Year: 2015
- World News
Singapore’s ruling party contends with new voting majority
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Singapore’s ruling party contends with new voting majority Phuket Gazette / Reuters PHUKET: When Singapore celebrates its50th year of independence on Aug. 9 and its older citizens eulogise the country’s economic feats, its ruling party founded by the late Lee Kuan Yew faces an unprecedented wave…
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A Decade Ago: West coast marina marked for Phuket
PHUKET: With a 2-billion-baht investment, there would be 150 condo units, 45 villas, and a marina with a berth for 30 boats – not a terribly exciting point for a page one story… so was news slow coming into July 23, 2005? No. The twist, and there was a twist, to the project that eventually represented the potential for the…
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Property watch: All about crunching numbers
PHUKET: Part of the buzz of the property market in Phuket is that Phuketians, foreign and Thai, have land and property in their blood and love discussing values. However, there are other numbers and number-crunching functions involved in the property game. The functions of property have transformed radically over the last few decades and the basis on which people invest…
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Phuket honors the Crown Prince’s 63rd birthday
PHUKET: Governor Nisit Jansomwong led public officials in an alms-offering ceremony with 63 monks this morning in honor of HRH Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn’s 63rd birthday. The blessing ceremony, which took place at Sanam Chai in Phuket Town, was the first of a few events to take place on the Crown Prince’s birthday today. Governor Nisit was joined by Phuket…
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PHUKET: Etymological failures rarely re-direct a person’s life as drastically as a simple false assumption did for topflight seahorse expert and marine biologist Lindsay Aylesworth. Lindsay was ushered into the upper echelons of seahorse research while working on her doctorate with her adviser Amanda Vincent – recognized as the leading expert in the field – and Project Seahorse at the…
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Books: Falling in love with killer birds
PHUKET: Helen Macdonald writes prose of fearsome intensity. H is for Hawk (Grove Press, New York, 2015, 300pp) is her intimate account of training a goshawk named Mabel and then running after her through the hedges and fens of the British countryside to retrieve the many rabbits and pheasants she kills. Outwardly a mild-mannered academic from Cambridge University, the author…
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Opinion: Sterilizing Phuket strays
John Dalley, originally from Leeds in the United Kingdom, is the president of the Soi Dog Foundation. John worked as a chemical plant manager for many years before retiring in 2002. In September 2003, he became involved with the Soi Foundation when it first started in Phuket. Here, he talks about the soi dog problem in Phuket, and Thailand, the…
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Opinion: Gambling in Thailand: Out with the old, in with the new
PHUKET: There has been a lot in the news lately about gambling. One recent Gazette article discussed the history that Thailand has had with this recreational activity and noted that it originally came here with Chinese immigrants. As late 19th century western leaders found gambling to be crude and thought it synonymous with crime, King Rama V led the government…
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Russian faces charges in fiance’s death
PHUKET: A Russian man who has recovered from a coma resulting from a road accident in Kata on July 4 faces charges of reckless driving causing the death of his fiance. Sergey Koltsov, 24, and Marina Smirnova, 19, were driving their rented motorbike on Taina Road in Kata when they crashed into a Karon Police patrol car. “According to eyewitnesses,…
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Myanmar worker dies in road smash
PHUKET: A Myanmar worker died after falling off the rear of a pick-up truck when it was slammed by a sports utility vehicle (SUV) near Baan Jee Teng on Thepkrasattri Road yesterday morning. “At the scene we found a Myanmar worker named Soe Thue, 25, critically injured on the ground,” Lt Col Sanit Nukong of the Thalang Police told the…
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Seriously injured Chinese tourists remain in hospital after bus crash
PHUKET: Four Chinese tourists who were seriously injured when their tour bus flipped on Phuket’s bypass road yesterday are still in hospital recovering from their injuries. The accident occurred at about noon, opposite the Premium Outlet on the southbound side of the road (story here). The bus was transporting 16 Chinese tourists, along with a tour guide, a guide assistant…
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Phuket to observe two-day alcohol ban
PHUKET: The sale of alcohol will be prohibited nationwide on Thursday and Friday in honor of Buddhist holiday Asarnha Bucha and the beginning of Buddhist Lent. The ban will begin at midnight on Thursday and will last until midnight on Saturday, Capt Prudsatorn Yoothon of the Phuket Tourist Police told Phuket Gazette this morning. “We have been doing our rounds…
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Chinese tour bus flips on bypass road
