Government hails Songkran public transport feat

Government hails Songkran public transport feat
On Wednesday, passengers arrive at the Chatuchak district’s Mo Chit vehicle switch. ( Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill )

During the Songkran festival, up 7 more than 15 million visits were made using public transportation. 92 % from the previous year, according to the Transport Ministry.

During the Songkran holiday this year, folks made 15,035,465 trips between April 11 and April 16, according to minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit, who announced on Wednesday.

He reiterating how effective the miracle was because of state agency participation, which made it possible for public transportation to provide people.

International means of public transportation included carriages, planes, ships and vehicles, with 485,323 people travelling by bridge, 543,017 people travelling by air and 822,725 going by street.

Additionally, according to Mr. Suriya, there were 13,877,651 cars traveling between and around Bangkok during the trip. He said in terms of incidents, the number of injuries decreased daily because all agencies carried out their duties flawlessly.

During April 11-16, the initial six weeks of the “Seven Dangerous Time ” strategy, a complete of 1,811 injuries were reported, down from 1,996 circumstances, or by 9. 2 % from last year. This time, 1,837 people were injured, over from 2,005 last year, and there were 243 incidents — a little higher than last year’s 223, according to Mr Suriya.

The six types of vehicles involving the highest number of accidents included motorcycles ( 684 accidents ), four-wheel pickup trucks (608 accidents ), private vehicles ( 517 accidents ), lorries with over 10 wheels ( 47 accidents ), six-wheel lorries ( 39 accidents ) and tuk-tuks ( 33 accidents ).

Anutin Charnvirakul, deputy prime minister and interior minister, claimed that the decrease in vehicle injuries during Songkran was not unexpected because motorcycles were the most common cause of the injuries.

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Indian man arrested over fatal hotel stabbing

Indian man arrested over fatal hotel stabbing
The American suspect is seen leaving the hotel where the death occurred, on Tuesday evening. ( Screenshot )

A 32-year-old American male has been detained in Kanchanaburi state on Tuesday evening after allegedly stabbing a 51-year-old Thai lady 31 days, killing her, at a hotel in Bangkok.

Since April 7, the sufferer and the man have been staying at a five-story motel on Soi Wutthakat 14 Road in the Thon Buri area. according to press information. The girl typically spent the day there and traveled it at night. She had a 20-year-old brother.

A hotel worker reported hearing loud arguing in their second-floor place on Tuesday around noon. The place phone was called half by the employee. It was contacted each moment and hung up right away. The American man left the hotel shortly after 1 p.m. on a blue-grey bike registered in the province of Nakhon Pathom.

Then officers were called to the scene. They found the Thai person, Sukanya Disayabut, dying with 31 attack scars. A 30-centimeter knife that had been strewn throughout the area was even discovered.

In Tha Maka city of Kanchanaburi frontier province on Tuesday night, authorities on the suspect, identified as Rajman Yabav, made the arrest. He had a large knife scar to his right arm while receiving care at Makarak Hospital.

According to reports, Mr. Yabav allegedly confessed to the crime and claimed to have acted furiously.

Police were awaiting an speaker, so they could question him more carefully.

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Russian dies in Phuket motorbike crash

Russian dies in Phuket motorbike crash
On Wednesday morning, the occupied bike is sat among vegetation in the deep ditch in Phuket’s Muang area near Patak Road. ( Photo: police )

A Belarusian man was killed on Wednesday when his bicycle slammed into a deep trench in the Muang area at around 5:00 am.

The crash occurred at a slope on Patak Road in tambon Karon, according to Police Chief Khunnadet Na Nongkhai, who said it occurred about 5 minutes later. 50am.

Emergency firefighters found Pavel Uriadov, 40, lying lifeless next to a tree in the five-metre-deep drain alongside the road.

His family Anna Uriadov, 41, was on the street. She had small accidents.

Ms. Uradov claimed to have told police that her father had taken her riding scooter from their resort in tambon Karon to Wat Phra Yai.

On the slope, he lost control, and the bicycle veered off the road. Before it plunged into the trench with her father, she had fallen.

The boy’s body was taken to Vachira Phuket Hospital for post-mortem investigation.

