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Valentine’s Day Puts People in Marriage Mode

Legacy Phuket GazetteMonday, February 15, 1999Last Updated: Monday, February 15, 1999

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PHUKET TOWN: Phuket’s marriage registries were working overtime yesterday when 143 couples decided to tie the knot on Valentine’s Day. Muang District office registered the marriages of 118 couples, compared with 88 couples on Valentine’s Day last year. Kathu united 15 couples, up from 10 last year, while Talang had 10 couples completing their nuptials, the same number as Valentine’s Day 1998. Of the 143 marriages [presumably] consummated, only one involved a foreign groom. There were no foreign brides.

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