PHUKET: A tour bus carrying Chinese tourists flipped over and crashed onto its side on the bypass road, opposite Premium Outlet Phuket, at about noon today. The bus, which was carrying 17 tourists and two tour guides, was heading northbound when the accident occurred. The crash trapped one Chinese tour guide and one tourist inside the bus, but rescue workers…
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Alleged love triangle leads man to slash cousin’s neck
PHUKET: Police have yet to press charges against two cousins who got into a fight last night in Nai Yang, leaving one with a slashed neck and the other with a bruised face. Police first learned of the incident when Halem Dami, 26, ran up to an area police box looking for help. “At about 8pm last night, Halem Dami,…
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SIM card registration deadline swiftly approaching
PHUKET: Prepaid SIM card users have six days left to register their cards or else be blocked from accessing data services and placing calls. “All users who have yet to register their SIM cards must do so before July 31. If you do not, you will be blocked from making any calls, other than those to emergency numbers,” says Wanna…
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New prison construction to begin next month
PHUKET: Construction of the long-awaited Phuket Provincial Prison is set to break ground next month, the prison chief confirmed to the Phuket Gazette today. The new prison will relieve some of the pressure on the current facility, which has a capacity of 800 prisoners but currently detains more than 3,000. “The new facility will be a top-of-the-line design and have…
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The Deck condo zooms ahead
PHUKET: Major property developer Sansiri Plc’s new condominium, The Deck, is attracting interest from both Thai and international buyers. The draw is likely a result of the condo’s prime location in the heart of Patong and the fact that construction is now 100 per cent complete, with just the final stages of architectural and interior work left to be done.…
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Alcohol relief: National ban details cleared up for businesses
PHUKET: A collective sigh of relief could be heard from Phuket officials as clarification of a national alcohol-sales ban officially arrived this week. The ban, passed by the Cabinet and signed into law by Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, forbids the sale of alcohol within 300 meters of an ‘educational institution’. However, what qualifies as an educational institution was originally…
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Business Buzz: Social media automation brings success on a platter
PHUKET: Is your business taking advantage of social media automation? These days, it is easy to get overwhelmed by the number of different applications and platforms that we can choose from on social media. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, Pinterest, YouTube and Instagram are some of the most commonly known sites, but have you heard of SnapChat, Reddit, Quick-R, Flickr, Picasa,…
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Finance: Providing the best in the business
PHUKET: Following on from my article about the Millennium fund, I am writing this week about some Wall Street legendary fund managers that you can now access with relatively small allocation in a portfolio. Belmont has made its main business out of selecting the absolutely best managers in the world and offering access to them at reduced minimums. While the…
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Food: Buggy beverages – Isaan dream, health concern or mixologist magic
PHUKET: If I found a bamboo grub in my tom yum rum and coke, I would either assume the health office hadn’t been through that particular bar in Phuket in a long time, or my bartender was adding some Isaan flare to an already Thai-style cocktail. As it turns out – health code concerns aside – it might just mean…
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Opinion: War on drink
PHUKET: Enforcement of Thailand’s Alcohol Beverage Control Act has been inconsistent since it was passed in 2008. Restricting it further will penalize those who play by the rules, while heaping more reward on those who do not. Some of the more rational aspects of the act, such as banning the sale of alcohol at roadside service stations, have been fairly…
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Governor leads Big Cleaning Day event
PHUKET: Governor Nisit Jansomwong led about 300 people in a ‘Big Cleaning Day’ event along Thepkrasattri Road on Thursday morning in honor of HM Queen Sirikit’s 83rd birthday on August 12. Participants picked up trash along 2 kilometers of Thepkrasattri Road heading southbound toward Big C Thepkrasattri branch. “These sorts of activities are a way to inform people on the…
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Keep It Green: Cup of gold trumps angel’s trumpet
PHUKET: One of my all-time favorites is the datura, now fashionably known as the brugmansia. Its common moniker is angel’s trumpet, but in Thailand it’s known as lam pong. Although very tempting to do so, it is not going on the ‘top twenty’ list for one simple reason – it does not relish the climate in Phuket. On the slopes…
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PM Prayut pauses hotly-debated Krabi power plant project
PHUKET: Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered the hotly-debated coal-fired power plant project in Krabi to be put on hold until a joint committee can ensure that all steps of the pre-construction process have been legally carried out. The prime minister’s order ended a 14-day protest yesterday in Bangkok. About 100 Krabi residents and environmental activists had gathered to…
