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AOT plans solar power plants at six airports
BANGKOK: — Airports of Thailand (AOT) is planning to build solar-cell power plants at its six airports nationwide.
“This is one of the projects that AOT hopes will help in cost reduction as the company aims to be a green airport in the near future,” AOT president Serirat Prasutanond [...]

TAT lowers arrival target
The Tourism Authority of Thailand has revised downward its projected tourist arrivals for this year from 14 million to 13.7 million due to the economic crisis and the Kingdom’s political problems, newly elected governor Surapol Svetasreni said yesterday.
“If the internal political tensions do not worsen and the global economy does not deteriorate [...]

PHUKET CITY: — Two Burmese fishermen were sentenced to 25 years in prison for the March 2009 murder of British yachtsman Malcolm Robertson off the coast of Thailand’s Satun province, The Guardian has reported.
At the time of the murder, the semi-retired couple were on their way from Phuket to Malaysia’s Langkawi Island, where they planned [...]

HM THE KING’S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS
Official functions postponed indefinitely
The Royal Household Bureau announced on Monday that His Majesty the King has ordered the indefinite postponement of many functions relating to his birthday celebrations.
The Trooping the Colour, scheduled on December 2, and HM the King’s birthday speech on December 4 have been indefinitely postponed.
HM the King will [...]

Thailand’s Thongchai Jaidee and Prayad Marksaeng finished in joint 16th place in the World Cup following a final round three-under-par 69 for a four-day total of 15-under-par 273.
Source:Thailand finish in 16th place (Bangkok Post – Thailand's English news)

Thailand’s SEA Games football team arrived in Laos yesterday ready to defend their title at the 25th SEA Games in Vientiane.
Source:Thailand ready for first SEA Games match (Bangkok Post – Thailand's English news)