Month: November 1998

  • Phuket NewsForeign Ministers Meeting In Phuket | Thaiger
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 05:12, 05 November 1998
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    Foreign Ministers Meeting In Phuket

    KARON: Foreign Affairs Minister Surin Pitsuwan is in Phuket today as part of an official visit by his Bangladeshi counterpart, Abdul Samad Azad. This morning, the two participated in a roundtable discussion with leaders of the local Muslim community at the Phuket Arcadia Hotel and Resort. Before returning to Bangkok later today, the Thai minister will lead an orientation tour…

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  • Phuket NewsAnother Year Floats By | Thaiger
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 00:01, 04 November 1998
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    Another Year Floats By

    PHUKET TOWN: The island was aglow last evening as residents and visitors observed Loy Krathong at city parks, the seaside, resort hotels, and just about anywhere else you could find a body of water. In Phuket Town, crowds lined the reflecting pool at Saphan Hin and sent their decorative offerings on their way. Krathong vendors reported doing a brisk business,…

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  • Phuket NewsDutch Tourists To Be Accommodated | Thaiger
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 00:00, 04 November 1998
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    Dutch Tourists To Be Accommodated

    BANGKOK: The recent announcement by Thai Airways International (THAI) to temporarily suspend flights to and from Amsterdam has been followed up with measures to minimize the impact of the service cutback on passengers, the carrier said. Tasnai Sudasna na Ayudhaya, Vice President for Revenue Planning and Management, acknowledged that over 7,000 Thailand-bound vacationers had booked flights on the airline out…

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  • Phuket NewsSiblings Drown In Kata Tragedy | Thaiger
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 02:40, 03 November 1998
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    Siblings Drown In Kata Tragedy

    KATA BEACH: Three Thai children from the same Karon family drowned Saturday after they went swimming in heavy surf without adult supervision, Chalong district police reported. The bodies of 17-year-old Methanee Chuanchid and her sister Sasithorn, 11, were pulled from the water at approximately 9:30 Saturday night by members of the Kusonlatam Foundation Public Rescue Unit. The body of their…

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  • Phuket NewsOver 300 Netted In Crime Suppression Effort | Thaiger
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 02:30, 02 November 1998
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    Over 300 Netted In Crime Suppression Effort

    PHUKET TOWN: District patrolmen and crime suppression officers arrested more than 300 suspects on various criminal offences during the Phuket Provincial Police Department’s latest reporting period. In its crime report covering October 1 through October 25, the department said officers charged one suspect with murder, eight with assault, one with criminal sexual assault, 52 with theft, and seven with firearms…

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  • Phuket NewsWalkers Headed To Isan | Thaiger
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 02:28, 02 November 1998
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    Walkers Headed To Isan

    MAE SAI: Dennis Peacock and Boonchern Jinapirom, the two men who took to the pavement in their grassroots “Walking For Thailand” campaign earlier this year, are still going strong in their pursuit to traverse every province in the Kingdom. In a postcard received today by the Gazette, Peacock wrote that the pair were on their way from Mae Sai in…

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