This year, the bank aimed to collect funds from selling tickets and donations to donate to three organisations including Children’s Hospital Foundation, Foundation for Slum Child Care, and ttb Foundation. Those who are interested in the event could register, buy tickets, and donate at the website https://parkrun-2022.ttbfoundation.org/ until November 30. Donations and ticket purchases are tax-deductible, according to Revenue Department’s conditions.
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) also announced earlier this week that it is opening 33 public parks until midnight on Tuesday to accommodate the floating of krathongs. A special fair featuring live performances and stalls is also being held at the foot of Rama VIII bridge on the Thonburi side. Meanwhile, the routes and bus numbers that will be adjusted on Tuesday (November 8) are:• Lumpini Park: 4, 13, 15, 45, 47, 50, 62, 67, 76, 77, 141, 505, A3• Ong Ang Canal: 1, 4, 21, 25, 37, 53, 73, 508, AC8• Saranrom Park: 1, 2, 3, 12, 25, 47, 53, 60, 508• Maharaj Pier: 1, 25, 32, 47, 53, 80, 82, 91, 189, 503, 508• Wat Pho: 1, 12, 25, 32, 47, 53, 80, 82, 189, 503, 508• Chulalongkorn University: 16, 21, 25, 36, 47, 50, 93, 141, 501• Wat Pha Si: 23, 72• Benjasiri Park: 2, 25, 501, 508, 511• Chatuchak Park: 3, 26, 34, 39, 59, 63, 77, 96, 134, 136, 138, 145, 502, 503, 509, 510, 517, AC8, A1, A2• King Rama IX Commemoration Park: 22, 205• Huai Khwang Stadium: 12, 13, 36, 36kor, 54, 117, 204• Asiatique The Riverfront: 1, 15, 22• Santiphap Park: 12, 36, 36kor, 62, 77, 140, 168, 3-26E• Rama VII Bridge: 50, 179• Phra Pradaeng Pier: 82, 138• Phra Samut Chedi Pier: 20• Santi Chai Prakan Park: 3, 15, 32, 47, 53, 59, 65, 70, 82, 503, A4• Wat Arun: 208• Wat Prayun Wongsawat: 3, 4, 7kor, 21, 37, 82• Iconsiam: 3, 84, 88, 111, 4-18• Thonburirom Park: 21
The division, which provides police checks and other services, will open from 7.30am to 4.30pm instead of 8.30am to 3.30pm, said RTP spokeswoman Napawan Panya on Friday. People can check online whether a person has a police record by filling in the form at https://www.crd-check.com/. Those who wish to check criminal records using fingerprints must make an appointment to visit the Bangkok head office or a provincial office at http://www.crdqonline.com/. Napawan added that the head office on Henri Dunant Road has prepared a waiting room at Building No 12 to reduce crowding. From November 7, the waiting room will open from 7am.
The Democrat Party has urged the Bhumjaithai Party to respect the opinions of others after one of its party MPs opposed the latest Cannabis and Hemp Bill if the clause allowing the recreational use of marijuana remains unchanged. It has been reported that the resistance has raised concern for the bill's sponsor, the Bhumjaithai Party, as it could prove to be damaging to the government coalition. Asked if the conflict will affect relations among coalition parties, Mr Jurin said the core of democracy is rational debate. Meanwhile, Natchanon Srikokuea, deputy spokesman of the Bhumjaithai Party, opposed the stance of their coalition partners on the matter. "The draft cannabis bill was participated in by many parties and registration for plant cultivation was requested by millions," he added.
At the meeting, Prachuab announced six measures that will be implemented nationwide from next Tuesday, when most of Thailand celebrates Loy Krathong. One of the measures calls on police to crack down on illegal motorbike racing during key festivals like Loy Krathong and on public holidays. Another measure calls on police to look out for road-racing invitations “both online and on the ground”, as well as monitor suspicious social-media accounts, online shops that offer bike modifications and trade in racing equipment. Police stations are instructed to pay serious attention to all complaints about illegal racing and prosecute violators to discourage repeat offences. Police units nationwide are also being urged to consider employing reformed racers to help the police persuade potential young daredevil racers to stay off the road.
Tomato tyresSumitomo Rubber Industries, which sells the Dunlop brand, has been working to manufacture a new synthetic rubber by breeding rubber trees that contain tomato-derived enzymes. As tomato enzymes have a strength-enhancing effect, this new rubber is expected to reduce the wear of the tyres. Tyres for automobiles are generally manufactured with compounds, whereby several kinds of rubber are mixed with such additives as reinforcing agents and coupling agents. The Yokohama Rubber has developed a technology for producing butadiene from plants such as sugarcane and used it to make prototype tyres. The company has set a target of producing the new product on a commercial basis in 2034.
I understand that sometimes this is very good for headlines, but this is not the case. The match officials are still involved in the decision making process as the semi automated offside gives an answer only when a player who was in an offside position plays the ball. In other words the assessment of interfering with an opponent remains match officials responsibility." The technology has already been tested at two tournaments over the last year and had been expected to be approved for the World Cup in Qatar from Nov. 20-Dec. 18. It will be used at all the venues at the tournament.
