Artikel tagged “Phuket Magazine”

  • Red turtles rise in Phuket Town

    Red turtles rise in Phuket Town

    PHUKET: Phukets ethnic Chinese community is in the midst of celebrating its annual Por Tor festival to honor their ancestors. The annual festival is held on the first day of the waxing moon in the seventh Chinese calendar month. This year, the festivities began on Tuesday with a ceremony at the Fresh Market on Ranong Rd in Phuket Town after a ceremony led by Phuket Governor Tri Augkaradacha, Phuket MP Rewat Areerob, and Phuket City Mayor Somjai Suwansupapana

  • Phuket ready to launch online check-in for yachts

    Phuket ready to launch online check-in for yachts

    PHUKET: The long-awaited one-stop shop online check-in system for yachts arriving in Phuket will launch on September 1.

  • Thousands turn out for Phuket Seafood fiesta

    Thousands turn out for Phuket Seafood fiesta

    PHUKET: Thousands of people turned out yesterday for the Seafood Fair at Rawai Beach to celebrate HM Queen Sirikits 79th birthday, also marked as Mothers Day in Thailand. The seafood fair also marked the beginning of Lobster Week as part of the month-long Phuket Seafood Fiesta being held by the Phuket office of the Tourism Authority of Thailand.

  • Phuket students to have tablet ‚e-textbooks‘ next year

    Phuket students to have tablet ‚e-textbooks‘ next year

    BANGKOK: The government yesterday announced a practical side to Pheu Thai Partys election campaign promise to give free tablet computers to students throughout Thailand: They will come equipped with e-textbooks. Education Minister Woravat Auapinyakul explained that each tablet will cost no more than 3,000 baht and have a life span of up to four years.

  • Phuket Gov first to be drug tested

    Phuket Gov first to be drug tested

    PHUKET: Phuket Governor Tri Augkaradacha today passed a drug test as part of the grand opening ceremony for the new drug testing center in Phuket. … Full story

  • Phuket Youth Sailing Squadron heads for Hua Hin

    Phuket Youth Sailing Squadron heads for Hua Hin

    PHUKET: The Phuket Youth Sailing Squadron (PYSS) is preparing to enter the Hua Hin Regatta 2011, and are inviting youths aged seven and up, specifically underprivileged children, to sign up for this new club that promotes youth sailing in Phuket. Five new youngsters have recently joined the sailing program, so there are now more than 20 members

  • Koreans step up campaign for Phuket light-rail project

    Koreans step up campaign for Phuket light-rail project

    PHUKET: Korean mega-project developer Dohwa Engineering Co Ltd yesterday unveiled a series of proposed light-rail service routes across Phuket, including Patong. Sung-Min Lee, president of Dohwas Railway Metro Division, explained to Phuket Governor Tri Augkaradacha at Provincial Hall that the proposed routes were part of the companys draft master plan. Although other mass-transit options that were presented included modern trams, articulated buses and small bus networks, much of the focus of the presentation was on developing a light-rail service for Phuket.

  • Love for the game of tennis

    Love for the game of tennis

    PHUKET: Travis Bertram, 30, from Seattle, Washington, USA, is the new tennis director for Thanyapura Sports and Leisure Club (TSLC).

  • Barman turns pro

    Barman turns pro

    PHUKET: „Six months ago I was a full-time gardener and playing six leagues down from the Premier League back home.“ Jason Mooney from Northern Ireland has been signed to play for Wycombe Wanderers in England’s Football League One. The 22-year-old, 6 foot 9 inch goalkeeper was cutting hedges until he landed a barman’s job at […]

  • Bend it like Therdsak

    Bend it like Therdsak

    PHUKET: Former Captain of the Thailand national football team and current vice-captain of Thai Premier League side, Chonburi FC, Therdsak Chaiman was in Phuket recently for a youth coaching session at Thanyapura Sports and Leisure Club (TSLC). The free coaching clinic was organized with the help of Thanachart Bank and ran between 8am and 11am […]