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Songkran road accidents killed 243 people

About 85 % of accidents involved scooters

Songkran road accidents killed 243 people
On Tuesday, cars swarm the Mitraparp highway’s Bangkok-bound roads in Nakhon Ratchasima state. ( Photo: Prasit Tangprasert )

During the Songkran event trip, 243 people were killed and 1,837 others were hurt in road accidents.

Education Minister Permpoon Chidchob reported on Wednesday that there were 1,811 traffic fatalities between April 11 and April 16, when some workers returned to their hometowns for Songkran festivities. Riders were involved in 84. 9 % of all traffic accidents.

Chiang Rai, the province with the highest death toll and highest number of accidents ( 71 ), was the province with the highest death toll ( 15 ).

Another northern province, Phrae, reported the most people injured ( 68 ). During the Songkran Thai New Year festival, Pol Gen Permpoon reported that nine out of the 77 regions were free of customers mortality.

On the last day of the street health plan, April 16, there were 242 traffic accidents, leaving 32 people dead and 237 injured. Speeding was the most prevalent reason, accounting for 37. 6 % of the fatalities, followed by drink-driving ( 23. 9 % ) and cutting in front of other vehicles ( 21 % ).  

Most Songkran travelers, according to Pol Gen Permpoon, have now come back to work.

Ruangsak Suwaree, director-general of the Probation Department, said that from April 11-16 there were 5,786 traffic infraction situations, 96. 6 % of which included drink-driving. Bangkok had the most drink-driving cases ( 493 ), followed by Samut Prakan ( 313 ) and Chiang Mai ( 302 ).

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Digital wallet "super app" to link with bank apps

Digital wallet 'super app' to link with bank apps
Julapun Amornvivat, deputy finance minister, addresses supporters of the modern pocket initiative in October of last year. ( Photo: Somchai Poomlard )

According to Deputy Finance Minister Julapun Amornvivat, the so-called” super software” intended for the 10,000-baht digital wallet plan may work in tune with existing wireless applications for businesses on customers ‘ phones.

The app, he explained, was developed in collaboration with the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society ( DES ) and the Digital Government Development Agency ( DGA ) for use in any digital-based policies. It will use an open-loop option, which allows budget users to make purchases at various stores for the sake of wider availability with easy-to-use guidelines.

According to Mr. Julapun, anyone who wants to get the budget handout is not required to open a bank account with a state-owned financial institution in order to receive the money. The” Tang Rat” game, created by the Interior Ministry and the DGA, is already in use by those who have a disability or pension to check on the payments made, according to Mr. Junlapun. On April 10, the most recent information of the 500-billion-baht electric pocket flyer policy were revealed. It is scheduled to be released in the third quarter.

Mr Julapun said earlier that the program’s income may remain obtained from three options: 152. 7 billion ringgit from the funds for the 2025 governmental year; 175 billion ringgit from the budget’s redistribution for the upcoming fiscal year; and 172. 3 billion baht in the form of a loan from the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives ( BAAC ).

A product of this size, according to Saknarong Siriporn Na Ratchasima, a former BAAC expert and deputy secretary of the Thai Sang Thai Party, may cause the bank to lose both its inner resources and its ability to generate revenue.

He claimed that the BAAC may need to find a way to pay the financial burden of that continuous debt, including the 230 billion ringgit in losses caused by a rice-pledging program under the previous Yingluck Shinawatra administration.

Last year, the BAAC’s cash remained satisfactory, with enough money in its coffers to support its procedures. The bank claimed that its liquidity risk management complied with the requirements set by the Bank of Thailand ( BoT) ).

With a cash cover ratio of 15, the bank had 287 billion baht of solid assets backing cash. 7 %, which is higher than the required 8 percentage. 50 % stated by the BoT.

If the BAAC were to issue this sizable digital wallet mortgage while the old debts from the rice-pledging structure remained unresolved, its problems may burst and eventually stifle the company’s ability to assist producers, which is what the BAAC is supposed to do, according to Mr. Saknarong.

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Chiang Mai Zoo"s aquarium reopens after B29m boost

Chiang Mai Zoo's aquarium reopens after B29m boost
Kids enjoy watching a large lake frog at Chiang Mai Zoo’s ocean that has reopened after a 29-million-baht construction. Chiang Mai Zoo

Chiang Mai Zoo has reopened its pond after a 29-million-baht construction. The country’s second ocean, located on a rock, is expected to attract more visitors than ever.

