Best Western Plus Nexen Pattaya Hotel

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Best Western Plus Nexen Pattaya Hotel

Best Western Plus Nexen Pattaya Hotel

published : 5 Nov 2020 at 04:00

Just recently opened on Oct 1, this new 4-star hotel is the first from Best Western Plus in Pattaya, targeting business and leisure travellers. The property offers 164 spacious Deluxe rooms and Suites, ranging in sizes from 30m² to 47m² for a pleasant stay.

The decoration is simple yet smart and in a modern style. Located in the heart of town, the hotel is ideal for those wanting to take a break from the fast pace of life.

8/159 Moo 6, North Pattaya Road, Naklua district, Chonburi 20150 Thailand
Tel: 033-112-999
Website: Bestwesternasia.com
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Thaworn proposes new labour mobility panel for GMS

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Thaworn proposes new labour mobility panel for GMS

Deputy Transport Minister Thaworn Senneam called for the appointment of a committee on safe labour mobility during the 24th Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Ministerial Conference held online on Wednesday.

The meeting was also attended by GMS ministers from Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. The theme of the gathering was: “Paving the way to a more integrated, inclusive, sustainable and prosperous GMS.”

Mr Thaworn said during the meeting that Thailand was determined to develop its transport infrastructure through cooperation with neighbouring countries with its latest effort being a 50.6-billion-baht deal it had signed under the Thai-Chinese high speed rail project.

Mr Thaworn also asked the GMS to support appointing a labour mobility panel in order to prevent and mitigate the impacts of Covid-19.

Meanwhile, seven new coronavirus cases were…


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Retailers accused of subsidy scheme breach

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Retailers accused of subsidy scheme breach
The FPO’s deputy director-general Attapol Attaworadej (right) submits investigation information to ECD commander Pol Maj Gen Maitri Chimcherd to prosecute the three stores that may be in breach of the co-payment scheme.

The Finance Ministry has submitted information to the Economic Crime Suppression Division (ECD) for an investigation into three stores that could be in breach of the government’s co-payment scheme conditions.

The information is intended to be used as additional evidence for legal prosecution, said Pornchai Theeravet, deputy spokesman of the Finance Ministry and adviser on financial at the Fiscal Policy Office.

The three stores, unnamed, are suspected to be in breach of the scheme’s conditions, said Mr Pornchai, without elaborating on the details.

Their right to use the Tung Ngern…


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Barca, Juve win in Champions League as woeful Man Utd beaten

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Barca, Juve win in Champions League as woeful Man Utd beaten
Lionel Messi scored his 71st Champions League group stage goal.

PARIS: Lionel Messi scored as Barcelona overcame a depleted Dynamo Kiev 2-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday, while Juventus eased Ferencvaros aside and Manchester United slumped to an unexpected defeat in Turkey.

Nine-man Paris Saint-Germain lost to RB Leipzig in a repeat of last season’s semi-final and Chelsea proved too strong for Rennes, with Timo Werner twice converting from the penalty spot.

Making his 150th appearance in European competition, Messi dispatched an early penalty at Camp Nou after he was fouled in the area and Gerard Pique headed in Ansu Fati’s cross on the hour.

Viktor Tsygankov grabbed a consolation for coronavirus-hit Dynamo as Barca, winless in four games in La Liga, recorded their third successive Group G victory…


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Release of 4 rally leaders ‘justified’

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Release of 4 rally leaders ‘justified’

Release of 4 rally leaders ‘justified’

Decision to prosecute now up to police

The Office of the Judiciary insisted on Tuesday it acted in accordance with legal procedures when it released four anti-government leaders on Monday.

Judiciary spokesman Suriyan Hongwilai said the cases had not yet entered the court system, so its decision to turn down a police request to detain the protest leaders for a third time was in line with international legal standards.

It was now up to the police whether to prosecute the four leaders, Mr Suriyan said, adding that the court had only been asked to examine the way the police had exercised their power in the case.

