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Storm warning for Northeast, Central region this weekend

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2022

Thunderstorms and heavy rains are forecast to sweep the Northeast and Central Thailand on Saturday and Sunday due to the influence of a cyclone that is moving toward Vietnam and will make landfall on Friday, the Storm & Disaster Warning Facebook page reported on Wednesday.

It said the storm is expected to be named “Nesat”, according to the rotating list of tropical cyclones in the western north Pacific Ocean. The storm will be downgraded into a depression as it moves through Laos on Saturday and later become a low-pressure cell on Sunday.

This condition will cause thunderstorms and heavy rains in several provinces in the Northeast and Central region this weekend, the page warned.

It advised people to closely follow Thai Meteorological Department weather forecasts.

The department, however, had not mentioned the cyclones in its 7-day weather forecast issued on Tuesday. The forecast only said the active low-pressure cell over eastern Philippines is expected to move into the South China Sea and near the southern Vietnamese coast from Thursday to Friday.

“As a consequence, more rains are expected on Friday and Saturday in the Northeast, the East and the Central region including Bangkok and its vicinity, with isolated heavy showers in the lower Northeast,” the department had said.

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North, Northeast to be gripped by cold weather, especially in the morning

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2022

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Cold weather is covering the North and the Northeast, the Thai Meteorological Department said on Wednesday.

It explained that a moderate high-pressure system from China is covering upper Thailand, bringing a reduction in temperatures coupled with strong winds especially in the Northeast.

Meanwhile, a monsoon trough is bringing heavy rains to some areas in the East and the South.

The department advised people in the area to beware of heavy showers and accumulated rain water that might cause flash floods.

It said winds in the Gulf of Thailand would cause 1-2-metre-high waves and more than 2 metres during thunderstorms.
Here’s the weather forecast until 6am on Thursday:

North

• Cold weather in the morning, slightly reduced temperatures, light rains in some areas
• Lowest temperature 20-23 degrees Celsius, highest 29-33 degrees
• 10-20kph eastern wind

Northeast

• Cold weather in the morning, slightly reduced temperatures, strong winds
• Light rain in some areas, especially in lower areas
• Lowest temperature 18-22 degrees Celsius, highest 29-32 degrees
• 10-30kph northeast wind

Central

• Thunderstorms in 20 per cent of the area, mostly in Ratchaburi, Samut Songkhram and Samut Sakhon
• Slightly reduced temperatures
• Lowest temperature 22-23 degrees Celsius, highest 29-32 degrees
• 10-20kph east wind

East

• Thunderstorms in 20 per cent of the area, mostly in Chonburi, Rayong, Chanthaburi and Trat
• Slightly reduced temperatures
• Lowest temperature 22-24 degrees Celsius, highest 30-33 degrees
• 15-35kph northeast wind
• 1-2-metre-high waves or higher than 2 metres in areas with thunderstorms

South (east coast)

• Thunderstorms in 60 per cent of the area and heavy rains in some areas
• Lowest temperature 21-24 degrees, highest temperature 30-33 degrees in Chumphon, Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Songkhla, Pattani, and Narathiwat
• 15-35kph northeast wind upward from Chumphon
• 15-35kph of wind turbulence downward from Surat Thani
• 1-2-metre-high waves or higher than 2 metres in areas with thunderstorms

South (west coast)

• Thunderstorms in 40 per cent of the area, mostly in Phang-nga, Krabi, Trang and Satun
• Lowest temperature 23-25 degrees Celsius, highest 30-33 degrees
• 15-30kph northwest wind
• 1-metre-high waves or higher than 1 metre in areas with thunderstorms

Bangkok and its vicinity

• Thunderstorms in 20 per cent of the area, with slightly reduced temperatures
• Lowest temperature 23-24 degrees Celsius, highest 30-32 degrees
• 10-20kph northeast wind.

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Government okays THB5.11-bn budget for health centre in Phuket to boost medical tourism

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2022

The Cabinet has approved a budget of 5.116 billion baht to build the Andaman International Health Centre in Phuket province to boost medical tourism and promote Thailand as a medical hub in the region, Minister of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation Anek Laothamatas said on Wednesday.

