Artikel tagged “Asien”

  • Phuket ‘anti plastic bag’ campaign kicks into gear

    Phuket ‘anti plastic bag’ campaign kicks into gear

    PHUKET: The provincial government campaign to rid the island of plastic bags will start in earnest on February 27, when retailers across Phuket will start handing out free cloth bags to shoppers over the course of one week. The news was announced on Friday by Phuket Vice Governor Somkiet Sangkaosuttirak at the signing of the second Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) of the “Phuket plastic bag free campaign”. At Provincial Hall to mark the occasion were Phuket Provincial Energy Office Chief Jirasak Tummawetch and Dr Wiwat Seetamanotch, deputy chief of the Phuket Provincial Health Office.

  • Crowds mass at the Old Phuket Town Festival 2012

    Crowds mass at the Old Phuket Town Festival 2012

    PHUKET: The 13th Old Phuket Town Festival was a big hit over the weekend, attracting droves of local residents and tourists to Queen Sirikit Park and all along Thalang Road.

  • Phuket Police hunting armed gunman after ‚lightning robbery‘

    Phuket Police hunting armed gunman after ‚lightning robbery‘

    PHUKET: Phuket City Police are scouring the streets of Phuket for a man who robbed a Kasikorn Bank branch at gunpoint, making off with 694,000 baht in less than a minute: Police were alerted to the robbery, at the Tesco Lotus Chaofa shopping complex in Wichit, at 6:15pm. “There were a only a few customers waiting in the queue.

  • Unidentified foreigner found hanged in Phuket

    Unidentified foreigner found hanged in Phuket

    PHUKET: An unidentified man was found strangled in a hilly area near Freedom Beach in Phuket yesterday afternoon. Police believe he took his own life by hanging.

  • Man shot, dumped, left for dead – but survives in Phuket

    Man shot, dumped, left for dead – but survives in Phuket

    PHUKET: A young Cambodian man who was shot in the chest and claims to have been tossed into the ocean afterwards, is being treated at Vachira Phuket Hospital.

  • Phuket hit-and-run driver surrenders, victim still in hospital

    Phuket hit-and-run driver surrenders, victim still in hospital

    PHUKET: The driver of a white sedan that struck a motorbike on Thepkrasattri Road then failed to stop has handed himself in to police, while the victim in the accident remains at Vachira Phuket Hosiptal recovering from serious injury. Motorbike rider Suriya Thathamlay was rushed to hospital by emergency workers after he was thrown to the ground when a

  • Phuket Property Briefs: Kata Group; Banyan Tree; Thai Smiles

    Phuket Property Briefs: Kata Group; Banyan Tree; Thai Smiles

    Kata Group opens Khao Lak Resort in November A new Greater Phuket resort called The Sands Khao Lak By Katathani will open this coming November.

  • House fire leaves Phuket poor homeless

    House fire leaves Phuket poor homeless

    PHUKET: A young girl and her aunt lost what few possession they owned to a house fire yesterday, leaving them without money for their monthly motorbike rent or for the girl’s school fees. Prapha Pongkunchorn, 52, and her niece Mookrin Pongkunchorn, 16, had been living rent-free in the house, which had been converted from a garage and had no address, for about two years. They were sitting in the storeroom adjacent to the house when the fire started.

  • Phuket Live Wire: The best apps for iPad owners on the island

    Phuket Live Wire: The best apps for iPad owners on the island

    PHUKET: Continuing my series of articles answering questions that I hear most often… it seems like half the people I know have got an iPad recently. The question I’m hearing over and over: What apps should I put on my iPad? There’s no definitive answer because the iPad ecosystem changes faster than a Republican primary.

  • Myanmar Concert 2012 touted in Phuket

    Myanmar Concert 2012 touted in Phuket

    PHUKET: Many Burmese residents of Phuket are expected to head north to Phang Nga on Sunday for the first-ever Myanmar Concert 2012, part of the annual Phang Nga Red Cross Festival. Performers will include R Zar Ni, Zaw Paing, Wai Su Khine Thein, Yae Lay, Yae Bakar Win and Chan Chan