Khan aide Chaudhry wrote on Twitter: "It was a well-planned assassination attempt on Imran Khan, the assassin planned to kill Imran Khan and leadership of PTI, it was not 9 MM it was burst from automatic weapon... PROTESTERS ON STREETSHandsome and charismatic, Khan first grabbed international attention as a cricketer in the early 1970s. Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in December 2007 in a gun and bomb attack after holding an election rally in the city of Rawalpindi, next to Islamabad. Her father and former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was hanged in the same city in 1979 after being deposed in a military coup. PTI colleague Faisal Javed, who was also wounded and had blood stains on his clothes, told Geo TV from the hospital: "Several of our colleagues are wounded.
The FDA announcement came on Wednesday after a random check at the Lat Krabang Food and Drug checkpoint in May this year. The seafood was manufactured by Fujian Minwell Food Industrial Ltd in China and was allegedly imported by M Global Sourcing, which is based in Samut Sakhon, the FDA said. The 1kg packet of squid was manufactured on April 29 this year and had an expiration date of April 28, 2024, according to the FDA. The FDA warned people to check frozen seafood packages and avoid buying products manufactured by the Chinese company. For inquiries on food safety, contact FDA hotline 1556 or [email protected], or visit Facebook @FDAThai or E-mail: [email protected]moph.go.th.
Under the “Onigiri Action” annual autumn campaign by Table for Two International (TFT), supporting entities donate 100 yen (25 baht) per photo post to deliver five school meals via local partners. Onigiri is a staple traditional Japanese food made of white rice formed into triangular or cylindrical shapes and often wrapped in nori. Any onigiri is acceptable, whether homemade or shop-bought, and anyone can post photos any number of times, free of charge. TFT said more and more people in and outside Japan are taking part in the campaign as they can easily extend aid by simply posting photos on such social media as Twitter with the hashtag “#OnigiriAction” or on a dedicated website. This year, the campaign is being held for a month through November 6, bringing together a record 37 supporting entities, including major convenience store chain operator 7-Eleven Japan Co and the prefectural government of Miyagi, northeastern Japan.
Myanmar tycoon's network bustedThe Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB) and the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) have widened their joint investigation and seized assets from the drug network belonging to Myanmar tycoon Tun Min Latt, estimated at 1.8 billion baht. Tun Min Latt: Taxes probedAccording to Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin, the tycoon's case is one of two that authorities have been investigating since 2019. Pol Maj Gen Nitithorn Jintakanon, deputy chief of the MPB, said officers have tracked the Myanmar tycoon's financial transactions since 2019. The Myanmar drug dealer, 53, was arrested in a dawn raid in September along with three Thai nationals. However, two Thai nationals, identified as Pannarong Khunpitak and Kallayawee Thiraprapawong, who are believed to be the Myanmar tycoon's business associates, are still on the run, their whereabouts unknown.
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha delivers a keynote speech espousing the virtues of Thailand's bio-circular-green economic model at the Global Compact Network Thailand Forum on Wednesday. Mr Anucha gave a summary of the prime minister's speech which illustrated the importance of the BCG economic concept as a means to advance sustainable economic growth and ecological restoration. With this in mind, Thailand's BCG model will be highlighted at the Apec summit, known as the Bangkok Goal Declaration on BCG. Thailand has already started sharing its BCG economic model, adopted as a roadmap to balanced, environmentally friendly and all-inclusive economic growth, he noted. More than 110 organisations joined the GCNT Forum 2022.
Prawit said that the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) will use its budget to purchase the broadcast rights for the World Cup, which kicks off in Qatar from November 21 to December 18. “The deal has yet to be finalised, but the budget will come from the NBTC,” the deputy PM said. The World Cup is one of the sport events under the “must-have” rule imposed by the NBTC since 2012 to be made available for free on television. Other sport events covered by this rule are: the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, SEA Games, Asean Para Games, Asian Games and Asian Para Games. It is best to finish negotiating the deal as soon as possible, because the price will usually go up closer to the event, he said.
They are part of the outfit for 100 members of the Young Entrepreneur Chamber of Commerce who are slated to welcome participants at the Apec CEO Summit. Wichan CharoenkiatpakulThe business sector plans to use the Apec CEO Summit to stimulate foreign investment and defend the government's contentious proposal to allow foreign investors to own land in Thailand. The Apec CEO Summit is being held as part of the annual Apec Summit, in which 21 leaders of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) countries are scheduled to gather in Bangkok on Nov 18-19. The main aim of the Apec CEO Summit is to have participants exchange views about current economic challenges. "We invited 13 Apec economic leaders to participate in the Apec CEO Summit, to be presided over by the prime minister, who will also give a speech," said Poj Aramwattananont, chairman of the Apec CEO Summit and a member of the Apec Business Advisory Council Thailand.
TAT predicts 18m foreign arrivals in 2023The arrivals hall at Suvarnabhumi airport is packed with tourists as the travel sector recovers. Somchai PoomlardTourism leaders are projecting 18 million foreign arrivals in 2023 while holding out little hope the Chinese market will return anytime soon, says the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). Mr Thanet said leading markets such as India and Malaysia already secured flight load factors of 85% and 68%, respectively. "We have to respect each country's decision on whether to ease travel restrictions," said Mr Thanet. He said the TAT has to accelerate other potential markets to achieve the target.
