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Chiang Mai: Desperate times call for desperate measures - Night Bazaar ghosttown, all-in massage down from 900 baht to 299!

 

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Chiang Mai News reported that the internationally famous area of the northern Thai city known as the Night Bazaar was a ghost town at the moment. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172127-chiang-mai-desperate-times-call-for-desperate-measures-night-bazaar-ghosttown-all-in-massage-down-from-900-baht-to-299/

 

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SHOW DC expands sports offering with new 2,000 sqm golf zone
Upto 50% discount available on golf equipment, accessories and apparel
 
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BANGKOK, Thailand – SHOW DC have expanded their already extensive sports offering to now include golf. The new Golf Zone is the latest addition to the established third floor sports retail which includes a flagship Nike outlet store, F.B.T. Outlet, Fairtex and OUTLETWORLD For Sam’s Sports, as well as the largest Fitwhey Gym in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172147-show-dc-expands-sports-offering-with-new-2000-sqm-golf-zone/

 

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Big cat discovery in Kamphaeng Phet’s national park

By THE NATION

 

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In a Facebook post on Thursday (July 9), Kamphaeng Phet’s Khlong Lan National Park reported that camera traps set up in the park to track the population of tigers managed to capture the sighting of a black panther and leopard instead.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172150-big-cat-discovery-in-kamphaeng-phet’s-national-park/

 

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'Online gambling a major temptation for Thai children during Covid-19 lockdown'

By The Nation

 

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The Children and Youth Council of Thailand and allies organised a seminar to explore the behaviour of children and youth on the use of online media for gambling during homestay amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172154-online-gambling-a-major-temptation-for-thai-children-during-covid-19-lockdown/

 

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U.S. Army chief of staff signs 'strategic vision' pact with Thailand

 

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U.S. Army Chief of Staff General James C. McConville and Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, wearing face masks, speak during their meeting at Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, July 10, 2020. Thailand Government House/Handout via REUTERS

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - U.S. Army Chief of Staff General James McConville met with Thailand's prime minister and its army chief on Friday, in the first high-level visit by a foreign delegation to Thailand since the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted international travel.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172155-us-army-chief-of-staff-signs-strategic-vision-pact-with thailand/

 

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Phuket villagers rally to save 300-year-old tree from road expansion

By The Phuket News

 

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The tree was moved yesterday evening (July 9). Photo: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET: Local villagers in Pa Khlok have rallied together to save a tree they believe is 300 years old from being felled as part of the road expansion of the main route through the subdistrict.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172157-phuket-villagers-rally-to-save-300-year-old-tree-from-road-expansion/

 

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Preparations for public hearing on Chana industrial estate in Songkhla

By The Nation

 

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Photo Credit: Nation Photo by Charoon Thongnual

 

Tents, chairs and other facilities were set up in the football field of Songkhla’s Chanawittaya School to be used for a public hearing on the Chana industrial estate project on Saturday (July 11).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172158-preparations-for-public-hearing-on-chana-industrial-estate-in-songkhla/

 

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THAI rehab plan ‘ready in 2-3 weeks’, Survival Team appointed

By The Nation

 

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A rehabilitation plan for Thai Airways International (THAI) will be ready in two to three weeks, but it is too early to say whether the carrier will resume international flights in August, the airline’s acting president said on Thursday (July 9).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172163-thai-rehab-plan-‘ready-in-2-3-weeks’-survival-team-appointed/

 

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Businesses asked to give employees day off on July 27

By The Nation

 

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The Department of Labour Protection and Welfare (DLPW) has asked businesses to respect the Songkran substitute holiday on July 27 by giving their employees the day off work.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172176-businesses-asked-to-give-employees-day-off-on-july-27/

 

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Not everything that glitters is gold, warn officials

By The Nation

 

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People have been warned against buying gold bars from unofficial sources as they may be fake, the Government Public Relations Department said in a Facebook post on Thursday (July 9).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172177-not-everything-that-glitters-is-gold-warn-officials/

 

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Pandemic-proofing: Insurance may never be the same again

By Noor Zainab Hussain

 

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FILE PHOTO: A waiter stands by empty tables outside a restaurant at St Mark's Square, which is usually full of tourists, after Italy's government adopted a decree with emergency new measures to contain the coronavirus, in Venice, Italy, March 5, 2020. REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri

 

(Reuters) - Insurers are creating products for a world where virus outbreaks could become the new normal after many businesses were left out in the cold during the COVID-19 crisis.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172179-pandemic-proofing-insurance-may-never-be-the-same-again/