Ekkachai Hongkangwan and Suranat Paenprasert, charged with intending to do harm to Her Majesty the Queen’s liberty on Oct 14, were…


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Gold traders see prices rise on US election

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Gold traders see prices rise on US election
YLG gold bars on display. Gold prices are expected to move in a range of $1,800-1,950 an ounce this month, according to YLG Bullion & Futures.

Gold traders estimate gold prices will increase no matter which candidate wins the US presidential election, as the US central bank is expected to continue its aggressive monetary stimulus programme regardless of the victor.

MTS Gold Futures managing director Nuttapong Hirunyasiri said US political factors will support a gold price rise in the fourth quarter. Unlimited quantitative easing (QE) will weaken the US dollar in the long run, thus increasing the price of gold.

Market watchers should also keep an eye on the outcome of the US election today. If Donald Trump wins, stocks worldwide will increase because global trade policy will remain unchanged, he said. If…


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Scaled-down Tokyo Film Festival kicks off amid Covid-19

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Scaled-down Tokyo Film Festival kicks off amid Covid-19

Scaled-down Tokyo Film Festival kicks off amid Covid-19

published : 3 Nov 2020 at 04:00

Visitors on the red carpet of the 33rd Tokyo International Film Festival. Photo: Reuters

The 33rd Tokyo International Film Festival kicked off in the Japanese capital on Saturday, with a scaled-down red carpet procession as organisers found creative ways to celebrate filmmaking through online events despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

A total of 138 works, selected from 1,356 titles from 107 countries and regions, will be shown in Tokyo during the festival’s run to Nov 9.

Among those appearing on the red…


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Seven new Covid-19 infections among arrivals

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Seven new Covid-19 infections among arrivals
A soldier stands guard at the border in Mae Sot district of Tak, part of the tight security net against illegal migrants who may bring Covid-19 with them from Myanmar. (Photo: Nutthawat Wicheanbut)

Seven new coronavirus cases were reported on Wednesday, all imported, taking the total number of infections to 3,804, with no new fatalities.

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration said three of the new cases were Thai nationals returning home, and the other four were foreigners who had flown in from overseas.

The Thai returnees included a man arriving from Jordan via Qatar on Oct 27. His test on Sunday was positive.

A Thai man who returned from France on Friday tested positive on Monday, while a Thai woman coming from Sweden via Qatar tested positive on Thursday after arriving in Thailand on…


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Cabinet approves price guarantees for rice and rubber

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Cabinet approves price guarantees for rice and rubber

The mobile cabinet on Tuesday gave the nod to price guarantee schemes for rice and rubber worth a combined 61.9 billion baht.

Of the total budget, 51.2 billion baht is allotted towards the rice scheme for the 2020-21 season and 10.0 billion for the second phase of the rubber price guarantee scheme for the 2019-20 season.

The two schemes will be handled by the state-owned Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC).

According to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, the annual 2020-21 rice scheme is scheduled to be implemented between October 2020 and May 2021.

The rice price guarantee offers compensation if market prices fall below the benchmark.

The scheme will offer guaranteed prices at the same rates as during the previous season.

The scheme covers five main types of rice: white rice paddy with 15% moisture, hom mali rice paddy, fragrant Pathum Thani…


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Japan museum, rail line team up on train wrap

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Japan museum, rail line team up on train wrap

Japan museum, rail line team up on train wrap

published : 4 Nov 2020 at 04:00

A museum guide robot explains Gauguin’s Te Nave Nave Fenua oil painting. Photo: Kyodo

An art museum and a small railway line in western Japan launched on Monday a crowdfunding appeal for a plan to wrap one of the line’s single-carriage trains with designs taken from Western masterpieces hung at the facility to help cheer up the local area.

The Ohara Museum of Art in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, and the Ibara Railway plan to decorate both the interiors and exteriors of one of its train cars with works by Renoir and El Greco,…


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