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#361
24-05-2006, 11:42 AM
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Floods, mudslides batter Northern Thailand
Report from Bangkok Post dated Wednesday 24 May 2006 :-
Floods, mudslides batter Northern Thailand : 23 confirmed dead, scores still missing Rescue and relief officials are working against the clock to help hundreds of thousands of people in Uttaradit, Phrae, Lampang, Nan and Sukhothai provinces still trapped by rising floodwaters and landslides which have so far claimed at least 23 lives. Uttaradit had the highest death toll, with 15 confirmed dead and 47 missing. About 100 homes collapsed. Five were dead in Sukhothai's Si Satchanalai district and three in Phrae, caretaker Deputy Interior Minister Sermsak Pongpanich said yesterday. Many are feared missing. An official in the North told AP the death toll could reach 100. Days of incessant rain triggered severe flash floods and landslides which struck early yesterday morning, damaging roads, railways and power lines. More rain is forecast. In hardest-hit Uttaradit, power supplies have been cut off in Muang and Laplae districts, which are submerged under up to four metres of water. Chainarong Choeisuwan, 27, of Laplae district, said he was awoken at about 3am by the sound of a huge rock rolling down a nearby mountain. He fled for his life when he saw a torrent of water rushing towards him. ''I still don't know the fate of my parents or wife who were in the house... I was so shocked I fled without thinking,'' he said. Rescuers aboard flat-bottomed boats were evacuating people in Muang, Laplae and Tha Pla districts to emergency shelters. Army helicopters were transporting military medical teams to areas inaccessible by boat and dropping the injured off at Uttaradit Songkro Foundation's convention centre as the provincial hospital was cut off by one-metre deep water. At Uttaradit Hospital, where the 580 hospital beds were fully occupied, all 65 doctors were busy, while only half the hospital staff came to work by wading along submerged roads. The hospital continued to function with electricity generated on site, but food and drink for patients and staff was expected to run out today. The Corrections Department sent three generators to the inundated Uttaradit prison to facilitate the transfer of all 700 inmates to Phitsanulok prison, said deputy director-general Pittaya Sangkanakin. In neighbouring Phrae province, residents were evacuated to higher ground -as flash floods from mountains and swollen rivers inundated Muang, Den Chai and Wang Chin districts. Mudslides smashed into tambons Chor Hae and Pa Daeng in Muang district. Rescuers were travelling on foot for 25km to five villages at the foot of Song Kwae mountain. The fate of the villages was unknown. The floods washed away houses in the -villages along with the bodies of Jaruayporn Kaewmani, 7, and her aunt Pin Kaewmani, 77. For Waree Pinchai, 32, of Muang district, the nightmare began at about 2am yesterday when she heard what sounded like thunder that was followed by the sound of rattling pieces of wood. Then water rushed into her house which shook as if it was about to collapse. ''It was only thanks to a large jackfruit tree growing nearby, which blocked the onrushing wood, that the house did not fall down,'' she said. Collapsed bridges and landslides blocked access to five villages while a helicopter could not be sent on rescue missions due to poor visibility. Elsewhere, in Sukhothai province, the Third Region Army sent helicopters to transport the injured to hospital. Meanwhile, the State Railway of Thailand has cancelled all north-bound trips as long stretches of railway tracks have been submerged. --- KatoeyNewsNetwork 
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#362
28-05-2006, 12:38 AM
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Chiang Mai trains cancelled for 12 days until 8 June 2006
Report from Bangkok Post dated Saturday 27 May 2006 :-
Chiang Mai trains cancelled for 12 days until 8 June 2006 Direct passenger trains to Chiang Mai have been suspended for at least 12 more days, until June 8, because of severe damage to rail tracks in the northern flash floods earlier this week, the chief of the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) said Saturday. Service has been stopped since Monday. SRT Governor Chitsanti Dhanasobhon said a damage survey earlier this week on the rail line through Uttaradit Province found over 30 kilometers of track and three bridges to be badly damaged. Passengers traveling to Chiang Mai must for now disembark at Uttaradit, then travel by bus the rest of the way via Den Chai and Lampang, he said. Passengers with advance bookings who no longer want to travel between May 27 and June 7 can receive full reimbursement from the SRT, Mr Chitsanti said. The initial estimate of damage is around 50 million baht, or about US$1.3 million. The SRT chief said that he would visit on Saturday and offer food and medicine to SRT officials who had been affected by the floods. --- KatoeyNewsNetwork
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#363
02-06-2006, 01:13 AM
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Train track repairs in Northern Thailand may take a month
Report from Bangkok Post dated Thursday 1 June 2006 :-