 

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Johnson to ban supermarket promotions of unhealthy food - The Times

 

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FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street, in London, Britain, July 8, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

 

(Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to take his first steps to tackle obesity in Britain with a ban this month on supermarket promotions of unhealthy food, The Times reported on Friday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172180-johnson-to-ban-supermarket-promotions-of-unhealthy-food-the-times/

 

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Illegal ivory trade shrinks while pangolin trafficking booms, U.N. says

 

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VIENNA (Reuters) - The illegal global trade in ivory has shrunk while the trafficking of pangolins has soared, a U.N. report on wildlife crime based on four years' data said on Friday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172181-illegal-ivory-trade-shrinks-while-pangolin-trafficking-booms-un-says/

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Vietnam says 31 million workers impacted by pandemic, risk of rising unemployment

 

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FILE PHOTO: Labourers wear protective masks as they work at a private Ngoc Nu factory which makes blankets, pillows and mattresses for the local market after the government eased nationwide lockdown following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Hanoi, Vietnam June 1, 2020. REUTERS/Kham

 

HANOI (Reuters) - The economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted about 31 million workers in Vietnam, with 900,000 out of work and nearly 18 million people receiving less income than before, a government agency said on Friday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172183-vietnam-says-31-million-workers-impacted-by-pandemic-risk-of-rising-unemployment/

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Thai schools told they cannot arbitrarily cut students’ hair

 

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Students attend the flag-raising ceremony at a secondary school in Bangkok on July 1, 2020, as schools reopened after being temporarily closed due to the threat of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus. – Pupils in Thailand returned to school on July 1, though with strict rules to prevent fresh coronavirus outbreaks, as the kingdom pushed towards normality with the pandemic raging on beyond its borders. (Photo by Romeo GACAD / AFP)

 

Thailand’s Ministry of Education has issued a letter, to all schools under its jurisdiction, to abrogate the 1975 regulations, regarding their students’ hair style and length, and to forbid the arbitrary cutting of students’ hair at school.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172187-thai-schools-told-they-cannot-arbitrarily-cut-students’-hair/

 

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Ministry hands out subsidies for children, elderly

By The Nation

 

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The Social Development and Human Security Ministry handed out the Bt600 monthly subsidy to children as well as a monthly allowance for people above the age of 60 on Friday (July 10).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172190-ministry-hands-out-subsidies-for-children-elderly/

 

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Phuket Immigration clarifies minimum income requirement for permit to stay for foreigners with multiple employers

 

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A foreigner waits at the information desk at the Phuket Immigration Office in Phuket Town. Photo: Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

PHUKET:-- Phuket Immigration Deputy Chief Col Nareuwat Putthawiro today clarified that foreigners with multiple employers listed on their work permits need to satisfy the minimum income from the major employer only in order to qualify for a one-year extension to a permit to stay.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172191-phuket-immigration-clarifies-minimum-income-requirement-for-permit-to-stay-for-foreigners-with-multiple-employers/

 

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Asda worker FAINTS while chatting to a shocked Prince Charles

 

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The Prince of Wales meets the member of staff outside the Asda Distribution Centre in Bristol today

 

Prince Charles's unflappability was given a stern test yesterday as a man he was chatting to at an Asda distribution centre passed out cold in front of him.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172195-asda-worker-faints-while-chatting-to-a-shocked-prince-charles/

 

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Consumers warned on safety of kitchen appliances sold online

By The Nation

 

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Online shoppers have been warned to check safety licences on electrical appliances and toys before making purchases. The warning came after the Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI) said it was expanding its investigations into the source of online products, after finding that many are not registered with the TISI.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172197-consumers-warned-on-safety-of-kitchen-appliances-sold-online/

 

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Thailand plans economic rehab centre for post COVID-19

 

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FILE PHOTO: A view of Bangkok city amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bangkok, Thailand, June 21, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand plans to set up an centre to help revitalise an economy hit by the coronavirus outbreak and is considering more relief measures for small businesses, government officials said on Friday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172201-thailand-plans-economic-rehab-centre-for-post-covid-19/

 

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Student Kan hands pros a lesson at Bt1.4m Hua Hin tournament

By THE NATION

 

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Despite finishing with a double bogey, 18-year-old amateur Kan Bunnabodee conquered her rivals in the final round of the Bt1.4-million Singha-SAT Championship, earning a two-shot victory at the Royal Golf Course in Hua Hin.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1172202-student-kan-hands-pros-a-lesson-at-bt14m-hua-hin-tournament/

 

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