PHUKET: Foreign diplomats representing at least six countries are to meet Tourism and Sports Minister Chumpol Silpa-archa to address the growing problem of cheats and swindlers targeting Phuket tourists. The news was reported through state news agency the National News Bureau of Thailand. Tourism and Sports Ministry Spokesperson Watchara Kannika announced that EU Ambassador David [...]
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No Comments Lin Choi on Feb 22nd 2012
PHUKET: A boulder weighing at least one tonne plummeted off a roadside karst near the tourist-popular Ao Nang beach in Krabi this afternoon. The boulder landed in the middle of the road between Krabi Town and Ao Nang, leaving a 30-centimeter crater in the road surface, and splintered into smaller boulder fragments. Unable to stop [...]
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PHUKET: A pregnant Swedish woman View full post on Phuket Gazette – Daily News
No Comments Lin Choi on Feb 20th 2012
PHUKET: Government spokesman Prompong Nopparit was back in Phuket last night to launch a new tourist safety campaign that will see a rapid expansion in the number of closed-circuit television cameras in Patong and other popular tourist destinations. Mr Prompong, a party list MP for the ruling Pheu Thai Party, at 7pm held an informal [...]
No Comments Lin Choi on Feb 19th 2012
Suggested Heading: PHUKET: Jetstar has scheduled an additional ad-hoc service from Phuket to Australia on Sunday in order to assist travellers stranded by the View full post on Phuket Gazette – Daily News
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PHUKET: Australian tourists View full post on Phuket Gazette – Daily News
No Comments Lin Choi on Feb 17th 2012
PHUKET: Paiboon Upatising, who earlier today announced his shock resignation as president of the Phuket Provincial Administration Organization (OrBorJor), this afternoon explained that his resignation is to pave the way for elections before April 20. Mr Paiboon officially resigned from his position yesterday. “I submitted my resignation to Phuket Governor Tri Augkaradacha yesterday. View full post [...]
No Comments Lin Choi on Feb 16th 2012
PHUKET: Hearts were aflutter at Muang Phuket District Office yesterday, as 130 couples appeared to register marriages on Valentine’s Day 2012. Muang District Chief Supachai Pochanukul told the Phuket Gazette, “We prepared a special registration desk for the couples and gave them all Valentine’s Day gifts. We issued certificates to 130 couples; it was a [...]
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PHUKET: Organizer have confirmed the View full post on Phuket Gazette – Daily News
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New shine for old Phuket shrine
PHUKET: Work is currently underway on a new cultural museum and shrine that will showcase the way of life and traditions of Phuket’s ethnic Hainanese community, which date back to Phuket’s tin mining days. Former Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai was in Phuket last week to preside over a pillar-laying ceremony at Thni Kong Thua Shrine [...]
No Comments Lin Choi on Feb 13th 2012