Anek said the ministry had proposed the plan to build the centre which targets generating an additional 62 billion baht revenue for the tourism industry annually from 400,000 Thai and foreign patients each year.

The budget will be used to build a 300-bed tertiary specialised hospital, an international medical centre and a health college to produce specialist-level health professionals, including doctors, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, medical technicians, and alternative medicine professionals.

The college aims to produce up to 110 health professionals per year in fields that are in high demand in the southern region. After graduation, they can either work at the Andaman International Health Centre or at any health facilities in other southern provinces to provide training to local health professionals at up to 1,000 people per year, said Anek.

The ministry’s permanent secretary, Dr Sirirurg Songsivilai, added that the 300-bed hospital would be named Songklanagarind Hospital Phuket and can treat at least 300,000 outpatients per year, plus accepting 100,000 transferred patients from other hospitals in the Andaman area annually who require specialised care.

“The international medical centre will offer premium services for both Thai and foreign medical tourists seeking high-quality care of international standard in diagnostics, treatment, rehabilitation and health promotion,” said Sirirurg. “The centre will also feature the most advanced dentistry centre in the Southern region and is expected to generate income of over 1.6 billion baht per year, with about 300 million baht from dentistry services.”

The Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation Ministry estimates that the Andaman International Health Centre will help generate 10 per cent, or 62 billion baht, per year additional income for Phuket’s overall tourism industry. The construction is expected to start in 2023 and will take five years to complete.

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People invited to attend unveiling of the statue of King Rama IX by Their Majesties

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2022

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has invited people to welcome the King and Queen at King Rama IX Memorial Park in Bangkok’s Dust district at 5pm on Thursday.

Their Majesties King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida Bajrasudhabimalalakshana are scheduled to attend a ceremony to unveil the statue of HM the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej there.

Deputy government spokesperson Rachada Dhnadirek said a free bus ride to Covid-19 screening checkpoints near the memorial park will be available on four routes:

– Royal Thai Army Club-Victory Monument-Department of Highway

– Supachalasai Stadium-Social Development and Human Security Ministry-Department of Highways

– Wongwian Yai-Rajavinit Mathayom School

– Sanam Luang-Rajavinit Mathayom School

“People who take rapid antigen test at the Department of Highways checkpoint can take another free ride to the park, while those at Rajavinit Mathayom School can walk to the park directly,” she said.

She added that vehicles can be parked at three areas — Royal Thai Army Club, Social Development and Human Security, and Supachalasai Stadium.

Rachada said officials at four checkpoints around the memorial park will take visitors’ picture, measure their body temperature and check their belongings before allowing them to enter the venue.

“People will be asked to wear face mask, refrain from taking sharp items to the park, and show their ID card or passport to the officials,” she said.

She urged people who plan to enter the memorial park with their children to make a tag with the officials before the entry.

She added that many facilities would be available at the park, including food and beverage, first-aid teams and mobile toilets.

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Avid readers queue for hours on first day of book fair

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2022

The Book Expo Thailand opened a new chapter at Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre on Wednesday, which had reopened after a two-year renovation.

Several book lovers queued up from 6am as they eagerly waited for the 10am opening.

The most popular booths feature comics and novels, with some being sold as limited edition items as readers would have to pay higher for the resold books outside.

Meanwhile, Thipsuda Sinchawarnwat, president of The Publishers and Booksellers Association of Thailand, expected around 300 million baht in revenue from book sales at the event.

Book Expo Thailand 2022 will be held until October 23 at Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre.

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Step up crackdown on drugs, illegal firearms possession, Prayut tells agencies

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2022

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha held a special meeting on Wednesday to draft measures against drugs and control ownership of firearms to prevent a repeat of the horrific Nong Bua Lamphu mass slayings.

Prayut, who leads a new committee to steer efforts in tackling narcotics, held the meeting at Phakdee Bodin building inside the Government House compound.

Attending the meeting were Deputy Prime Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan, Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, Interior Minister General Anupong Paochinda, Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin, Education Minister Treenuch Thienthong, Social Development and Human Security Minister Juti Krairiksh, Defence Ministry permanent secretary General Sanitchanok Sangkachan, Police Commissioner-General Pol General Damrongsak Kittiprapas, and representatives from other government agencies.

