Artikel erschien Februar 2012

  • Phuket Business: Save yourself

    Phuket Business: Save yourself

    PHUKET: I am personally a very big fan of Napoleon Hill, and I have just finished re-reading his original work The Law of Success in Sixteen Lessons. Each lesson is based on a quality or aspect which was a common denominator amongst all of the various successful men he had studied over a thirty year period, such as Henry Ford and Andrew Carnegie.

  • Phuket’s AFL strikes nine

    Phuket’s AFL strikes nine

    PHUKET: With FC Phuket having recently ended their tumultuous season, the popular Adult Futsal League (AFL) presented by Thanachart Bank has picked up the baton to continue into season nine of the island’s football interests.

  • Phuket and Andaman hotel occupancy at 66.5% in 2011: THA

    Phuket and Andaman hotel occupancy at 66.5% in 2011: THA

    PHUKET: Hotels in Phuket and other Andaman coast provinces enjoyed the highest occupancy rates in Thailand in 2011, the Thai Hotels Association has announced. Speaking at a forum organized by the Federation of Thai Tourism Associations on Monday, Thai Hotels Association (THA) President Prakit Chinamourphong said there was a chance that Thai hotels could raise room rates by 5-8 per cent this year, in line with the anticipated 8-10-percentage-point growth in occupancy.

  • Phuket Media Watch: Thai PM orders investigation into army shooting of four Muslims

    Phuket Media Watch: Thai PM orders investigation into army shooting of four Muslims

    PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Thai PM orders investigation into army shooting of four MuslimsPhuket Gazette / News Wires PHUKET: Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra yesterday ordered an investigation into the shooting deaths of four Muslims by paramilitaries in the restive south on Sunday. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra ordered army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha to investigate the incident and report his findings in detail immediately.

  • Phuket Sports: Krabi down the Lomas

    Phuket Sports: Krabi down the Lomas

    PHUKET: KrabiI RFC recently hosted the Phuket Lomas in Ao Luk for their first U17 fifteen-a-side game of 2012.

  • Phuket Sports: FPL round two

    Phuket Sports: FPL round two

    PHUKET: Phuket’s Fair Play League (FPL) moved venues to take advantage of the excellent facility at Youth Football Home in Thalang for the second round of the competition. With two immaculately kept grass pitches at the ground, participating boys and girls enjoyed an afternoon of great football. In the U11 Division, spectators were treated to three hard-fought games with every player giving their all to earn their team victory.

  • Bangkok squad to tackle illegal taxis

    Bangkok squad to tackle illegal taxis

    PHUKET: A team of Ministry of Interior (MoI) officials from Bangkok will arrive in Phuket in the coming weeks to tackle the island’s long-standing problems with “black plate” taxis and their drivers, Phuket Governor Tri Augkaradacha has announced. The move follows a number of serious complaints received by the ministry regarding “black plate” taxis, the local name for regular vehicles used illegally as taxis. Among the complaints to be addressed are threatening behavior by drivers and unfair prices, said Gov Tri.