-nan/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 German man found dead at home in Pattaya A German man, who had not been seen for almost one week, has been found dead at his home in Pattaya. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1144023-german-man-found-dead-at-home-in-pattaya/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 Thailand puts high-speed rail project on track with land pledge MARIMI KISHIMOTO, Nikkei staff writer Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, center, applauds after signing a contract Oct. 24 for a high-speed rail line connecting three Bangkok-area airports. (Photo by Eri Ishii) BANGKOK -- Thailand finally reached an agreement for construction of a high-speed rail line linking three airports serving Bangkok, after making a unusual pledge to secure all land for the builders in a timely fashion. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1144024-thailand-puts-high-speed-rail-project-on-track-with-land-pledge/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 Thailand’s “agriculture 4.0” … a dream come true? Suwit Traichok, a 60-year-old melon producer, was the pioneer of Thailand’s young smart farmers. Despite having a promising career and a decent salary in a well-established organization, Thai Airways International, he quit the job and moved to his hometown, in Ayutthaya province, to pursue his dream job in agriculture. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1144026-thailand’s-“agriculture-40”-…-a-dream-come-true/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 Pheu Thai leader dismisses rumour of bribe to spare transport minister in censure debate Pheu Thai party leader Sompong Amornvivat has quashed a rumour that key members of the party have been promised a 900 million baht project in exchange for dropping Transport Minister Saksayam from the list of ministers to be censured in the upcoming debate. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1144027-pheu-thai-leader-dismisses-rumour-of-bribe-to-spare-transport-minister-in-censure-debate/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 Piyabutr urges members to switch to new party if Future Forward disbanded Future Forward secretary-general Piyabutr Saengkanokkul has urged the party’s 60,000 members to switch to a new party to be formed if Future Forward is dissolved by the Constitutional Court on Tuesday, saying he is confident that the party will be disbanded. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1144028-piyabutr-urges-members-to-switch-to-new-party-if-future-forward-disbanded/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 Exhaust and no wind blamed for Bangkok’s worsening air quality Vehicular exhaust, accumulated since Friday evening when traffic was the worst of the week, compounded by a temperature inversion increased air pollution in and around Bangkok on Saturday, according to the Pollution Control Department. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1144030-exhaust-and-no-wind-blamed-for-bangkok’s-worsening-air-quality/ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 Mon Jam resort operators defy order to suspend operations Resort operators at Doi Mon Jam, in Chiang Mai’s Mae Rim district, are defying an order, issued by the Mae Rim district office, to suspend their operations within 30 days of January 15th. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1144031-mon-jam-resort-operators-defy-order-to-suspend-operations/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 UK's Harry and Meghan to drop titles and retire as working royals Michael Holden, Andy Bruce FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, leave Canada House in London, Britain January 7, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) - Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will no longer be working members of Britain’s monarchy and they will pay their own way in life as they embark on an independent future, Buckingham Palace said on Saturday. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1144034-uks-harry-and-meghan-to-drop-titles-and-retire-as-working-royals/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 UK PM Johnson to impose new restrictions on low-skilled migrants post-Brexit: Telegraph Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street in London, Britain January 15, 2020. REUTERS/Simon Dawson (Reuters) - Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson is preparing to impose new restrictions on low-skilled migrants moving to Britain on the first day after the Brexit transition period ends in December, the Telegraph reported. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1144039-uk-pm-johnson-to-impose-new-restrictions-on-low-skilled-migrants-post-brexit-telegraph/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 No Big Ben bongs: UK government plans light show to mark moment of Brexit FILE PHOTO: British Union Jack flag flies in front of the clock face of Big Ben in London, Britain August 29, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Downing Street residence will be lit up with a countdown to Britain's exit from the European Union on Jan. 31, as part of a light display to mark the moment of Brexit, the government said on Friday. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1144041-no-big-ben-bongs-uk-government-plans-light-show-to-mark-moment-of-brexit/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster59 Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 Foreign powers to discuss ways out Libya crisis with rival camps By Ulf Laessing and Humeyra Pamuk A general view of the Chancellery, the host of the Libya summit in Berlin, Germany, January 18, 2020. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse BERLIN (Reuters) - Libyan rival camps and their foreign backers will attend a summit in Berlin on Sunday to discuss ways to end a proxy war over the capital Tripoli and the oil producer, which has displaced 140,000 and now more than halved the country's crude output. Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1144044-foreign-powers-to-discuss-ways-out-libya-crisis-with-rival-camps/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 to continue: Thailand Live Monday 20 Jan 2020 https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1144099-thailand-live-monday-20-jan-2020/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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