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  • Phuket Opinion: Despite the danger, reconciliation on the roads not likely for now | Thaiger

    Phuket Opinion: Despite the danger, reconciliation on the roads not likely for now

    PHUKET: The Phuket Gazette wishes Phuket’s Land Transport Chief Teerayout Prasertphol the best of luck in his efforts to end the illegal practice of using salaeng (motorcycles with sidecars) to transport passengers. But we think we’ll be seeing no reduction in the number if these cartoons on the roads – at least not during the current decade. It is difficult…

  • Sunday Opinion: Our MPs need to leverage Thailand for the benefit of Phuket

    Sunday Opinion: Our MPs need to leverage Thailand for the benefit of Phuket

    PHUKET: The landslide election win by the Pheu Thai Party last weekend may strike fear in the hearts of some Phuket residents, but the new coalition government should be given a chance to establish itself and make good on its promises to bring about national reconciliation and prosperity. [See ‘Business as usual?’, page 11, current issue of the Phuket Gazette.…