Before the meeting, Prayut was seen talking with Prawit in a reception room for about 15 minutes before they walked into the meeting room together.

During a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Prayut said narcotics played a significant role in the events leading up to the Nong Bua Lamphu massacre committed by sacked police sergeant Panya Khamrab.

Panya killed 36, including 24 children, before taking his own life.

He was arrested in January for drug abuse and suspended from duty until he was officially fired in June. He attended a court hearing on drug charges before heading out on the rampage.

During Wednesday’s meeting, Prayut noted that the violence at the nursery in Nong Bua Lamphu’s Na Klang district shocked the public, while the incident prompted all Thais and the government to become concerned about drug and gun possession problems.

Prayut said he would like to thank the Interior Ministry and the Royal Thai Police for promptly holding a joint meeting to discuss urgent measures for fast and tangible results.

The police and the Interior Ministry would coordinate with other government agencies to protect people’s lives and assets and bring back public confidence, he said.

The Interior Ministry and the police have proposed measures for gun control while the Justice Ministry’s drug suppression agencies proposed cooperation with the Public Health Ministry to cure and rehabilitate drug addicts, the prime minister said.

Drug addicts must receive both physical and mental rehabilitation under a careful programme so that they are successfully cured, he went on to say.

Prayut also said the drug issue is a national agenda, so he wants more measures to be drafted to tackle the problem.

The prime minister instructed all drug suppression agencies to step up efforts to tackle trafficking and frequently check villages and communities for drug pushers.

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Largest goods shipment by rail from Map Ta Phut to China’s Chongqing

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2022

The largest consignment of goods carried to date by rail from Thailand’s Map Ta Phut made its way to China’s Chongqing Railway Station this week.

The train transported 25 forty-foot containers carrying thermoplastic granules, shipped via the Laos-Thailand and Laos-China railways through Thanaleng Dry Port in Vientiane, where the two railways link up.

Through this new route, cargo that is in transit from Asean could subsequently reach Europe through Chongqing Dry Port and the China-Europe rail network.

The freight train, the fifth of its kind, departed Map Ta Phut in Rayong on October 6.

The shipment arrived a day later at Na Tha Railway Station in Nong Khai province, where the containers were sealed. On the same day, the shipment entered Thanaleng Dry Port near the first Laos-Thailand Mekong Friendship Bridge, where a cross-border declaration of the shipment was issued and the containers were X-rayed.

They were then loaded onto waiting Laos-China Railway bogies headed for Vientiane Tai Railway Station before travelling onwards and reaching Boten Railway Station on October 9.

A day later, the shipment crossed the Laos-China border to the Mohan Railway Station, where customs procedures were carried out before the containers were delivered to their final destination.

Thanaleng Dry Port, which opened for service on December 4, 2021, has played a pivotal role in facilitating cross-border trade and transport.

A considerable amount of freight has been transported through the newly built Laos-China Railway since then.

Several Thai businesses have shipped their goods to China via this route, as the preferred alternative to overland transport.

Laos’ first-ever established integrated dry port is an important gateway between Southeast Asian countries and China.

This new multimodal transport node serves as a major link between various logistics centres in the region, facilitating cross-border and transit services between Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore and China.

In the first nine months of the year, as many as 41,000 containers (import, export and transit) passed through Thanaleng Dry Port.

Vientiane Times

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Suspect in ex-wife’s murder kills himself after being surrounded in Phatthalung

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2022

The suspect in the murder of a 47-year-old woman in Bangkok’s Huai Khwang district turned the gun on himself after being surrounded by police at his house in Phatthalung province on Tuesday.

Khrongkamol Suksawas’ murder was reported at 2am on Monday after she was shot with a 9mm handgun at a parking lot of a condominium in Huai Khwang.

Police reviewed CCTV footage and tracked down the suspect, Sathaporn Khaophueak, 60, who was Khrongkamol’s ex-husband. Sathaporn reportedly took a bus from Bangkok to his hometown in Phatthalung after allegedly committing the crime.

