Anything & Everything about Thailand (Part 2)

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Originally Posted by yinyang

Saw this interesting BBC analysis on what's next for thaksin (upon his getting bail for MCity trip).. bro suchinda, yoo hoo. Puts his situation in right perspective, unlike the usual tripe from local media
BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | What next for Thaksin Shinawatra?

thanks bro YY for sharing news on my IDOL!

Thaksin was the best PM ever.....his masterstroke buying of ManCity is regarded as a publicity coup & a lesson in marketing....its now a case study for universities lecturers.

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Only you decides who is the best, only you can decide.

Originally Posted by <<<SUCHINDA>>>

thanks bro YY
Thaksin was the best PM ever.....his masterstroke buying of ManCity is regarded as a publicity coup & a lesson in marketing....its now a case study for universities lecturers

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Report from Bangkok Post dated Thursday 20 March 2008 :-

HIV/Aids cases on rise again - Survey: Unprotected, casual sex to blame

Casual and unprotected sex is being blamed for the high number of new HIV/Aids cases _ with at least 40 people a day being infected. The number was released in a survey by the national sub-committee on Aids prevention.

The survey results have prompted health authorities to dust off a campaign to encourage the use of condoms.

Mechai Veravaidya, chairman of the sub-committee on Aids prevention, said new cases were mostly found among teenagers aged between 15 and 19. This group was sexually active and tended not to use condoms while having casual sex with multiple partners.

According to the survey only 13% of students in Mathayom Suksa and university level who had sex used condoms. Moreover, only 9% of office employees used condoms with their partners.

These groups were at high risk of contracting HIV/Aids as they had multiple partners without using protection. A lack of campaigning for condom use had made the HIV/Aids problem become very serious again, Mr Mechai, who was once known as 'Mr Condom' for his relentless condom campaign, said.

Mr Mechai said the country desperately needed to renew the condom campaign in a bid to reduce the number of new infections. Otherwise the disease would affect the national healthcare system.

An estimated 500,000 Thais are living with HIV/Aids. More than 80% of people living with HIV/Aids are in need of antiretroviral drugs.

Meanwhile, the World Health Organisation reported that 700,000 people living with HIV/Aids worldwide had tuberculosis-related problems.

In 2006, around 200,000 HIV-positive people died of TB-associated causes.

At the same time, doctors are studying three professions at risk of TB infection as Thailand ranks 18th out of 22 countries with the highest number of TB cases.

Praparn Youngchaiyud, president of the Thai Chest Association, said a team of researchers was studying TB infections among taxi drivers, food vendors and nurses because their closed working environments could make them more easily susceptible to the disease.

It would take another two years to conclude the study.

However, Dr Praparn believed the TB infection rate among these professions was no higher than others such as labourers.

Paijit Warachit, deputy permanent health secretary, said there were 91,000 new TB cases each year. A high number of TB infections and multiple drug resistance also prompted health authorities to promote screening tests and expand coverage of Directly Observed Treatment, short-course (DOTs), the WHO-recommended strategy for TB control.
--- KatoeyNewsNetwork

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Report from The Nation dated saturday 22 March 2008 :-

Malaysian found dead in Yala hotel

Yala - A Malaysian man was found dead in a room of a Yala hotel Saturday morning.

Police said the man's body was found in a room of the Cathay Hotel in Yala's Betong district by a maid at 8:30 am.

Police said the man and four Malaysian friends checked in at the hotel Saturday night. Hotel staff heard loud noise from his room at around midnight and the four other friends checked out Saturday morning.

The friends told hotel staff that the man wanted to rest a few hours more.
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Report from The STAR dated Tuesday 25 March 2008 :-

Thai cops seek four linked to man’s murder

BANGKOK : Thai police has sought Malaysia’s help to trace four people believed to be involved in the killing of a Malaysian businessman in Betong on Saturday.

A police spokesman contacted in Yala said they had sent images taken from a hotel CCTV and other evidence to Malaysia for further action.

He said the four suspects had checked into the hotel on Friday night together with N. Chandrasegaran, 51, who was found dead by a hotel worker at about 8.30am on Saturday.

Hotel staff had told police that they heard loud noises from his room around midnight.

The suspects checked out the following day and informed the hotel staff that the man wanted to rest a few hours more.

The spokesman said investigation showed that the man was beaten and his head smashed against the wall before he was smothered with a pillow.

“They also took his documents and money. We believe the motive of the murder was business-related,” he said.

Betong, bordering Perak and Kedah, is a popular entertainment hub for Malaysians and has been less affected by the ongoing violence in the three southern provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat.
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Report from The New Straits Times (Malaysia) dated Monday 31 March 2008 :-

17 Malaysians hurt in crash in Chiangmai

BANGKOK : A Thai bus driver was killed and 17 Malaysian tourists injured when the tour bus they were in plunged into a ravine in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai yesterday.

Two other Malaysian tourists, a Thai tour guide and an assistant escaped unhurt in the 4pm incident.

Police said the injured, who sustained cuts and bruises, were sent to a nearby hospital for observation.

The bus was ferrying the 19 tourists to Doi Suthep, a hillside area about 15km from Chiang Mai which is popular for its Buddhist temple, Wat Prathat, when the accident occurred.
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