Month: January 2010

  • Thailand NewsFriendly frogs draw tourists to temple | Thaiger
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 12:49, 02 January 2010
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    Friendly frogs draw tourists to temple

    AYUDHAYA: Tourists have been flocking to a temple in the old capital district to get close to a group of tame frogs that have taken up residence in a lotus pond. The frogs sit happily on lotus leaves, allowing tourists to stroke and play with them. They even allow photos to be taken, free-of-charge. Phrakhrupradit Kijjarak, 46, the abbot of…

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  • Phuket NewsNew Year’s Eve shooting murder in Phuket
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 12:39, 02 January 2010
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    New Year’s Eve shooting murder in Phuket

    RAWAI, PHUKET: Police are searching for the gunmen who shot and killed a man celebrating the New Year holiday early yesterday morning in what police believe was a revenge killing by rival gang members. Chalong Police Investigator Boonlert Onklang identified the deceased as 24-year-old Wanchai Withaya, a Chalong resident. Police received a report of the shooting at the popular Icon…

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  • Phuket News53 more CCTV cameras for Phuket
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 11:58, 02 January 2010
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    53 more CCTV cameras for Phuket

    PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Administration Organization (PPAO) has provided 17 million baht in funding for the installation of 53 more closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras in and around Phuket Town. PPAO President Paiboon Upatising met with Phuket Provincial Police Commander Pekad Thantipong and other high ranking police officers on Wednesday morning at the CCTV monitoring center in Phuket City Police Station.…

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  • Phuket NewsPhuket Gov pushes for ‘ring road’
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 17:02, 01 January 2010
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    Phuket Gov pushes for ‘ring road’

    PHUKET CITY: Phuket’s Governor continues to push for new road projects on the island, the latest a ‘ring road’ though the east side of Phuket Town connecting Wichit and Rasada. Governor Wichai Phraisa-ngop told a meeting of provincial department heads on Tuesday that he is hoping the controversial Klong Koh Pee (‘Ghost Canal’) Road project will get the green light…

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  • Phuket NewsPhuket divided over concerts on Karon Beach
    Legacy Phuket GazettePublished: 15:26, 01 January 2010
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    Phuket divided over concerts on Karon Beach

    PHUKET: The results of the Phuket Gazette Readers’ Poll closed yesterday show that opinion is divided over whether Karon Beach is an an appropriate venue for mass-audience, outdoor concerts like the ‘Roy Fest’ held in September. Readers were asked which of four responses best match their views on the following question: “With the ‘Roy Fest Phuket Music Festival’ in September…

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