At around 10.30pm on Tuesday, police officers surrounded the suspect’s house in Pa Phayom district and sent in a relative of Sathaporn to negotiate with him. When the relative came out he said Sathaporn needed 10 minutes to prepare himself, but shortly after a gunshot was heard. The police special unit charged into the house, only to find Sathaporn’s body on the floor with gunshot wound to his head and a 9mm handgun in his hand.

The daughter of Sathaporn and Krongkamol was also in the room.

The daughter reportedly said her father went to Bangkok earlier in August to beg her mother to come live together with them in Phatthalung, but her mother refused.

She also said Sathaporn often physically abused his ex-wife before they split up.

He had been charged with carrying firearms without a permit and false imprisonment, but was later bailed out.

This case comes on the heels of another incident of gun violence in the country – the mass shooting last week in Nong Bua Lamphu province that claimed 36 innocent lives, among them 23 children – in which this shooter, too, turned the gun on himself.

In the incident last Thursday, sacked police officer Panya Khamrab, 34, shot 36 people in a deadly rampage that began in a nursery, where the young ones were taking a midday nap. The horrifying incident ended when Panya shot himself to death.

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Saudi Crown Prince will attend Apec Summit, Don confirms

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2022

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The newly appointed Saudi Arabian Prime Minister, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, is scheduled to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Bangkok on November 18 and 19 as a guest, Foreign Affairs Minister Don Pramudwinai said on Tuesday.

Don confirmed the information circulating via news channels that the Crown Prince would arrive in Thailand with about 800 followers after attending the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia.

“Crown Prince Salman’s visit is a follow up on the state visit made by Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha to Saudi Arabia in January this year,” said Don, who doubles as a Deputy Prime Minister.

“During that visit both parties had discussed a road map to resume Thai-Saudi relations. The Crown Prince’s visit aims to make all cooperation under this road map official,” he said.

“The Crown Prince will visit Thailand as a guest of the government. We will hold a press conference regarding the visit once details are finalised,” Don said.

Regarding rumours that several leaders of Apec nations will not attend the meeting in Bangkok, Don said he currently cannot say who will attend or when would they arrive, but there is not a single country that said it would not take part.

He added that if any leader is not able to attend the meeting, they would normally send a delegate or representative instead of the country skipping the event entirely.

“I insist that every member of Apec will attend, either by a leader or a delegate,” said Don.

Separately, the deputy prime minister said he was ready to submit his list of assets to the National Anti-Corruption Commission again should the commission require the list after the Constitutional Court ruled last month that Prayut’s premiership started in April 2017 when the current Constitution was promulgated.

Don and five other ministers had submitted their asset reports to the commission before the date when they were part of the cabinet appointed by the Prayut-led National Council for Peace and Order after the 2014 military coup.

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Thai massacre victims ‘sent to heaven’ in mass cremation

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2022

Flames burned from rows of makeshift furnaces on Tuesday evening at cremation ceremonies for the young children and other victims of last week’s mass killings at a day care centre in Thailand’s rural northeast, marking an end to three days of Buddhist funeral rites.

Crowds gathered around the normally sleepy town of Uthai Sawan to lay flowers and join queues of mourners paying their last respects to those slain in a three-hour gun and knife attack by a former Bangkok police sergeant, which marked the worst massacre in Thailand’s recent history.

Nineteen of the victims were sent off in a ceremony at Uthai Sawan’s Rat Samakee temple. Last Thursday’s attack saw 36 killed, including 22 children.

White coffins were carried by relatives and police officers one by one to the site of the cremation along a route lined with mourners. Family members lead the procession carrying portraits of the dead – a teacher and 18 children aged between two and five.

“Our intention is to send the children and their teacher off to heaven. The teacher will take the lead and the 18 children will follow her steps to heaven, according to our beliefs and the desires of their parents and everyone here to send them off,” said the temple’s abbot, Prakru Adisai Kijjanuwat, as the ceremony began.

The coffins were placed on pyres newly built from bricks and dressed with flowers and black and white decorative cloth.

Atop the caskets were pictures of those killed, some accompanied by stuffed toys.

Police identified the attacker as a former Bangkok police sergeant who was discharged in January after being in possession of methamphetamines.

His killing spree ended at his home when he turned his weapon on himself, after killing his partner and her child.

Reuters