PHUKET: As 2009 draws to a close, it would be easy – very easy – to highlight issues which remain thorns in the sides of Phuket's...
PHUKET: I expected some backlash for my support for a provincial plan to implement a charge for plastic bags, and it came the weekend before last...
PHUKET CITY: With the fifth anniversary of the tsunami approaching, now is a good time to reflect on how well prepared Phuket might be should a...
PHUKET: The past week has seen a real change in the weather in Phuket, literally and figuratively.The monsoon season appears to finally be drawing to a...
PHUKET: Now in its fourth year, the Phuket Thailand Open beach volleyball tournament last week was the best and biggest ever, with 66 teams from 28...
PHUKET CITY: Developments in the aviation industry bode well for Phuket and its tourism industry going into the high season.The most important of these is Thai...
Phuket likes to think of itself as the island that offers something for everyone.But the major events that take place here tell us a lot about...
PHUKET: Wouldn't it be better if Phuket's government were turned over to computers? Surely an application exists whereby, having keyed in the facts, viable results emerge.As...
PHUKET: Thailand's leading think tank has proposed a "survival strategy" for the nation: an exit from the current economic and political distress by transforming the country...
Developments in recent weeks underscore the need for better engineering design when planning construction projects on the island.Phuket was able to withstand centuries of tin mining...
A recent front page story in the Bangkok Post claiming foreigners control 90 percent of Phuket's beach land through Thai nominees stopped many expats in their...
PHUKET: The front page story in today's Bangkok Post which quotes a leading research body as saying foreigners own 90% of Phuket's beach front land has...
PHUKET: Here in Thailand's 'Solid South', a bastion of support for the Democrat party, Phuket people were unlikely to have been impressed with former premier Thaksin...
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