Artikel erschien Mai 2012

  • Phuket Police warn of counterfeit Thai banknotes

    Phuket Police warn of counterfeit Thai banknotes

    PHUKET: Police in Phuket are urging the public to check carefully any banknotes they receive, as there have been reports of counterfeit bills being passed across the south of Thailand.

  • Phuket Poll: Underpass project will worsen traffic

    Phuket Poll: Underpass project will worsen traffic

    PHUKET: Results of the latest online poll reveal that a majority of Phuket Gazette readers are pessimistic about the 450mn baht underpass to be built at the Bang Khu Intersection in Koh Kaew. By a wide majority, readers in all three demographic groups thought the project would worsen traffic flow in the area rather than improve it.

  • Phuket Games 2012 prepared to open as monsoon winds blow

    Phuket Games 2012 prepared to open as monsoon winds blow

    PHUKET: It’s all systems go for the Thailand National Youth Games 2012, which will officially open with an extravaganza today at Surakul Stadium in Phuket Town. The Phuket Provincial Administration Organization (OrBorJor) held its final rehearsal for the opening ceremony at the stadium, which underwent a major renovation including new spotlights for the event.

  • Prompong suspects ‘foreigners’ in Phuket illegal land grab

    Prompong suspects ‘foreigners’ in Phuket illegal land grab

    PHUKET: Government Spokesman Prompong Nopparit today announced that he believes foreigners were involved in the illegal acquisition of protected forest land on the headland south of Patong Beach, on Phuket’s west coast.

  • Phuket Island Union takes Evason dispute to Governor

    Phuket Island Union takes Evason dispute to Governor

    PHUKET: Phuket Island Union members filed a petition with the Phuket Governor’s Office yesterday, requesting that Governor Tri Augkaradacha endorse their plea for a better severance package. The petition was the latest move by the union following an impromptu strike and subsequent sacking of more than 400 staff at the Evason Phuket & Bon Island resort

  • Phuket Governor expects light-rail investor named by August

    Phuket Governor expects light-rail investor named by August

    PHUKET: Assuring the public that a light-rail project for the island will go ahead, Phuket Governor Tri Augkardacha said he expects the engineering firm to build the project to be named by the government by August.

  • Man dies after Thalang car crash

    Man dies after Thalang car crash

    PHUKET: A Phuket Town man died after his pickup slammed into a power pole in Thalang district last night. Thalang Police were informed of the accident, opposite Srisoonthorn Municipality offices on Thepkrasattri Road northbound, at 10:30pm

  • Thai, Malaysian navies stage exercises off Phuket

    Thai, Malaysian navies stage exercises off Phuket

    PHUKET: Two Royal Thai Navy warships and one Marine Police patrol boat are taking part in counter-piracy exercises with their Malaysian counterparts off the coast of Phuket. The six-day exercise, which concludes tomorrow, marks the 53rd year that Thailand and Malaysia have conducted their annual “SEAEX Thamal” joint naval drill. Vice Admiral Taratorn Kajitsuwan, Commander of the Third Naval Area base at Cape Panwa, on Phuket’s east coast, welcomed his Royal Malaysian Navy counterpart Rear Admiral Pahlawan Mior Rosdi to Phuket on Tuesday.

  • Phuket Live Wire: Don’t be evil, AIS

    Phuket Live Wire: Don’t be evil, AIS

    PHUKET: A friend of mine – one of the Sunday morning computer clinic crowd – sends an interesting tale about his pre-paid AIS account: „I recently went through 300 baht of phone service in 10 days. 300 baht usually takes me over a month

  • Burmese maid cleans house, gets nabbed by Phuket police

    Burmese maid cleans house, gets nabbed by Phuket police

    PHUKET: A Burmese maid in Phuket who stole about two million baht in cash, diamonds and jewelry from an ex-employer’s house on Monday was captured by the Phuket Provincial Police early this week. The maid, 32-year-old Sandar Win Wan Dee, was tracked down to room number “666” of an unnamed guest house on Soi Patong Whiskey on Monday afternoon.