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‘More money for more people’ in shopping scheme pipeline (nationthailand.com)

‘More money for more people’ in shopping scheme pipeline

NationalNov 23. 2020Krisda Chinavicharana 

By The Nation

PM Prayut Chan-o-cha wants the Finance Ministry to propose phase 2 of the “Khon La Khrueng” (Let’s Go Halves) shopping scheme and additional cash for state welfare card holders to the Centre for Economic Situation Administration (CESA) by the beginning of December.

The ministry is considering whether to raise the maximum limit on the Let’s Go Halves subsidy from Bt3,000 and extend the scheme to more people, permanent secretary Krisda Chinavicharana said on Monday.

“We plan to extend the privileges to 14 million-15 million people, but we have to check the number of registrants first, because people who pay over 10 per cent tax should register for ‘Shop Dee Mee Kuen’ (Shop and Payback) instead, to receive up to Bt30,000 [in tax deduction],” he said.

“Meanwhile, we will extend the shopping subsidies until February next year if we decide to increase the maximum limit.”

He said the ministry is also considering raising the Bt500 monthly payment to ease living costs for state welfare card holders.

“We expect to have enough government budget to apply these measures in order to stimulate the economy,” he said.

The ministry has also instructed state-owned financial institutions to launch measures as “New Year’s gifts” to help customers, especially those with good debt repayment records.

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Two Thai vaccine prototypes at human trial stage, 5 being tested on animals (nationthailand.com)

Two Thai vaccine prototypes at human trial stage, 5 being tested on animals

NationalNov 23. 2020

By The Nation

The National Vaccine Institute has given a progress report on Thailand’s seven main Covid-19 vaccine programmes.

Two of the seven vaccine candidates have been successfully tested on animals and are moving into human trials, said Dr Nakorn Premsri, director of the institute.

The two candidates entering Phase 2 trials on humans are the mRNA vaccine being developed by Chula Vaccine Research Centre (Chula VRC) and the DNA vaccine developed by BioNet-Asia.

The five other vaccine candidates are all currently being tested on animals.

The protein subunit vaccine developed by Baiya Phytofarm has passed tests for safety and efficacy in animals. It is now being tested on laboratory animals to find out whether it triggers an immune response.

The inactivated vaccine developed by the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) is in the early stage of testing for immunity in laboratory animals.

The viral-like particle (VLP) prototype developed by the Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj and the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), is at the preliminary stage of immunity tests in laboratory animals.

The viral vector vaccine prototype developed by NSTDA is in the early stages of testing for immunity in laboratory animals.

The live-attenuated pathogen developed by NSTDA is in the preliminary stage of immunity tests on laboratory animals.

Nakorn also reported details of progress on BioNet’s DNA vaccine prototype.

“BioNet has received a grant from the Australian government to conduct Phase I human trials in Australia.”

Phase 2 trials on humans are scheduled in Thailand early next year, he added.

Meanwhile Chula VRC expects its mRNA vaccine prototype will enter human trials around April 19 next year.

The mRNA prototype will first be tested on 72 volunteers – aged 18-55 and 36 aged over 55 – to find the appropriate dosage. This group will then be divided into groups of 12 for further testing.

If the tests succeed, the Chula prototype will enter second-phase human trials on 600 people in two age groups in June 2021. Volunteers will be able to register for the trial via Facebook or the Chula VRC website.

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Govt MPs slam woman who dressed as girl to protest sexual harassment in schools (nationthailand.com)

Govt MPs slam woman who dressed as girl to protest sexual harassment in schools

NationalNov 23. 2020

By The Nation

A Bad Student female demonstrator who dressed as a schoolgirl and held a sign protesting sexual harassment in schools is facing a fierce backlash from two government MPs.

While her online protest gained support from many members of the public, pro-monarchist netizens have slammed the woman.

PPRP MP Pareena Kraikupt said she had made a police complaint against the woman for dressing as a student, when in fact she was a model and influencer.

Fellow ruling party MP Sira Jenjaka said it was inappropriate that she had worn a school uniform to demonstrate the movement and that her action would disgrace Thai schools.

Office of Basic Education Commission (OBEC) statistics that record hundreds of cases of sexual harassment from 2013-2017 are being shared widely on the Internet again.

Thee Phawangkhanan, head of OBEC’s student protection task force centre, said in January that there were more than 700 reported cases of harassment, but some victims were still afraid to report the incidents.

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Suankularb welcoming ceremony ‘just cosplay’, educators still dinosaurs, say netizens (nationthailand.com)

Suankularb welcoming ceremony ‘just cosplay’, educators still dinosaurs, say netizens

NationalNov 23. 2020Photos by Tanachai Pramarnpanich 

By The Nation

Suankularb Wittayalai School in Bangkok held a special ceremony to welcome freshmen called “Suan Kularb Gentlemen” on Monday in what was seen as a bid to boost students’ faith in the school.

