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  • World NewsThailand pushes for bigger ASEAN role in Rohingya crisis
    ThaigerThursday, November 15, 2018
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    Thailand pushes for bigger ASEAN role in Rohingya crisis

    by Supalak Ganjanakhundee, Singapore South East Asia’s leaders have been meeting in Singapore this week in the lead up to the next ASEAN Summit. The Rohingya crisis has been the main talking point. Thailand says it wants to take on a greater ASEAN role in resolving the Rakhine crisis, as the group grapples with the plight of 700,000 Rohingya Muslims…

  • Phuket NewsSingapore barge and crane arrive for the rising of Phoenix
    Kritsada MueanhawongTuesday, November 13, 2018
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    Singapore barge and crane arrive for the rising of Phoenix

    Phuket’s Governor Pakkapong Tawipat says that the barge which has been making its way from Singapore with a 1,200 tons crane this week, has arrived at ready to help with the recovery of ‘Phoenix’. The Governor is expecting that, if the weather holds, the boat will be brought to the surface before Thursday. Equipment in four containers was also being…

  • World NewsPM Prayut pushes for greater ASEAN connectivity
    ThaigerTuesday, November 13, 2018
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    PM Prayut pushes for greater ASEAN connectivity

    Sounding very Prime Ministerial, Thai PM Prayut Chan-o-cha today pledged to push for greater connectivity to strengthen business and investments in ASEAN when Thailand assumes the chairmanship of the regional trade block next year. Speaking at the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit in Singapore, Gen Prayut said as chairman of ASEAN, Thailand will work to make the regional grouping an…

  • Phuket NewsMore ‘wind and waves’ – Phoenix still at the bottom of the Andaman Sea
    ThaigerTuesday, November 13, 2018
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    More ‘wind and waves’ – Phoenix still at the bottom of the Andaman Sea

    The Phoenix, the boat that sank on July 5 off Phuket’s south west coast, causing the drowning of 47 Chinese tourists, remains 45 metres underwater as the new salvage team have little more success than the original salvage team who threw in the towel a week ago. A Marine Police diver on site, Pol Lt Passakorn Sirichuchote, is quoted in…

  • World NewsFacebook spends .4 billion in its first Asian data centre in Singapore
    ThaigerThursday, September 6, 2018
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    Facebook spends $1.4 billion in its first Asian data centre in Singapore

    Facebook has announced it’s going to construct a $1.4 billion data centre in Singapore. It will be Facebook’s first in Asia and 15th in the world. The tech giant say it will be built in Tanjong Kling, formerly known as Data Centre Park. Facebook says the new Singapore facility will form part of their “growing presence in Singapore and the…