Artikel tagged “china”
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Three more to be executed in China
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community China said to execute thousands annuallyPhuket GazettePHUKET: It is unknown how many people are executed in China each year as the government withholds the information as a state secret. But according to an Amnesty International report, the figure is at least “thousands”
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Phuket FIVB beach volleyball: Lower teams dig deep for upset wins
PHUKET: Eight teams from six countries remain undefeated at the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT following two rounds of the main draw today.
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PATA: Phuket should brace for a new breed of tourist
PHUKET: The tourism industry in Phuket should take preemptive steps to prepare itself for a major shift in tourism dynamics, a high-powered meeting of industry players was told recently. A shift in global economics has prompted a trend for visitors to Phuket to be more likely to come from within the Asia-Pacific region, specifically India and China, said Bert van Walbeek, chairman of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Thailand Chapter. Known affectionately as Bowtie Bert, Mr van Walbeek volleyed the caution at a SKAL-PATA meeting held at the Mvenpick Resort & Spa in Karon
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No drama for Phuket pilots in Taiwan
PHUKET: A website report this morning of a “dramatic near miss” involving two aircraft on the ground at Taiwan’s Taoyuan International Airport has come as a surprise to at least two of the pilots. Contacted by telephone in Taiwan early this afternoon, South African pilot James Pitman was clearly astounded by the report, saying that at no time was his aircraft anywhere near the China Airlines jet that had aborted its takeoff on Friday afternoon. “We were not even on the same runway,” Mr Pitman told the Phuket Gazette, adding that after landing he was in routine contact with ground control and proceeded to the tarmac “completely normally”
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- Monk defrocked after alleged drunk, drugged altercation at funeralPHUKET: A monk has been defrocked in Phuket and is being held by police after a violent and possibly drug-induced incident at a cremation ceremony this morning. At about 10am Nusit Phanu, reportedly leapt from a wall at Wat Saensuk temple in Phuket Town and seized a 12-year-old girl by her neck Taken from: Monk defrocked after alleged drunk, drugged altercat […]
- Phuket rape suspect has not confessed: Chalong PolicePHUKET: Chalong Police Superintendent Sirisak Wasasiri at 2:35pm today confirmed to the Phuket Gazette that Sakchai Thongseedam has not confessed to the rape of a young German tourist in Phuket on Thursday. Mr Sakchai was Visit site: Phuket rape suspect has not confessed: Chalong Police... Weiterlesen... […]
- Man stabs boy, 7, in head with screwdriver on Phuket Town streetPHUKET: Police this afternoon arrested a man after he randomly stabbed a 7-year-old boy in the head with a screwdriver while the child was playing with friends in Phuket Town . Still in tears and shocked by the attack, the boy’s mother, Chareerat Naksri, told the Phuket Gazette that the stab wound narrowly missed the right ear of her son, Krittamet “Best” Ki […]