Former students, dressed in the school uniform, also took to the stage to speak about the importance of education and the three pillars of Thai society – nation, religion and monarchy.

They also handed out wristbands and hats in the school’s colours – pink and blue.

Many netizens, however, posted messages on Facebook slamming the ceremony saying it was just cosplay.

“I finally understand what the ‘Bad Student’ group mean when they call them dinosaurs,” one netizen said, adding that he was relieved that former student Somsak Jeamteerasakul did not participate in the ceremony.

Somsak is a loud critic of Thailand’s monarchy and its lèse majesté law.

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Fear of death sentence makes Lopburi murderer surrender (nationthailand.com)

Fear of death sentence makes Lopburi murderer surrender

NationalNov 23. 2020

By The Nation

A Lopburi native surrendered to police on Sunday for shooting his father-in-law dead on November 20. The suspect said he turned himself in because he wanted to avoid a death sentence.

Wanitpong Ou-im, 39, confessed to shooting his wife’s father Pin Pusarikit, 58, in the neck, saying his father-in-law had betrayed him by not telling him that his wife had returned to her ex-husband.

After shooting Pin and fleeing the scene, Wanitpong said he became paranoid about being given the death sentence so decided to surrender.

Police have interrogated witnesses and collected evidence, including the murder weapon and bullets. Wanitpong has been charged with murder.

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Pet crocodile escapes pond to enter temple, but surrenders meekly (nationthailand.com)

Pet crocodile escapes pond to enter temple, but surrenders meekly

NationalNov 23. 2020

By The Nation

A pet crocodile of a monk in Chaiyaphum province escaped from a pond and entered a temple pavilion, scaring people who had gathered there.

Local rescuers were contacted to help catch the crocodile that was three metres long and weighed more than 100 kilograms.

Their task was easier than they expected as the crocodile did not attack humans and remained still, allowing them to tie its mouth within 20 minutes.

The crocodile has lived in the temple for seven years with other animals, and has been tamed.

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62-year-old’s heart fails to keep up in Phu Kradueng hike (nationthailand.com)

62-year-old’s heart fails to keep up in Phu Kradueng hike

NationalNov 23. 2020

By THE NATION

A 62-year-old fainted while climbing the Phu Kradueng mountain in Loei province with two of his friends on Sunday and succumbed to acute heart failure in hospital later in the day.

Forest officials were informed at 2.20pm that Manoo Wongkhanmueang had fainted and arrived at the scene almost immediately with a doctor.

Manoo had started his hike at about 10.30am.

The doctor and officials tried to revive Manoo, and even tried to stimulate his heart with a defibrillator, but failed.

The patient was then sent to Phu Kradueng Hospital at about 5.50pm, but was declared dead by 6.15pm when doctors could not revive him.

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TAT to design special packages for unique group of tourists (nationthailand.com)

TAT to design special packages for unique group of tourists

NationalNov 23. 2020

By THE NATION

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) will next year launch campaigns and special travel packages that target a new, unique group of tourists.

Thapanee Kiatphaibool, TAT executive director of tourism products, said the aim was to create travel packages for single people, such as boat trips to temples where the traveller can make merit and pray for a partner.

She added that TAT has already discussed this idea with boat operators and a package should be ready before the end of this year.

Thapanee went on to say that TAT plans to design unique packages for groups like LGBTQ, food lovers, those seeking physical or spiritual retreats or even digital nomads.

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Preteen dies in gruesome road accident in Trang (nationthailand.com)

Preteen dies in gruesome road accident in Trang

NationalNov 23. 2020

By The Nation

A horrific road accident in Trang province on Sunday injured about 20 people and killed a 10-year-old boy.

At 7.30pm, paramedics were summoned when a truck and pick-up slammed into each other with such force that the truck flipped over and the pick-up landed in a building nearby.

The injured were mostly passengers in the pick-up, who were heading home, including the boy who succumbed to his injuries in hospital.

The truck driver said he was driving on the left lane when he noticed the pick-up had suddenly shifted to his lane and was driving in the opposite direction.

The two vehicles then crashed, and the truck flipped over while the pick-up landed in a nearby building.

The pick-up driver said the rain had affected his vision and he did not realise a truck was coming at him from the other side.

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Missing Alzheimer’s patient found drowned (nationthailand.com)

Missing Alzheimer’s patient found drowned

NationalNov 23. 2020

By The Nation

A 69-year-old Alzheimer’s patient in Songkhla province, who had been missing since Sunday, was finally found drowned in a canal on Monday.

Puan Thong-anan was notified as missing on Sunday and police called on rescue volunteers to help find him.

The man was known to frequently walk into the canal and was usually saved by his daughter. But on Sunday, nobody was around to pull him away from the canal in time.

Puan’s body has been retrieved and the family is preparing to hold funeral rites.