Zoo director, Wuthichai Muangman, said the director-general of the Zoological Park Organization of Thailand ( ZPO ) Attapon Srihayrun allocated a 2023 budget of over 29 million baht to the zoo to renovate its aquarium.

The job is then complete, and the ocean reopened on April 1, said Mr Wuthichai.

According to Mr. Attapon, the modern ocean embodies the idea of saving the planet and environmental protection. After the reopening, he anticipated a 10 % increase in ocean revenue from registration fees. The service was closed last year for the reconstruction.

Because it was the first location in the nation to give the water to a hill, and it adheres to international standards, it will become a well-known tourist attraction. The ocean is also a great learning environment for both children and students, according to Mr. Attapon. He added that the registration costs are affordable in comparison to those at different aquariums, which typically charge each guest at least 1,000 baht.

Admission fees at the Chiang Mai Zoo Aquarium are 300 ringgit for Thai people, 175 ringgit for Thai kids, 640 baht for an adult stranger and 375 ringgit for a foreign child.

Mr. Attapon claimed that the ZPO would give the ocean an extra one-million-baht funds to buy more marine species.

The ocean serves as both a tourist destination and learning facility as well, according to Mr. Attapon, as well as a research and conservation facility.

According to Narutat Chareonsedtasin, CEO of Marine Scape ( Thailand ), the company that manages Chiang Mai Zoo Aquarium, the aquarium is home to the world’s longest underwater tunnel, which is 133 metres long, and features the most river fish species in Thailand, with over 80 species from the Mekong River Basin and Chao Phraya Basin exhibited there.

As part of the construction, the aquarium’s air conditioning, roads, air and the sea animals ‘ well-being were improved, he said.

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Tailings to be returned  from May 7

Panel requested that the move get sped away.

Tailings to be returned from May 7
Samut Sakhon was discovered in early this month with large bags of cobalt waste. ( Police photo )

Bound & According to Industry Minister Pimphattra Wichaikul, Beyond Plc did begin moving copper effluent from Samut Sakhon, Bangkok, and Chon Buri back to their original site in Tak on May 7. The company anticipates completing the project in under 36 weeks.

On Tuesday, Ms. Pimphattra reported that the commission overseeing the transportation of the tailings had taken into account a revised strategy by the business that owns the cobalt waste.

On May 7, the business will use 30 trucks to begin transferring the copper tailings to Pun.

It may move 450 tons of copper tailings each day.

The committee requested an increase in the number of vehicles to shorten the duration, but the company initially planned to build 10 vehicles for transportation. The copper waste were expected to be transferred in 92 time.

Authorities are setting up leisure pits in Tak where the cobalt tailings may be interred.

Today, officers of the Industry Ministry’s Department of Primary Industries and Mines ( DPIM), along with officers of Tak Provincial Public Works, the Town & The waste pits may be examined for safety and sturdiness by the Country Planning Office and some other companies.

After the waste has been buried, safety measures like double-bagging the cobalt tailings before transportation and conducting an annual monitoring also close to the disposal pits to assure no leakage and contamination is prevented will be implemented.

The waste mines are secured using two pieces of one. 5-millimetre HDPE plates.

When the copper effluent have been buried, the mines will be shut using dust, HDPE linens and reinforced practical.

Thus far, 12,421 kilograms out of the 13,382 tonnes of copper waste that were improperly moved from a garbage in Tak have been found, comprising 6,378 kilograms at J& B Metal Co in Samut Sakhon, 1,034 tonnes at Chin Hong Cheng Inter Tech ( 2008 ) Co in Samut Sakhon, 468 tonnes at a warehouse in Khlong Ma Duea, also in Samut Sakhon.

Another 4,391 tonnes were found at a warehouse in Chon Buri’s Ban Bung area, and the other 150 kilograms were found at LL0 Metal Co in Bangkok’s Bang Sue area.

However, Akaradech Wongpitakroj, United Thai Nation Party MP for Ratchaburi and chairman of the committee on business, said on Tuesday   His committee had invited businesses to give more information about the schedule at the current congress meeting.

