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Improvement of polluted Phuket canal ‘underway’

PHUKET: Much of the polluted Klong Bangtao has been dredged in order to improve flow and reduce bottlenecks that cause stagnation, a meeting at Phuket Provincial Hall was told this morning (May 23).

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Taxis, taxis, taxis – a week of fever in Phuket

PHUKET: Thirty meter taxis from the Phuket Limousine & Business Services cooperative (PBC) convened a mob at Phuket International Airport yesterday evening (May 22), blocking one of the two roads into the airport.

NEWS TODAY May 23

'Blackout could have been avoided'. Thai industries affected by black out. Former VG house suspect overlooking Patong.

Who's responsible for Phuket's blackout?

BANGKOK: The energy minister has reasons to be upset about the southern power outage, as no one at the electricity supplying agencies made the decision to save the region.

Chinese acrobats to help pay for airport interpreters

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 3 August 2012, 05:23PM

PHUKET: Acrobats and magicians from Fujian Province in China are scheduled to perform a charity event at Siam Niramit Theatre on August 14.

Security the fifth S in Thailand tourism survey

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 August 2012, 04:31PM

Despite the recent bad press, tourists in general still believe that Thailand is a vibrant destination with friendly people, according to “Is Thailand Still Amazing?” a study released recently by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).

S. Korea doctor accused of dumping patient's body

Phuket News / World

Friday 3 August 2012, 01:45PM

A South Korean doctor has admitted dumping the body of a patient after he accidentally killed her by administering a sedative, police said Friday.

No change in interest rates for now – BoT

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 August 2012, 01:00PM

Thailand’s central bank, the Bank of Thailand, left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 3.0 per cent last week, warning that the worsening global economic situation was weighing on Asian exports.

Record hotel sales this year – JLL

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 August 2012, 12:59PM

Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels is predicting that Phuket will be one of the Asia Pacific region’s hotel investment hot spots in 2012, following record sales in the first half of the year.

Thais urged to change for AEC 2015

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 August 2012, 12:57PM

Surin Pitsuwan, Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) advised Thailand today to change its trade and investment models from one of trying to attract investment into the country to one of investing more in Asean markets and then bringing revenue back to the country.

AirAsia buys Indonesia' Batavia Air

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 August 2012, 12:52PM

Low cost carrier Air Asia has announced said that it is to buy Indonesia’s Batavia Air for US$80 million (B2.4 billion), with the acquisition expected to be complete by the second quarter of next year.

Boom in Muslim tourists predicted

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 August 2012, 12:51PM

From halal spas to prayer rooms at airport terminals, the global tourism industry is gearing up for a projected boom in Muslim travel over the next decade, experts say.

Thailand 'should aim to get more Indonesian tourists'

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 August 2012, 12:50PM

An Indonesian tourism expert says the unified market in Asean that will come into being in 2015 will open doors for Asean’s private sector tourism industry to build better businesses.

Japanese tourism back on track

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 August 2012, 12:35PM

Japanese tourism has bounced back from the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, with the number of visitors exceeding the figures before the twin disaster.

Renminbi 'becoming an anchor currency'

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 August 2012, 12:32PM

China’s renminbi currency is increasingly being used to settle trade transactions in Asia, gradually cementing its way to becoming a regional ‘anchor’ currency, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) says.

Tourist 'beaten by tuk-tuk drivers'

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 3 August 2012, 12:15PM

PHUKET: Australian tourist Peter Hulands, 45, claims he was beaten by five tuk-tuk drivers in Patong on Tuesday morning (July 31), after he attempted to confront them after they allegedly made a sexual joke about his girlfriend.

Phuket lions roar on national stage

Phuket News / Features

Friday 3 August 2012, 11:49AM

PHUKET: Arguably the single most successful sporting establishment in Phuket is tucked away behind an innocuous looking metal gate halfway up the Ha Sip Pee Road hill leading out of Patong.

Scientists treat ulcers with 'spray-on skin'

Phuket News / World

Friday 3 August 2012, 11:39AM

Scientists said Friday they had developed a revolutionary "spray-on skin" treatment for venous leg ulcers -- a common ailment involving a shallow, open and stubborn wound on the ankle or lower leg.

Porn star creates a stir in Bollywood debut

Phuket News / World

Friday 3 August 2012, 11:36AM

An Indo-Canadian porn star makes her Bollywood debut on Friday in what is expected to be one of India's raunchiest mainstream movies, which is already raising eyebrows in the sexually conservative country.

Trade of Shame dogs successfully sterilised

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 3 August 2012, 11:35AM

Phuket’s Soi Dog Foundation [SDF] has successfully completed a sterilisation operation at the Khemmarat livestock centre, in Ubon Ratchathani province on Thailand’s far eastern border with Laos, where several hundred dogs rescued from the dog meat trade are being housed.

Bangkok Airways slashes its fares

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 August 2012, 11:32AM

Bangkok Airways has launched a ‘Wow’ promotion quoting deals that undercut low-cost carriers for early bookings on routes from Bangkok to Samui, Chiang Mai and Phuket.

Zcape sees 70pc bookings in a week

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 August 2012, 11:31AM

PHUKET: Phuket-based marcom organisation Prodigy One Co and developers Tri Property Co threw a joint thank you party at the newly-opened Room Zociety at Central Festival Phuket on Saturday night (July 21).

Sansiri Koh Kaew projects launched

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 August 2012, 11:26AM

Somsakul Limsuttaphan, Assistant Managing Director of Plus Property Co, a subsidiary of property giant Sansiri and sole agent for Habitia Koh Kaew and Habitown Koh Kaew in Phuket, recently welcomed customers and celebrities to the ‘H Club Society’ event – the Grand Opening of Habitia-Habitown Koh Kaew Phuket.

Wikipedia 'mulling new travel guide'

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 August 2012, 11:20AM

The folk behind the world’s fifth most popular web property, Wikipedia, are said to be pondering the creation of a Wikipedia-inspired travel guide, likely to compete with TripAdvisor and guidebook publishers across the globe.

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