According to Mr. Sunan Thongren,
the owner of Jet Ski rental business, the injured tourist was riding a jet ski when the speed boat
and his jet ski collided. Mr. Sunan and the tourist′s friends then rushed in to help and transported
the victim to Patong Hospital.

The tourist was later sent to Siriroj Phuket hospital to
receive specific treatment for his head injury.

Police investigation is underway for the
incident.

Prior to this accident, a speedboat crashed in Pattaya on 28 August, killing two
Chinese tourists. The tourism authorities then vowed that they would tighten safety standards to
promote confidence in Foreign Tourists.

Mr. Sorasart Nuengmatsha, head of local security in Khuinagkhao
Village, Mueng District, said he was alerted by fellow villagers about the strange behaviour of Pra
Witthaya Pholyano, 40, after he was seen walking drunk in the village and damaging several
vehicles.

Mr. Sorasart then sought out the monk. He eventually found Pra Witthaya taking
drugs in the graveyard′s restroom, just behind a local temple. Police soon arrived to take the monk
into custody.

Pra Witthaya said  he was visiting his fellow monk in the Ban Nong Song
Hong temple, and was about to leave town but it started raining so he took shelter in the graveyard.

There, the monk said, he met local teenagers who advised him how to contact the drug dealer
and successfully bought the drug for 250 baht. He admitted to taking drugs to pass the time until it
stops raining and his robes were dried, but insisted he never left the restroom to beat up anyone′s
car.

Mr. Christopher George Houston, a resident of ?The Best? condominium in Sukhumvit 77, made a
complaint on Sansiri′s Facebook page that he was horrified to learn his wall was filled up with
paper and foam.

He posted some photos to prove his claim, saying he discovered about the foam
because rainwater kept leaking into his room so he hired a technician to investigate it.

The
complaint was a topic of much discussion on Pantip.com, the famous online community in
Thailand.

Mr. Uthai Uthaisaengsuk, Managing Director of the prestigious property group,
insisted that his company had investigated the case and said that Mr. Houston′s room was the only
room facing the problem.

According to Mr. Uthai, ?The Best? project was built by
construction company ?RTH?, a small contractor who was appointed for the group′s expansion.

His Excellency Ning Fukui told Ms. Yingluck that he was
most delighted to know that the Prime Minister will attend the China-ASEAN Expo on 2-3 September,
and wishes to see more Chinese investors investing in Thailand.

Mr. Ning has an extensive
experience in the Korean peninsula; he has served as an ambassador to South Korea and as a
high-ranking diplomat to North Korea. He has also represented the People′s Republic as its
ambassador to Cambodia.

According to Mr. Ning, Thailand and China had formed a good
relationship, and had become partners and good allies.

In return, the Prime Minister said
that she is obliged with the current support in agricultural goods from China. The Thai government
plans to strike a deal with China to buy more rice, rubber and dairy products from Thailand, she
said.

Ms. Yingluck also told the Ambassador that she, too, would like to invite more Chinese
businesspeople to invest more in Thailand.

“We would love to see more Chinese movie sets like
‘Lost in Thailand’, to bring in more Chinese tourist to Thailand” said Ms. Yingluck, referring to
the comedy film which was a big hit in China.

The accident took place at
a pier in Pattaya when the speedboat crashed to a bigger ship, killing Mr. Dong Feiyue, 30, and Mr.
Zhang Tao, 29.

8 people were also injured by the crash, including the speedboat driver, Mr.
Kriangsak Boonsiri, 23, who has been charged with reckless behaviour. He remains in police custody.

Mr. Somsak Phureesrisak, Minister of Tourism and Sport, said that the case will be brought
to the Tourism Court. The court was established to specifically process cases that involved foreign
tourists out of hope that their grievances would be quickly redressed.

However, the court
will be officially opened by 5 December this year (His Majesty the King′s Birthday).

Mr.
Somsak also said he had taken steps to improve the safety of these speedboats, such as equipping GPS
device to monitor their speed and travelling routes.

Ms. Tammy
?Ladda? Duckworth, the representative of Illinois’s 8th Congressional District, was speaking at
Chulalongkorn University′s Faculty of Political Science in Bangkok where she gave talks about her
perspective on US foreign policy.

The half-Thai veteran also voiced her fear that supplying
weapons to the Syrian opposition would make things worse because the weapons might fall into the
wrong hands: namely, the Islamist militants allied with Al Qaeda.

“I won’t let America
goes to war, unless it was for America’s best interest”, said the congresswoman, explaining that it
is the Middle Eastern countries who should engage more with Syrian crisis, as Syria is ‘their
backyard’, not America′s.

Ms. Duckworth added: “Asia Pacific is my backyard,…, Thailand is my
backyard”.

As the first Thai-American Congress representative, Ms. Duckworth emphasized her
mixed root and hoped that her character would allow her help foster the relationship between the 2
countries, upon the occasion celebrating 180 years of Thai-US relations.

Recently, the US
government has shown their eagerness to engage more in Asia Pacific, she said, citing an example
that President Barack Obama chose to visit Thailand last year in his first trip abroad after he won
his second presidential term.

According to Ms. Duckworth, the US president also encouraged
her to take the trip to Thailand.