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Phuket Waterworld – New ‘off beach’ condo for Bang Tao

Published

3 years ago

Thursday, September 21, 2017

Bill Barnett

Phuket Waterworld – New ‘off beach’ condo for Bang Tao | The Thaiger

A new 555-unit hotel managed residence project named Phuket Waterworld is now offering apartments for sale.

Located ‘off beach’, near to Casuarina Shores and the Outrigger Laguna Beach Resort, the project is being developed by the New Nordic Group.

Phase one units range for studios from 26 square metres, one bedroom apartments and two bedrooms up to 104 square metres.

Pricing goes from 3.2 up to 15 million Baht.

The developer is offering 10% guaranteed returns for 10 years, or if a leasehold option, extending to fifteen years.

Phuket is continuing to see a surge of new hotel residence investment oriented projects.

From their website…

The New Nordic Phuket Water World is located in Bangtao, which is one of the few remaining beaches in Phuket still not affected by the big developments on the island. The project is only 150 meters from a white sand beach, and neighbor to one of Asia’s biggest luxury resorts: The Laguna Resort. The Water World covers a total of 36,800 square meters with a 2,500 square meter big swimming pool going through the project.
The building A is a four-star development. We focus with the interior to bring the outdoor environment into the rooms. All materials chosen are of high quality with a fresh and modern color palette. Building A features 3 room styles: studio, one bedroom and two bedrooms.

In the basement is a spacious carpark. On the ground floor, there will be 7 shops and an office located. The building offers for 90 owners to have a home away from home in Phuket.

Drugs

Police seize 920 kilograms of cannabis smuggled across the Mekong River

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52 mins ago

Monday, March 1, 2021

Caitlin Ashworth

Police seize 920 kilograms of cannabis smuggled across the Mekong River | The Thaiger

PHOTO: Thairath

In a major bust on the Mekong River, notorious for drug smuggling, border patrol police seized 920 kilograms of dried, compacted cannabis from a boat along the Nakhon Pathom riverbank, bordering Laos.

Police were tipped off about a large shipment of drugs being trafficked across the Thai-Laos border. Police spotted a boat around 4am yesterday. When police moved in, men onboard the boat jumped onto a smaller boat and sped off. Police found 23 sacks filled with 1-kilogram packages of compressed cannabis.

Police seize 920 kilograms of cannabis smuggled across the Mekong River | News by The Thaiger

PHOTO: MGR Online

In the recent months, police have seized more than 5 tonnes of cannabis. While the Thai government has been loosening measures on cannabis, allowing parts of the plant with low traces of the psychoactive component tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, to be used in food and medicinal products, trafficking cannabis is still illegal. Cannabis with high amounts of THC is still classified as a Category 5 narcotic.

SOURCE:Bangkok Post

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Protests

At least 22 people arrested at Bangkok protest, officer dies of heart failure

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2 hours ago

Monday, March 1, 2021

Caitlin Ashworth

At least 22 people arrested at Bangkok protest, officer dies of heart failure | The Thaiger

PHOTO: Nation Thailand

At least 22 people were arrested during the Bangkok protest yesterday, which turned violent as pro-democracy activists marched toward the prime minister’s residence, according to Thai Lawyers for Human Rights. An officer died during the rally, which the human rights group says was due to heart failure.

Some protesters threw ping pong bombs and firecrackers in the violent clash with police, the group says. Police armed in riot gear fired rubber bullets and hit protesters with batons. Water cannons and tear gas were used to break up the crowds after some protesters had breached the barricade of shipping containers that had been blocking the way to the prime minister’s residence at a military base on Vibhavadi Rangsit Road, according to the Bangkok Post. At least 33 people, including 23 police officers, were injured.

Out of the 22 arrested, 4 were minors who were picked up from the Din Daeng police station by their parents and will need to report to the Juvenile and Family Court this afternoon, according to the human rights group. The detained protesters face charges of fighting, blocking or harming a police officer.

Protesters from REDEM, or Restart Democracy, which is a spin off of the Free Youth group, were marching to PM Prayut Chan-o-cha’s residence to call on monarchy reform and an end to Thailand’s military influences in government.

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– ผู้ชุมนุมปาระเบิดปิงปอง-ประทัดยักษ์ ส่วนจนท.มีเพียงโล่บังป้องกันตัว
– จนท.ได้รับบาดเจ็บหลายนาย เสียชีวิต 1นาย
– ผู้ชุมนุมไม่ยอมเลิก จึงจับกุม
เหตุจนท.เสียชีวิตนั้น ข่าวระบุเป็นอาการหัวใจล้มเหลว pic.twitter.com/sX3J9Jb5Ux
— TLHR / ศูนย์ทนายความเพื่อสิทธิมนุษยชน (@TLHR2014) March 1, 2021

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Coronavirus (Covid-19)

Thai PM says Covid-19 jab is safe, urges people to get vaccinated

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3 hours ago

Monday, March 1, 2021

Maya Taylor

Thai PM says Covid-19 jab is safe, urges people to get vaccinated | The Thaiger

PHOTO: EPA-EFE

The Thai PM, Prayut Chan-o-cha, has assured people the Covid-19 vaccine is safe as he called on citizens to get vaccinated. Nation Thailand reports that the PM was speaking at a vaccination drive taking place at Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute, in the central province of Nonthaburi.

It’s understood Prayut himself will receive the AstraZeneca vaccine, having been deemed too old for China’s Sinovac jab. However, it is unclear when he might be vaccinated, with the delay put down to issues with the AstraZeneca paperwork.

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul was the first person in Thailand to receive a Covid-19 vaccine, when he got the Sinovac jab yesterday. It’s understood he has not experienced any adverse reaction. A number of other politicians and prominent medics also got the vaccine, including Opas Karnkawinpong from the Department of Disease Control and the Public Health Deputy Minister Sathit Pitutecha.

The PM says the vaccines are safe and is calling on everyone to get inoculated when the time comes.

“The government and medical personnel have overcome this crisis many times so far. This shows that Thailand can contain the spread of Covid-19 effectively.”

SOURCE: Nation Thailand

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