Artikel tagged “phuket gazette”

  • Phuket marine life honored to celebrate HM King’s birthday

    Phuket marine life honored to celebrate HM King’s birthday

    PHUKET: More than 500,000 marine animals were released in Phuket on Sunday to celebrate the 86th birthday of HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej on December 5. Among the animals were over 100 brownbanded bamboo sharks, released as part of an effort to rebuild declining shark numbers in Thai seas. Five species of shark were added to the Endangered Species list at the Convention of International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES) in Bangkok earlier this year, and the drastic reduction in their numbers is behind the creation of the Thailand E-Shark project, which aims to document shark sightings in Thai waters between November 1, 2012 and April 30 next year (story

  • Russian tourists rescued from drowning at Patong Beach

    Russian tourists rescued from drowning at Patong Beach

    PHUKET: Life guards at Patong Beach rescued two Russian men from drowning within 10 minutes of each other yesterday. Vladimir Himonov, 67, was rescued from the surf in front of the Ocean Plaza shopping center (map

  • Phuket Poll: Millions of more tourists are on their way, but why do they come?

    Phuket Poll: Millions of more tourists are on their way, but why do they come?

    PHUKET: As the tourism high season looms nigh, Phuket residents and business folk are readying themselves for another record-setting onslaught of tourists to see the new year in. Right on cue, the Phuket Carnival “Fun Fest”, the island’s annual week-long party to unofficially mark the beginning of the high season, will start on December 15 (story

  • Mother, daughter escape falling Phuket power poles

    Mother, daughter escape falling Phuket power poles

    PHUKET: A mother and daughter were unharmed by a power pole that came crashing through the roof of their home on Kata Hill early yesterday morning. The utility pole, which luckily had broken free from the live electrical cables attached to it when it fell, punched a hole through the car port roof attached to the house, explained homeowner Kanlaya Sripitak

  • Swimming skills for life surface at Phuket’s Thanyapura

    Swimming skills for life surface at Phuket’s Thanyapura

    PHUKET: Water is integral to the Phuket lifestyle – to the island way of life. Yet, surprisingly, many locals born and raised in this tropical paradise risk growing up without ever learning how to swim. Avoidable, tragic drownings are an all-too-common reminder and result of this deplorable lack of swimming knowledge and skills.

  • Phuket officials set date for Patong Carnival

    Phuket officials set date for Patong Carnival

    PHUKET: The island’s premier party town of Patong is set to kick off the Phuket tourism high season with its annual carnival, from December 15 through December 20. “Phuket is ready to host thousands of tourists this coming high season. Be assured that you will have a wonderful time here and be impressed with the beauty of our island,” says the new Kathu District Chief, Sayan Chanachaiwong.

  • Sights set on a Safer Phuket

    Sights set on a Safer Phuket

    PHUKET: A new safety initiative was launched this week with the aim of improving the island’s coastal water safety through significant changes in safety standards and training. The initiative, ‚Safer Phuket‘, has received executive level support, endorsed by Governor Maitri Inthusut along with backing from several Government departments and HE Ambassador Mark Kent of the British Embassy in Bangkok

  • Phuket Opinion: Tackling power woes needs input from all

    Phuket Opinion: Tackling power woes needs input from all

    Natthaporn Kochsiripong, 34, is the Electricity Supply Assistant Manager at the Phuket Provincial Electricity Authority (PPEA).

  • Phuket Opinion: Click to care

    Phuket Opinion: Click to care

    PHUKET: Sharing a link on Facebook may save a whale or a starving child in Africa, but if the number of clicks truly count, then what headlines people look at highlight where our genuine interests are – and it’s shameful. The statistics available through Google Analytics, shown clearly on the

  • Patong eyes giant Ferris wheel to get Phuket high season rolling

    Patong eyes giant Ferris wheel to get Phuket high season rolling

    PHUKET: Phuket officials are scrambling to find a location to set up the Patong Eye, a giant Ferris wheel that is hoped to spin out fresh revenue during and after the Patong Carnival starting on December 15.