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Cops up ante on foreign criminals

Cops up ante on foreign criminals
Tourists crowd ancient town Thailand. ( File photo: Achadthaya Chuenniran )

Officials are intensifying their assault on foreign criminals who travel to Thailand as their main destination for crimes and pretend to be tourists.

The state has instructed the Royal Thai Police and the Interior Ministry to take steps to address the issue, especially in Phuket, according to Pol Lt Gen Surapong Thanomjit, director of the Provincial Police Region 8. He continued,” These foreign criminals are being investigated by Phuket authorities have established a task power.”

The Foreign Business Act and Foreign Workers Act, which establish rules to protect national security and grant Thai citizens access to specific jobs, must be followed by immigrants looking to start companies or find employment in Thailand.

Last year, more than 11 million tourists visited Phuket, bringing in more than 380 billion rmb, according to Phuket’s Tourism Authority of Thailand business. The private sector in Phuket anticipates a 5-10 % increase in visitors this year, which will reportedly take in 400 billion ringgit.

Prior to the Thai New Year holiday, April 12 to April 16, Lertchai Wangtrakuldee, chairman of Phuket’s Tourism Authority of Thailand business, predicted that the island state would be crowded.

The hotel occupancy rate as of April 11 was already at 80 % of power, he said, adding an estimated 264,350 guests were expected to flock to Phuket during the five-day event, spending 6,625 baht per man per day on average, which will provide 7. 04 billion ringgit to the beach.

Officials are concerned about international criminals who mask themselves as travellers and foreigners who use Thais as business nominations to circumvent laws that restrict certain companies to Thai people.

Lertchai: Criminals believe to be travelers

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Locals in Phuket complained that many foreigners are taking jobs that are reserved for Thais, according to Tanakorn Wangboonkongchana, a United Thai Nation ( UTN) Party list MP.

He claimed that some immigrants attempt to avoid regulations by appointing Thai businesspeople to hold shares in a business on their behalf.

To allow businesses to operate as legal entities without the need for special permits, he said, this arrangement typically involves Thai individuals holding 51 % of shares and foreigners holding 49 %, he said.

”If for a business operates a restaurant, money will go to the company’s accounts and then will be transferred to the personal profile of the immigrants. The funds will then be sent abroad. In some cases, the cash may be turned into modern resources,” he said.

He argued that Thai citizens should n’t be misled into offering assistance, support, or shares of Thai companies to foreigners to make it illegal for them to conduct business here.

” I want to inform Thais who act as nominees for foreigners. It is outlawed. It is not worth the money and rewards you receive [for acting as nominees],” he said.

The Provincial Police Region 8 is looking into more than 60 businesses suspected of acting as immigrants ‘ nominations in the South, most notably in Phuket and Surat Thani, according to Pol Lt Gen Surapong.

He stated that local officials in Phuket did launch a campaign to educate foreigners on how to do business in Thailand.

Surapong: A new assault has begun

According to the Crime Suppression Division ( CSD ), police searched 17 businesses in Phuket on April 3 and 4 allegedly run by a Russian money-laundering network.

More than 50 commercial passports and 500 related documents were taken from two computers reportedly containing a collection of foreign clients seeking to enroll Thai companies for use as shell companies, according to CSD chief Pol Maj Gen Montree Theskhan.

Before the attack, authorities investigated a Russian man suspected of being involved in money laundering, he said.

He claimed a Thai company helped the suspect obtain his Thai immigration, adding that the company listed two Russian women as authorized shareholders and one Russian woman as well.

According to Pol Maj Gen Montree, the male suspect withdrew 186 million ringgit from his three bank records after reportedly receiving crypto exchanges and selling them for money between July 7 and November 19 next year.

He added that it is thought that the accounts are connected to a system that allegedly funnels cash to Russia.

As the officers delved into the judicial system, they found it was linked to 38 different businesses, he said.

The finding led the CSD to attack 17 of the businesses, he said. The two Thai women are also being detained by police because they allegedly confessed to starting phony businesses to support immigration and function permit applicants.

More than 400 firms in well-known tourist destinations run their businesses using nominations, according to the Business Development Department.

Auramon Supthaweethum, the ministry director-general, said checks have been carried out in big hospitality regions, including Phuket, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Surat Thani and Chon Buri.

