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unusual facts about Padang Besar, Thailand



2008 World University Cycling Championship

Prague, Czech Republic and Bangkok, Thailand were also candidate cities to organize the championship.

511th Tactical Fighter Squadron

As the Vietnam War intensified, deployed flights to both Thailand and South Vietnam throughout the 1960s, providing air defense of Bangkok and Saigon as well as other areas from enemy aircraft.

676th Bombardment Squadron

The squadron flew its first combat mission on 5 June 1944 against the Makasan railroad yards at Bangkok, Thailand.

Almerigo Grilz

He witnessed all the conflicts from mid 70’s, from the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan to the Israeli’s operation in Lebanon; the conflicts between Druses and Christian Maronites; and the Myanmar-Thailand border war between Keren minority and Myanmar regulars.

Anocha Suwichakornpong

Featuring a scene of full-frontal male nudity and masturbation, it was the first Thai film under Thailand's motion-picture rating system to be given the most-restrictive 20+ rating.

Bea Bielik

In the first round she defeated world number 148 Renata Voráčová of the Czech Republic in straight sets, 6-4 6-4, but the major upset came in the 2nd round, when she defeated comfortably Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn, who was a top 30 player at the time, 6-4 6-2.

Birth in Thailand

The demography of Thailand has changed since the 1970s, mostly because of the promotion of small family sizes with the help of family planning outreach programs such as the Population and Community Development Association and efforts of Mechai Viravaidya.

Boaz Zippor

He has supported several projects in Thailand, including Camillian Hospital, Rotary Club Bangkok South, Baan Unrak, Baan Prakart, Newsmakers Clutter Sale, and Bangkok Opera Education Fund, most of which are projects in the field of education for underprivileged children.

Buddhadasa

In 1932, Buddhadasa founded his forest hermitage Suan Mokkh ('garden of release'), a center for study and serious practice in the Chaiya district, Surat Thani Province of southern Thailand.

Censorship in Thailand

All versions of the story of Anna Leonowens and King Mongkut (Rama IV) have been banned in Thailand, including the 1956 musical The King and I.

Children of the Dark

Filming for Children of the Dark took place in Bangkok despite initial problems securing a filming permit for Thailand, who denied Sakamoto's attempts to procure one.

Chin Peng

On December 2 of that year, at the town of Had Yai in Southern Thailand, Chin Peng, Rashid Maidin and Abdullah CD met with representatives of the Malaysian and Thai governments.

Christoffel Nortje

Professor Nortje has spoken extensively in Maxillofacial Radiology scientific meetings in Hungary, Italy, USA, Brazil, Abu Dhabi, Lebanon, Bangkok, Thailand, China, Namibia and Zimbabwe.

Crime in Burma

Burma is a major source of prostitutes (an estimate of 20,000–30,000) in Thailand, with the majority of women trafficked taken to Ranong, a location that borders Burma at its south, and Mae Sai, which is located at the eastern tip of Burma.

Don Kaeo

Don Kaeo, Mae Rim, a tambon (subdistrict) of Mae Rim District, in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand

Economy of Thailand

From 25 November to 3 December 2008 the Yellow Shirts, protesting Somchai Wongsawat's prime ministership, seized the two Bangkok airports (Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang) and damaged Thailand's image and economy.

Eric Szmanda

Szmanda supports the U.S. Campaign for Burma and traveled to Thailand to see the conditions of Burmese refugees who have fled their native country.

Faculty of Medicine, Princess of Naradhiwas University

Moreover, majority of doctors concentrates in big city and Bangkok therefore provincial part and the three southern border provinces of Thailand including Yala, Pattani, and Narathiwat has the lowest density of doctor.

Hat Yai

Hat Yai International Airport is located 9 km from downtown, serving destinations throughout Thailand and connecting the city to Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.

Honda Phantom

Tyre Size: Front - 90/90 - 17M / C49P (Tubeless) ; Rear - 130/90 15M / C66P (Tubeless), available from Metzeler (Lasertec), Pirelli (City Demon), Bridgestone (Exedra), IRC (from Thailand) and Shinko (with white-walled option)

Ismail Yunos

He was also part of the Singapore Under-23 team that took part in the 2005 Southeast Asian Games in Philippines and also won a bronze medal for the 2007 edition in Korat, Thailand.

John Gunther Dean

The evacuation of Phnom Penh scene was filmed near Bangkok in 1983 and Wheeler met Dean, who was then the U.S. Ambassador to Thailand.

Junior Aparecido Guimaro de Souza

Juninho made a surprise move to BBCU F.C. at Thai Premier League on 4 June 2012 in a six-month contract on loan, where he quickly gained first team experience in Southeast Asia Club at Thailand.

Kaeng Suea Ten Dam

Kaeng Sua Ten (แก่งเสือเต้น) is a site in the Phi Pan Nam Range, in Song District, Phrae Province, Thailand.

