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Phuket rain fails to dampen locals' merit making spirit

PHUKET: This morning's heavy rain did not affect the turnout for the “Tam boon klang lhad” (Merit Day) as hundreds of locals poured into downtown Phuket to donate food and items to the local monks and 'make merit'.

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Bangkok: Reconciliation bill comes under fire

BANGKOK: The reconciliation bill sponsored by Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung is facing growing opposition as it would exonerate those responsible for the crackdown on the 2010 red shirt protests.

Aerosmith's Steven Tyler spotted in Phuket Town

PHUKET: Phuket Town locals got a shock last night (May 18) when they spotted Aerosmith's lead singer Steven Tyler partying at Timber Hut bar in Phuket Town.

Phuket Police must stamp out abuse of tourists, says Chinese envoy

PHUKET: China’s Haad-Yai-based Vice Consul, Qin Jian, has urged police to crack down hard on sexual attacks on tourists, following yesterday’s alleged molestation of a 19-year-old Chinese tourist by a “black taxi” driver who picked her up from the airport.

WTO unlikely to help Laos escape Thailand's grasp

Phuket News / Thailand

Saturday 2 February 2013, 08:32AM

BANGKOK: Laos joins the World Trade Organisation on Saturday, a major step for the small communist country but one that experts say may not break its powerful neighbours' stranglehold over its economy just yet.

Rohingya baby born in refugee boat near Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 2 February 2013, 08:24AM

PHUKET: A Rohingya refugee gave birth to a baby boy on an overcrowded boat carrying around 110 people which arrived in Thailand from unrest-hit western Myanmar, an official said Thursday.

China approves Ping An sale to Thailand's CP Group

Phuket News / Business

Saturday 2 February 2013, 08:20AM

BEIJING: China said Friday it had approved British bank HSBC's sale of its stake in insurance giant Ping An to a Thai conglomerate for $9.4 billion, ending speculation that the deal was on the verge of collapse.

Honest Phuket van driver returns B120,000

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 1 February 2013, 03:26PM

PHUKET: A 24-year old van driver Sarawut Sompan is being praised for his honesty after he handed in around B132,000 worth of cash belonging to an Indonesian official.

L&H launches Phuket Inizio project

Phuket News / Business

Friday 1 February 2013, 12:52PM

PHUKET: Land and House Park Phuket launched a new housing project, Inizio Koh Kaew last Friday (January 18) on 26 rai of land in a quiet soi behind the Isuzu showroom on Thepkrassattri Rd, aimed, like so many new developments in Phuket, at first-home buyers at the lower end of the Thai market.

Sansiri targets uni market in Phuket

Phuket News / Business

Friday 1 February 2013, 12:51PM

PHUKET: Bangkok giant Sansiri is set to launch its fifth dcondo project on the island, on a site near Phuket Rajabhat University. It will be called dcondo Campus Resort Kuku.

Phuket Property Show ‘is the best so far’

Phuket News / Business

Friday 1 February 2013, 12:49PM

PHUKET: The Phuket Property Show 2013, held at Central Festival Phuket from January 17 to Wednesday (January 23) has been the most successful yet.

Phuket architects celebrate five years of success

Phuket News / Business

Friday 1 February 2013, 12:47PM

PHUKET: Phuket architecture firm Able Architects celebrated its fifth anniversary with a “white corporate” event at the Blue Elephant Restaurant in Phuket Town last week.

Phuket: Learning old-school lessons could end in a cold old age

Phuket News / Business

Friday 1 February 2013, 12:43PM

EXPAT MONEY: How many times have we all heard it said that stocks outperform bonds, which outperform cash deposits, which get eaten up by inflation, so you’re losing money just by doing nothing?

Phuket resort gets change of manager

Phuket News / Business

Friday 1 February 2013, 12:40PM

PHUKET: Hotel consulting company Mai-BS (Thailand) took over the management of the Dewa Karon Resort with effect from January 1.

Phuket: Small capacity ‘crimps deep port potential’

Phuket News / Business

Friday 1 February 2013, 12:38PM

PHUKET: If Phuket is to prosper as a cruise site, and not be forgotten amid a booming regional cruise scene, then it needs to seriously bolster local facilities, a recent Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) fact-finding panel was told, according to SeaShipNews.

Govt plan for tourism ‘lacking in direction’

Phuket News / Business

Friday 1 February 2013, 12:35PM

BANGKOK: The private sector is worried over the government’s “directionless” plan to raise the country’s tourism revenue to B2 trillion, saying that it lacks coordination, a concrete action plan and accountability.

Phuket Opinion: Let’s face the facts

Phuket News / Opinion

Tuesday 1 January 2013, 12:29PM

PHUKET: Most of the so-called “Russian” businesses in Phuket are actually Thai-owned and just use Russian people in the front so they can get explain things to Russian customers directly.

Debate examines benefits of Thai culture on tourism

Phuket News / Business

Friday 1 February 2013, 11:41AM

BANGKOK: PATA-organised debate in Bangkok asks 'Is Thai culture good or bad for the development of Thailand's tourism industry?'

Crackdown begins on illegal foreigners in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 1 February 2013, 09:35AM

PHUKET: Twelve foreigners, including people from Australia, Finland, Indonesia, Myanmar, and the UK, were arrested yesterday (January 31) for working illegally in the island’s tourism industry, police said.

'Thailand can be a deadly destination for Australian tourists'

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 31 January 2013, 05:03PM

PHUKET: Thailand is one of Australia's favourite overseas holiday destinations - but the popular family playground has a darker side, writes the Herald Sun.

Phuket: Marriott to double in size in Thailand

Phuket News / Business

Thursday 31 January 2013, 04:44PM

PHUKET: Marriott International last Thursday (January 31) announced the signing of seven management agreements with TCC Hotels Group which will see the US hospitality company operating seven TCC hotels across Thailand, including the Imperial Adamas Phuket Beach Resort.

Rohingya camp in Hat Yai abandoned before raid

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 31 January 2013, 04:40PM

SONGKHLA: Authorities raided a camp in a rubber plantation in Songkhla's Hat Yai district where about 200 illegal Royingya migrants were reported to be hiding on Thursday morning, but found it had been abandoned shortly before they arrived, reports said.

Rohingya migrants pay B65,000 each, house panel told

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 31 January 2013, 04:36PM

THAILAND: Rohingya migrants pay 60,000 baht to 65,000 baht each to smugglers to get into Thailand, Maung Kyaw Nu, president of the Burmese Rohingya Association in Thailand, said Wednesday.

Years after quake, Haitian homeless feel abandoned

Phuket News / World

Thursday 31 January 2013, 04:32PM

HAITI: Three years after Haiti was devastated by a massive earthquake, hundreds of thousands of homeless people are still at risk from crime, disease and the elements in crowded makeshift camps.

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