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PHUKET: The Phillips Group Pte Ltd announced this week that it has bought Phuket Property Dot Com Ltd, which developed one of the island’s leading websites for property sales and rentals. The price was not revealed.

Tuesday 26 March 2013, 06:04PM

Sri Panwa in Phuket to be put into property fund

PHUKET: Phuket luxury resort Sri Panwa will be sold into a property fund, Bill Barnett reports on his blog thephuketinsider.com.

Tuesday 26 March 2013, 06:03PM

Phuket's Sansiri launches high-end beach project

PHUKET: Sansiri has officially launched its latest project on Phuket, its first on a beach and its first “premium class” condo aimed at an international market.

Tuesday 26 March 2013, 06:01PM

Concerns over rising flows of hot money

BANGKOK: Two of Thailand’s financial heavyweights have called on the Bank of Thailand (BoT) to review the policy interest rate as a short-term solution to what they believe are excessive amounts of short-term foreign capital – so-called “hot money” – flowing into the country.

Tuesday 26 March 2013, 05:55PM

Bangkok Airways, shopping and power boost Samui’s rise

KOH SAMUI: Hotel occupancy in Koh Samui was at an all-time high of 68 per cent overall for 2012, compared with 59 per cent in 2011, thanks to new direct international flights and aircraft upgrades, according to consulting firm C9 Hotelworks.

Tuesday 26 March 2013, 05:54PM

Marriott man to head up Hilton sales

SINGAPORE: Hilton has appointed Dominic Sherry as Head of Sales for Asia Pacific, based in Singapore.

Tuesday 26 March 2013, 05:50PM

Thai Smile set to launch from Phuket

PHUKET: Thai Smile, Thai Airways International’s junior sister, is to launch three new routes from Phuket at the beginning of April, two linking with India and one between Phuket and Kuala Lumpur.

Tuesday 26 March 2013, 05:43PM

B2tn rail project ‘will transform Thailand’

BANGKOK: A seven-year scheme for a dual-track rail system, to be developed by the State Railway of Thailand (SRT), will change the face of the nation, a senior official says.

Tuesday 26 March 2013, 05:41PM

US schools embrace ‘immersion’ Chinese

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 26 March 2013, 05:37PM

Susan Wang couldn’t speak English when she arrived in California from Taiwan, aged 16.

Phuket fuel spill five times larger than estimated

PHUKET: The person responsible for the Phuket boat which sank and leaked 10,000 litres of fuel – five times more fuel than originally thought – may face charges, the Phuket Marine Office has said.

Tuesday 26 March 2013, 03:18PM

High-level Phuket visit spotlights food safety

PHUKET: The Deputy Minister of Public Health, Dr Chonlanan Srikeaw, yesterday (March 25) paid a high-profile visit to the public market on Ranong Rd, Phuket Town.

Tuesday 26 March 2013, 01:08PM

New tourist police app to ‘help the public’ in Phuket

PHUKET: A new phone application will be helpful for both tourists and expats in Phuket, says a representative of the Phuket Tourist Police.

Tuesday 26 March 2013, 11:11AM

Lack of Rohingya policy strains Phuket Immigration

PHUKET: The lack of clear government policy on Rohingya refugees who land in Phuket and other parts of Thailand is causing strains on local official facilities, says a representative of the Phuket Immigration Police.

Tuesday 26 March 2013, 10:59AM

Thailand ends search after refugee camp blaze

MAE SURIN: Rescue workers on Sunday ended the search for victims of a blaze that tore through a Myanmar refugee camp in northern Thailand as destitute survivors scavenged for bamboo to build shelters.

Tuesday 26 March 2013, 09:53AM

Court acquits two Red Shirts of torching mall

BANGKOK: Two supporters of Thailand's "Red Shirt" protest movement were acquitted Monday of setting fire to a huge shopping mall during mass anti-government rallies that rocked Bangkok in 2010.

Tuesday 26 March 2013, 09:52AM

Patong Mayor to ‘talk to taxi club’ about Phuket bus

PHUKET: Governor Maitree Intusut today asked Patong Mayor Pian Keesin to talk to ‘his taxi club’ to encourage them to allow the proposed new bus service from Phuket International Airport to Kata.

Monday 25 March 2013, 06:24PM

Guns seized in Phetchaburi slain elephant raids

PHETCHABURI: Provincial Police Region 7 officers backed by special units of the Royal Thai Army have seized a large quantity of hunting weapons as the investigation continues into the killing of a female elephant with a calf in Kaeng Krachan National Park in Phetchaburi.

Monday 25 March 2013, 04:44PM

Royal Forest Department steps into refugee camp blaze row

BANGKOK: The Royal Forest Department (RFD) has dismissed claims that Friday's refugee camp inferno was caused by a forest fire, as none had been reported nearby when the blaze broke out at the camp.

Monday 25 March 2013, 04:41PM

Russian woman takes the Phuket cake comp

PHUKET: Russian tourist, 27-year-old Svetlana Makovskaya, won the Royal Phuket City Hotel’s cake eating competition on Sunday (March 24) by eating 12 pieces of cake.

Monday 25 March 2013, 04:15PM

Missing Russian diver found dead in Phuket