Train track repairs in Northern Thailand may take a month : Storms on way pose new threat to rail link Uttaradit - It could be a month before repairs to flood-damaged tracks in the North are finished and trains can resume normal services through Uttaradit. Until then, rail passengers and freight on the limited services still operating will have to continue using road transport between Uttaradit station and Den Chai station in Phrae, State Railway of Thailand governor Chitsanti Dhanasobhon said yesterday. Part of the track would hopefully be reopened in about two weeks, but repairs were being made under threat of more heavy rain and more landslides predicted by the weather office and geologists, he said. Flashfloods and mudslides last week claimed the lives of at least 67 people in the North, with 37 still missing. Large stretches of rail tracks in Uttaradit province were washed out by fierce currents which also crashed into the bridge posts at Ban Kang in Muang district and pushed it out of position. ''At some points the tracks were swept away by the rushing waters into nearby paddy fields. The water current was very, very strong,'' said a railway engineer who inspected a flooded area yesterday. Total damage, including destroyed tracks, damaged locomotives and carriage compartments, was put at 92 million baht. The SRT is also losing up to five million baht a day from shutdown services, Mr Chitsanti said. Only two out of the usual seven trains are running to Chiang Mai with buses taking passengers between Uttaradit and Phrae. Fuel and cargo is being trucked at high cost because of the price of diesel. Uttaradit and other northern and northeastern provinces face further heavy rainfall. The Meteorology Department yesterday warned of more torrential rains and flash floods in one or two days as a strong low pressure trough moves through the region, particularly in Tak, Sakon Nakhon, Nong Khai, Nakhon Phanom, Mukdahan, Roi Et and Si Sa Ket provinces. The Department of Mineral Resources said there was a likelihood of more landslides in the North and Northeast and advised villagers to set up teams of volunteers to keep a close watch and provide early warning. In Lop Buri, water pouring down from the Chin Lae mountain range has inundated villages in tambons Nikom Sangtoneng, Kok Tum and Ta Sala in Muang district. The flood, as deep as two metres, swept away household items and cattle. The villagers said it was the most severe flood in 50 years. --- KatoeyNewsNetwork
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#364
09-06-2006, 12:45 PM
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Index taps Chiang Mai property boom
Report from Bangkok Post dated Friday 9 June 2006 :-
Index taps Chiang Mai property boom : Home-furnisher focuses on cash-rich Index Living Mall Co plans to spend 800 million baht to open Southeast Asia's largest home-furnishings store in Chiang Mai next month. Index managing director Kijja Pattamasathayasonthi said Chiang Mai had high purchasing power from tourists and residents. The housing industry in the North has expanded significantly, benefiting the home-furnishing segment. According to the Real Estate Information Center, 21,954 housing units were launched in Chiang Mai and Lamphun during the first quarter of this year. In the same period, 94 condominium buildings were launched in Chiang Mai and one in Lamphun, with a total of 454 units. ''The growth of the condominium market in Chiang Mai is expected to continue. So we hope to build our new outlet to be the main home-furnishing centre for that area,'' said Mr Kijja. He said that the new Lanna-style Index store, located between Carrefour and Tesco Lotus on the superhighway, would occupy 20,000 square metres, compared to the existing outlets, sized between 5,000 and 15,000 sq m. The additional outlet will bring its total number to 13 by the end of this year. Mr Kijja added that the company also planned to build a new outlet on Bangkok's Rama II Road, costing 700 million baht, next year. Last week, Index opened its 12th outlet in Bang Yai district in Nonthaburi, which covers 15,000 sq m and cost around 700 million baht. To stimulate sales, the company has installed 100 sample rooms to inspire consumer imagination. Besides the investment for opening new outlets, he said Index had also invested about 50 million baht to improve logistic management to cut operating costs which stemmed largely from rising oil prices. Factory and warehouse logistics systems have already been linked, and the company plans to connect these with its supplier database in the approaching month. Mr Kijja said his business was doing fine to date. The company expected its sales this year to grow by 5-10% from 5.5 billion baht last year. Of the total, about 55% was local sales and the remainder from export. ''I'm only worried about the foreign-exchange fluctuation, which could mean losses,'' said Mr Kijja. Pong Skuntanaga, vice-president of CRC Power Retail Co, the hardware and home-improvement unit of Central Retail Corporation, said his company would spend 20 million baht to spur demand for home products in the second half. CRC recently launched the HomeWorks Super Mid-Year Sale, offering discounts of up to 70% discount, and a HomeWorks loyalty scheme which runs until August. The company expects sales of 400 million baht from the promotional campaign. --- KatoeyNewsNetwork
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#366
09-07-2006, 04:51 PM
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Mae Hong Song, Tak residents warned of flash floods
Report from The Nation dated Sunday 9 July 2006 :-
Mae Hong Song, Tak residents warned of flash floods The Meteorological Department Sunday warned people living in low-lying areas and near waterways to brace themselves for flash floods during the next two days. The department said heavy rains would be unleashed in the two provinces by the influence of the southwest monsoon wind during the next two days. The monsoon wind would also cause many parts of the country to see heavy rains, the announcement said. --- KatoeyNewsNetwork
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#367
11-07-2006, 10:35 AM
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Chiang mai
Hi,KatoeyLover69. can i check with you, if I buy a prepaid card for my PDA handphone in Chiang Mai, can I connect to GPRS, to surf the internet?