Khun Tan

Khun Tan Tunnel, the longest railway tunnel in Thailand in Lampang and Lamphun provinces

Luca Bellisomo

Bellisomo captained Canada to a fourth-place finish at the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand, eventually finishing in fourth place when Canada lost on penalties to hosts Thailand in the bronze medal playoff game.

Mahyar Monshipour

He lost his belt to Thai Somsak Sithchatchawal on 18 May 2006, in a match that won The Ring Fight of the Year and Harry Markson Awards, the latter the prize for "fight of the year" awarded by the Boxing Writers Association of America.

Malaysia Airlines subsidiaries

Operating out of its hub in Penang, Firefly provides exclusive routes daily to Subang, Penang, Kuantan, Kuala Terengganu, Kota Bharu and Langkawi in Malaysia, and 4 times a week to Phuket and Koh Samui in Thailand.

Malaysian Plover

The main remaining large populations of Malaysian plovers in Thailand are in Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park (Thailand's first marine protected area), and beaches around Bonok village both in Prachuap Khiri Khan province and Laem Phak Bia in Petchburi province.

Petchara Chaowarat

In 1964, Petchara was named best actress by the Thailand National Film Awards committee for her role in Nok Noi, and received the award from the hands of King Bhumibol.

Phobia 2

The movie is produced by GTH GMM Thai Hub; Thailand's leading film production company following the very successful previous chapter; 4bia (aka See-Prang).

Polyplex

With its headquarters in NOIDA, adjoining New Delhi the company has four PET Film manufacturing facilities–one in Khatima and one in Bajpur, in the state of Uttarakhand, India, one in Rayong province, Thailand, and one in Tekirdağ, Turkey (owned and operated by Polyplex (Thailand) Public Company Ltd. and Polyplex Europa Polyester Film Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. respectively, its wholly owned subsidiaries).

Pridiyathorn Devakula

He was succeeded as governor of the Bangkok of Thailand by Tarisa Watanagase, the first woman to head the BoT.

Puerto Ricans in the Vietnam War

Brigadier General Antonio Maldonado, who in 1967 became the youngest pilot and Aircraft Commander of a B-52 Stratofortress nuclear bomber, was assigned in January 1971 to the 432nd Tactical Fighter Reconnaissance Wing, Udon Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand.

Rafflesia kerrii

The species is named after the Irish botanist A.F.G. Kerr (1877–1942), the first botanist to collect plants extensively in Thailand.

Rice production in Thailand

Noppadon Pattama, the foreign minister of Thailand, wants to call the forum the Council on Rice Trade Cooperation and was planning, as of May 2008, to invite; China, India, Pakistan, Cambodia, Burma, and Vietnam.

Robertsite

It is also reported from the Khoa Rang Kai phosphate deposit, Chiang Mai, Thailand in a limestone guano deposit.

Song Khwae

Song Khwae District is a district (Amphoe) in the northwestern part of Nan Province, northern Thailand.

Spondias

A theory regarding the name of the city of Bangkok, Thailand is that the name is derived from makok (มะกอก), the Thai name for the fruit of Spondias dulcis.

Srinagarind Dam

The Srinagarind Dam (also known as the Srinakarin Dam) is an embankment dam on the Khwae Yai river in Si Sawat District of Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand.

Standish brothers

He worked as the president of Bangkok Adventist Mission Hospital in Thailand, where he rescued the hospital from imminent closure, and as president of Penang Adventist Hospital in Malaysia.

Street dogs in Bangkok

It is estimated that there are over 120,000 Free-ranging dogs in Bangkok, Thailand.

Telecommunications in Sri Lanka

The most recent survey was conducted in July 2008 in eight Asian countries, including Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Pakistan, Thailand, and the Philippines.

Thai Airways International Flight 261

Thai Airways International Flight 261 was a scheduled passenger flight from Bangkok, Thailand to Surat Thani, Thailand.

Victoria Bridge, Malaysia

The new bridge is significantly wider, with room to support a second track, but in its early life it was only required to handle a single track until double tracking and electrification was conducted between the Ipoh-Padang Besar line during the late-2000s and early-2010s.

Walter McGowan

In December 1966, he defended his WBC world title against Chartchai Chionoi in Bangkok, Thailand.

Wat Aranyawiwake

Wat Aranyawiwake (Thai script: วัดอรัญญวิเวก, RTGS: Wat Aranyawiwek), also known as Wat Ban Pong (Thai script: วัดบ้านปง) is a monastery ("Wat") in the Thai Forest Tradition of the Theravada lineage of Buddhism located in Mae Taeng, Chiang Mai Province, northern Thailand.

Wat Bueng Thong Lang

Watbungthonglang Temple is a Buddhist temple in Bangkapi, Bangkok, Thailand.

Wildlife Alliance

CNN's Anderson Cooper 360° series, Planet in Peril, features Wildlife Alliance programs in Thailand and Cambodia, including Care for Rescued Wildlife, Bokor National Park, and efforts to stop the illegal wildlife trade in Asia.

William Nunn

Mr Nunn was also a British diplomat and was the final British Ambassador to Siam(now Thailand)and in his latter days would recount stories of his 'adventures' there to the children whom he knew.


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