PHUKET: Phuket-based businesses are being encouraged to join a drive to promote the plethora of halal products made in the province to benefit from the billion-baht Islamic product export industry. Speaking at the Phuket Andaman Halal Tourism 2016 seminar at the Phuket Graceland Resort on July 21, Komol Dumlak, Chairman of the Phuket Islamic Council, said the province has huge potential to help local grass-roots businesses profit from joining the initiative to make Phuket an international halal export hub.
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PHUKET: The pilot of a small plane was killed and four others were injured in a crash in Bangkok yesterday morning.
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THAILAND: Twenty-year-old Thai golfer Ariya Jutanugarn made history on Sunday when she became the first ever Thai golfer to win a major title at the 2016 Women’s British Open Golf Championships at Woburn Golf Club in England. Ms Ariya led confidently by six shots as she birdied the long second and short sixth, surviving a second-half challenge from playing partner South Korean Lee Mirim.
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PHUKET: Heavy rains and high seas are expected across southern and central Thailand, the Office of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) has announced. DDPM officials have issued weather warnings for the weekend and into next week for Phuket, Phang Nga, Krabi, Petchaburi, Prachuap, Khiri Khan, Chumphon, Suratt Thani, Nakhon Sri Thammarat, Chonburi, Rayong, Chantaburi, Trat and Ranong provinces.
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