Thank you in advance
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#368
11-07-2006, 02:05 PM
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Re: Chiangmai
Was recently in Chiangmai and almost went exclusively to Foxy Lady. The girls actually dance and by Singapore standard (not ang moh standard), 4 out of 15 girls are suitable for BF. BF is 500 baht and LT is 1500 baht.
Another place I went to is Spotlight, but the girls are older. CEC on Loi Kroh Road - big complex but overall pickings are poor. Sayuri - lots of girls in fishbowls - more than some BKK fishbowls, and quite attractive too. Bubbles - I went there too early so no action. Spicy - supposed to get really hot after 1 am when all the MP girls and bargirls go there. Never stayed up that late. Give it a try. All locations listed above can be walked, except Sayuri. Note: *avoid* the beer bars next to Foxy Lady, that's ladyboy central. Uggghhh. If you're going there, raminglodge is centrally located and cute. Good deal, esp now is slow season.
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#369
11-07-2006, 06:45 PM
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Re: Chiangmai
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Those are not Ladboy pubs Those are gay bars... worst... eughhhh... cheers...  Next time... take the time and try the KTVs near Chiangmai Land...
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PRC always make us think we are special, the moment we believe them is when we are the one getting fcked  Brother of Realm, Tiko#41 U. N. R. E. T. I. R. E. D.
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#371
21-07-2006, 10:28 AM
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Re: Chiangmai
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Never been inside though..... I think crowd start coming in only after 11pm... and it's always too late for me...... http://sbf.directory/showpos...&postcount=245 If wanna check out Chiang Mai University mei mei, can try Nimmarnhemin Road.... try out Monkey Club.... its a pub/restaurant... mostly local Thai with occasionally some foreigners... don't expect FLs to approach though. Enjoy.
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#372
21-07-2006, 10:35 AM
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#373
21-07-2006, 10:55 AM
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Re: Chiangmai
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A nice samster bought me to Nimmarnhemin Road, to try out Monkey Club and brought me dinner.  Take note of 12 Aug though.. Queens birthday (aka Mother's Day). No alcohol... probably MPs not open also. Cheers
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#374
25-07-2006, 01:05 PM
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Re: Chiangmai
I am in Changmai and had a great time at KTV. The place is Sakura KTV. The gal there is all at least a average of 7 and above. The damage is much less then Bangkok. 2 of us went for about 5hrs and we pay a total of 9000B. I had a gal name May which speak good Chinese, too bad she doesn't go to hotel with me. I am so in love with her.
The mamasan name is Pui which is a ladyboy but he is so womenly. If he doesn't speak you might think she is a 100% female. The gal there is very polit and accomdating. Just get in any tuk tuk or taxi they would know where is it.
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#375
31-07-2006, 05:32 PM
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Chiang Mai town hit by flash floods
Report from The Nation dated Monday 31 July 2006 :-
Chiang Mai town hit by flash floods Pumps are working around the flooded Chiang Mai town following heavy downpours during wee hours. Flooding takes place in several areas about 1 am Monday, paralysing traffic. The Mae Hia tunnel is also closed to prevent road accidents because the tunnel is now under two-metre-high floodwater. --- KatoeyNewsNetwork
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