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Land sales fall 3.9% while investors away
Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate in Rayong province is part of the EEC. Land sales at 61 industrial estates nationwide saw a year-on-year decline of 3.9% during the past nine months, mainly due to difficulties foreign investors face entering the country and an economic slowdown amid the pandemic, says the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT).
Land sales in the period of October 2019 to June 2020 fell to 1,696.92 rai.
IEAT governor Somchint Pilouk said the coronavirus crisis is not over, but the government will continue to expand investment projects to serve demand growth in the industrial estate sector.
“The IEAT is not concerned about the drop in land sales volume, because Thailand is taking advantage of investors relocating their manufacturing out of China,” she said.
Earlier this year, the IEAT signed a contract to be a partner with private firms, including Pintong Industrial Park to develop the new industrial estate Phase 6 in Ban Khai and Nikhom Phatthana districts in Rayong with 1,322.4 rai, worth 2.62 billion baht.
The agency teamed up with Park Industry, a subsidiary of Singha Corporation, to develop the World Food Valley Thailand industrial estate. The project is located in Ang Thong province on 1,398 rai with total investment of 4.2 billion baht.
The IEAT is in the progress of approving a new industrial park zone for the Rojana-Chon Buri 2 (Khao Khan Song) industrial estate that the IEAT partnered with Rojana Industrial Park to develop, located on 902.59 rai in Chon Buri and worth 2.1 billion baht.
The IEAT also joined Asia Clean Industrial Park to develop a new industrial estate to serve investors in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).
The new industrial estate, called Asia Clean Industrial, is located on 1,319.89 rai in Chon Buri’s Ban Bung district and worth 2.44 billion baht.
The IEAT runs 61 industrial estates in 17 provinces with 177,261 rai of land, including 39,332 rai owned and operated by the authority and 137,929 rai for partner projects.
The IEAT has sold 1,599 rai of land in the EEC and 97.97 rai outside the EEC.
Source: Land sales fall 3.9% while investors away
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Police chain suspects doors and windows until next morning
On August 9, A man attacked an officer, took his gun, and fled to his house in Plang Yao District, Chachoengsao Province. The officer then tried to persuade him to surrender for more than 6 hours but still failed.
Later at 6:00 pm, Plangyao Police Station decided to send 50 officers from a special operations unit in Chachoengsao Province.
The standoff lasted until 11:00 p.m. and the villain still showed no signs of surrendering.
So, they decided to chain his doors and windows preventing him from escaping until the next day rather than risk any of the officers or even the suspect’s life.
Meanwhile, the Royal Thai Police in Chachoengsao Province started to process a search warrant for the next morning after leaving a couple of police officers to watch the house.
Later, Col. Sonthaya revealed that the perpetrator was named Mr. Anon, 45, at the house in Tha Bunmi Subdistrict, Koh Chan District, Chonburi Province, who went into a drunken methamphetamine rampage and destroyed his neighbor’s ricefields.
Police tried to intervene but Mr. Anont took a gun from Officer Or Sor and ran away. Mr. Anon’s daughter also reported his unusual behavior saying he was showing signs of aggressive behavior telling officers to exercise caution especially since he had a gun.
Police hope he will surrender after bringing a search warrant after the drugs wear off. To be continued……..
Later, it was reported that the suspect had escaped through the back of his house prior to officers boarding up his doors and windows. Police then conducted a search of the house and did not find the stolen gun. Police are still searching for the armed and dangerous suspect now.
Source and photos: https://www.khaosod.co.th/breaking-news/news_4678351
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2 Thai embassies hit by Covid-19 outbreaks
Thai embassies hit by Covid-19: Staff members of Thai embassies in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia have contracted the novel coronavirus, according to the Foreign Ministry. The embassy in Manama reported that a foreign employee suffering mild symptoms tested positive for Covid-19, ministry spokesman Cherdkiat Atthakor said on Sunday.
Source: 2 Thai embassies hit by Covid-19 outbreaks
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‘Sick’ policeman jumps to his death from hospital
A policeman in Si Sa Ket province who suffered from mental illness reportedly killed himself on Saturday (August 8) by jumping out of the hospital building. The deceased, Suwaroj Khumthong, 53, was a police officer at Muang Chan Police Station who was admitted to Sisaket Hospital due to his mental condition.
Source: ‘Sick’ policeman jumps to his death from hospital
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