Quarantine limbo time is about to get slashed by a third for those riding out the symptom-window in Thailand.
Health officials have agreed to cut four days and adopt a 10-day quarantine period for those lucky souls entering or returning to the kingdom, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul told reporters today.
He cited the nation’s low risk level and sparse local infections to make the move, adding that the health system has become more experienced in handling the disease effectively since it emerged 10 months ago. Thailand’s tourism-reliant economy is buckling under the strain and the public is split on reopening the nation.
“The Disease Control Department has been ready for quarantine reduction for a long time now, but the case of the French woman made us withdraw the subject…
A Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 plane is parked on the tarmac at Changi International Airport in Singapore on Oct 24, 2020. (AFP file photo)
Singapore Airlines Ltd plans to raise more liquidity after posting its biggest quarterly loss on record as the coronavirus decimated travel demand and charges from fuel hedging and fleet impairment weighed on its bottom line.
The airline is in advanced talks to raise funds in the debt capital market and by selling and leasing back some of its aircraft, Chief Executive Officer Goh Choon Phong said during a briefing Monday, without elaborating. Cash burn has fallen to about S$300 million ($223 million) a month from about S$350 million in the three months to July, Chief Financial Officer Stephen Barnes said.
The carrier has already raised S$11.3 billion in funds…
Immerse yourself in a world of Japanese films this month
published : 9 Nov 2020 at 04:30
Talking The Pictures. photo courtesy of Talking The Pictures Production Committee
Japan Foundation is holding “Japanese Film Festival — House Edition”, which will bring a total of 15 recently-released Japanese movies — all of them award-winning — to delight Thai audiences, at House Samyan on the 5th floor of Samyan Mitrtown, Rama IV Road, from Friday to Nov 22.
A collaboration with the Embassy of Japan and the Japanese Association in Thailand, the film festival will screen two to four movies on weekdays and six…
Young men are checked during the annual military draft at the Chatuchak unit in Bangkok in April 2019. (Bangkok Post file photo)
The Move Forward Party has slammed Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha for aborting its military conscription bill by refusing to endorse it.
The bill, one of its electoral pledges, makes military drafting voluntary during peacetime.
List MP Rangsiman Rome told a briefing at Parliament on Monday that the House Secretariat informed him Gen Prayut had not endorsed the bill, which had been submitted by Lt Gen Pongsakorn Rodchompoo and other Future Forward MPs last year before the party was dissolved.
Section 133 of the constitution requires that any bill that involves finances or uses the state budget must first be endorsed by the prime minister before it can be debated in the…
Poached shrimp, imitation crab stick and calamari cut so that when poached it curls into bite-sized seafood hedgehogs that hold sauce like ridged pasta. You might even find tiny dried shrimp, the raisins of the sea.
Salads are a strength of these cuisines, such that one and a pile of rice is a meal, not just a pregame warmup or a throw-in. There are eaters of some ambition who have still never tried tea leaf salad ($9.99), or le peth thoat, the Burmese national dish.
Leaves that others may dry for beverage use are harvested and pickled, like sauerkraut, to extend the season. Fried beans and peas, plus shredded cabbage, make the salad crunchy as heck. Tomato adds juice, then the whole shebang gets a toss in lime and garlic oil dressing.
JKN expects positive earnings momentum continued in 4Q from strong media contents sales, tailwind from home shopping and health supplement products (C-Tria), aiming to scale back content sales revenue to 70% from 90%, commerce & others 30% to diversify risk.
Comment: Well let’s see how far this can go. They don’t have the network that RS has.
KBANK reports 9M20 card spending +162% yoy, co-brand card Kasikorn-Shoppee subs topped 35k past 2mths, amp up campaigns to boost spending upcoming holiday season.
ORI’s 10M20 presales topped Bt22b, exceed Bt21.5b targeting, maintaining launch plan 9 projects total Bt14b in 4Q, aiming to catch previous record high at Bt26b.
Comment: Sure get all the presales you want, I want to see if they actually transfer.
STGT and DELTA are expected to be added to MSCI Standard Index to be announced November 11, while BAM and DELTA to be added…
Where ‘Define Wealth, Refine Vacation’ Carapace Huahin-Khaotao is the first condominium in Hua Hin to be licensed to operate as a hotel
Carapace Huahin-Khaotao, the luxury coastal condominium, underscores its investment potential with a guaranteed minimum 5% return in five years, without having to find a tenant.
Unit prices start from an affordable 2.79 million baht and come with the prospect of long-term returns or passive income. Co-owners will be part of a management model including the world-class BEST WESTERN PLUS hotel brand with professional experience enabling 4-star hotel rental quality. Investors may expect great value to go with relaxing aesthetics.
Commanding a prime seaside location, Carapace Huahin-Khaotao combines natural beauty and modern design by a team of professional architects working with “MODERN…
A hand-painted plate for home decoration. photos courtesy of Sai Jai Thai Foundation
Quality handicrafts will take centre stage at the “Sai Jai Thai Fair”, which will kick off tomorrow and run until Nov 16 daily from 10am to 8pm at Lifestyle Hall, 2nd floor of Siam Paragon.
Held to mark the 45th anniversary of the Sai Jai Thai Foundation under the Royal Patronage, the week-long fair will bring more than 2,000 handcrafted gift items and products created by disabled war veterans and their families. This year’s highlights will be…
The army would not protect wrongdoers, says army chief Gen Narongphan Jitkaewtae. (Photo by Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)
Pressure has mounted over treatments of conscripts over the past week after two were found dead in their bases in the Northeast.
Relatives of one of them on Monday asked the Crime Suppression Division (CSD) to handle the case, citing pressure on the family and local police.
Pvt Pichawat Wiangnon, 22, was found hanged on Friday at the 27th Miltary Circle in Roi Et province.
Army deputy spokesperson Col Sirichan Ngathong said Pvt Pichawat had taken a leave on Oct 24 but failed to show up for work later. He was brought back from his hometown and was punished according to regulations, which involved staying at the base’s headquarters and doing public service, mainly farming.
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Protesters face water cannons as they deliver thousands of letters to HM the King
Police turned the water cannons on thousands of protesters again as they tried to march to the Grand Palace to symbolically deliver hand-written letters to the Thai King. Thai media reports the crowd numbers were up to 10,000 – 12,000. Police say the crowd was around 7,000.
Police used high power water cannons for only the second time after months of mostly peaceful protests to demand greater democracy. This time the cannons appeared to use just water after lacing the water with blue dye when last used at the Pathumwan Intersection in central Bangkok on October 16.
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