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Man killed saving co-worker from electric shock
PHUKET: One man was killed and another injured by an electric shock which occurred when a crane they were using to move a tree in Cherng Talay hit electrical wires. Supakit Kaewnarin, 30, and Bhumi Boonyapitak, 40, were found lying on the ground near the crane when police arrived. “We saw one man lying near the crane, but not moving,…
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Phuket windshield smasher may have been ‘lovelorn’
PHUKET: Police believe a man’s unrequited affection for a woman may have led him to break the windshield of her car in Phuket last night. Matira Nantimaruj, 32, told Thalang Police that she discovered the damage to her Toyota Yaris when she went downstairs from her third floor apartment to investigate a loud noise. “Upon receiving the call at about…
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Media, PR pros hammer out new strategies
PHUKET: The Thai Public Relations Department (PRD) called media from the southern provinces to a seminar in Krabi last week in an effort to strategize ways to keep pace with international media and help foreigners understand the goings-on in Thailand. “We held the meeting so we could exchange thoughts and make sure local media and public relations professionals are on…
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Officials investigate rank pig farms in Chalong
PHUKET: Phuket Vice Governor Suthee Thongyam inspected a group of pig farms in Chalong yesterday after villagers had filed a complaint about foul smells and the pollution of a local canal. “About 100 locals filed a complaint with me about the farms, so I took the case to the Damrongtham Center,” said Kokchai Sae-iew, Moo 9 village headman. “There are…
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Japanese company to compensate for wartime forced labor – Kyodo
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Japanese company to compensate for wartime forced labor – Kyodo Phuket Gazette / Reuters PHUKET: Japanese construction company Mitsubishi Materials Corp plans to apologize and pay compensation to Chinese people over its use of forced labor during World War Two, Japan’s Kyodo News agency reported. The…
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RPT-EXCLUSIVE: Japan eyes British help to sink German bid for Australian submarine – Sources
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community RPT-EXCLUSIVE-Japan eyes British help to sink German bid for Australian submarine-sources Phuket Gazette / Reuters PHUKET: A Japanese government team is in talks with at least two top British firms to help aJapanese consortium land one of the world’s most lucrative defense contracts, a $50 billion…
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Nigeria marks polio-free year, raising global eradication hopes
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Nigeria marks polio-free year, raising global eradication hopes Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Nigeria marked its first year without a single case of polio on Friday, reaching a milestonemany experts had thought would elude it as internal conflict hampered the battle against the crippling disease. It means the…
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Section of Kathu-Koh Kaew shortcut road closed
PHUKET: Access to Soi Koh Kaew 33 from Thepkrasattri Road, behind the Isuzu showroom in Koh Kaew, has been closed off as repairs are made to a roadside retaining wall. Construction is expected to be complete within 60 days. “During construction the road will be closed. There will only be one lane for exiting to Thepkrasattri Road. We can not…
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China’s carbon exchanges bend the rules to meet compliance targets
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community China’s carbon exchanges bend the rules to meet compliance targets Phuket Gazette / Reuters PHUKET: The vast majority of firms covered by China’s pilot carbon emission exchanges met theirtargets this year, but success was achieved largely by flexible regulations and a supply glut that kept permits…
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Defence gets access to evidence for DNA tests in Thailand backpackers murder trial – lawyer
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Defence gets access to evidence for DNA tests in Thailand backpackers murder trial -lawyer Phuket Gazette / Reuters PHUKET: A Thai court has given defense lawyers access to evidence for DNA testing in the trial of twoMyanmar workers accused of murdering two British tourists in Thailand,…
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Local swimmers dive into FINA World Championships
PHUKET: Fresh from claiming nine medals at the recent South East Asian (SEA) Games, five members of the BISP JSA Swim Academy, based at British International School Phuket (BISP), are jumping into the pool today to compete in the 16th FINA World Championships. The championships will be held in Kazan, Russia, from July 24 to August 9. “The opportunity for…
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Australian nurse who aided ISIS heading home, could face arrest
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Australian nurse who aided ISIS heading home, could face arrest Phuket Gazette / Reuters PHUKET: An Australian male nurse alleged to have given medical assistance to Islamic State militants fighting in Syria could face arrest for violating tough new security laws when he lands in Sydney…
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