In-depth investigations were conducted on companies in the hospitality industry, including those managing visit guidelines, restaurants, car rentals and hotels, and real estate.

419 businesses may remain acting as firm nominations, according to the company. 313 of them were ordered to send more records for confirmation.

The department is also conducting a search of a further 59 businesses in Phuket in collaboration with the Tourism Department and the Department of Special Investigation ( DSI).

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Markets join BMA"s food waste reduction drive

A Bangkok Metropolitan Administration ( BMA ) initiative to separate food scraps from other waste reduces carbon emissions by about 142, which is roughly 200 fresh markets in Bangkok. 5 kilos per time.

According to Aekvarunyoo Amrapala, a spokesman for the BMA, 184 new markets are participating in the battle, and at least 75 tonnes of food pieces are being managed more effectively each day through it.

He claimed that food scraps, such as fruits and other foods, are a source of bad odors and are a breeding ground for bacteria that may spread into local water resources and also release a lot of methane gas.

He claimed that gas, which is a component of the global climate crisis, has a 28-fold higher potential for air level destruction than carbon dioxide.

The plan may reduce the number of tonnes of food waste each day, which will result in a 142-fold reduction in carbon emissions. 5 kilos a moment, he said.

He claimed that the food waste could also be used to make fertilizer and produce meals for cattle and pigs.

Maha Nak Market in Dusit region has 7 markets, making it the top place for managing food spend. Klong Toey Soi 8 Business in Klong Toey is the next stop after 83 tons of raw food waste are being sorted every time. 77 tonnes ); Yod Piman Market ( 4. 54 tonnes ) and the Thai Agriculture Promotion Market ( 4. 19 tonnes ) in Phra Nakhon district’s Pak Khlong Talad; and Lad Phrao Soi 123 Market in Bang Kapi city (3. 27 ).

He claimed that 30 % of the organized waste was sent to district headquarters for fertiliser-making, while the other 30 % was sent to producers.

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Government buoyant as tourist tally tops 10m

Happy PM promises to keep readers ‘ counters short.

Government buoyant as tourist tally tops 10m
Tourists visit the Grand Palace in February. ( Photo: Apichart Jinakul )

The Hospitality and Sports Ministry estimates that more than 10 million foreign visitors have already arrived in Thailand this month, bringing in more than 500 billion baht.

As of Sunday, a full of 10,723,953 foreign tourists were recorded, generating an income of 518 billion baht.

More than 2 million foreign visitors were made up of Chinese citizens, followed by 1 %. 39 million from Malaysia, 695,624 from Russia, 619,186 from South Korea and 546,935 from India, according to the department.

The government has even set a goal of attracting 40 million foreign visitors this year, which is on par with the pre-pandemic number recorded in 2019.

By the end of this year, it has also projected an income of 3 trillion ringgit from both domestic and foreign travelers.

Next time, there were more than 28 million international visitors, bringing in 1. 2 trillion ringgit, according to the government.

The Tourism and Sports Minister, Sudawan Wangsuphakijkosol, said that a full of 735,802 international tourists visited Thailand between April 8-14, or an average of 105,115 tourists to Thailand per day, compared to some 617,800 in the previous year, or an increase of approximately 19 %.

During the interval, Malaysian citizens formed the bulk with 150,390, followed by 148,653 from China, 36,056 from India, 34,671 from Russia and 30,427 from South Korea, she said.

According to Ms. Sudawan, factors like the end of Ramadan, which many predict may see a rise in visitors from Malaysia, as well as the free-visa partnerships with some nations, are expected to continue to increase.

Srettha Thavisin, the prime minister, was pleased to learn that more than 10 million people have visited this time.

” Things have improved. In comparison to the past time, the numbers have increased by more than 140 %. I predict that Thailand did receive a sizable flow of foreign tourists this year. I even aspire that officials will increase immigration control procedures to prevent visitors from standing in long lines and waiting for longer lines. “

As he addressed former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra during the Songkran event at Thaksin’s Chan Song La property, Mr. Srettha poured waters on his hands as he visited him.

Mr. Srettha described the good knowledge he had received from tourism and immigration authorities. ” During Songkran, the tourism industry has received a big boost with a substantial amount of cash circulating,” he added.

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