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Singapore is a laboratory for urban mobility
Oped, Published on 13/08/2021
» Tiziano Terzani was no fan of Singapore. The Florentine writer and journalist explored every corner of Asia. He had witnessed the fall of Saigon to the People's Army of Vietnam, and the fall of Phnom Penh to the Khmer Rouge. When he visited Singapore, he concluded all it had to offer was its airport: "The concentration of everything Singapore has to show: its efficiency, its cleanliness, its order." Otherwise, the wealthy city-state was nothing more to him than "the largest supermarket of consumer goods, futility, and prissiness in Asia".
Swiss victim's timeline to murder
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 06/08/2021
» Tourist Police on Friday revealed the timeline of the Swiss woman who loved Thailand but was found murdered at a waterfall in Phuket on Thursday afternoon, and the information included details of her last 1.4-kilometre lone, uphill walk.
Free rides along Red Line until November
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 03/08/2021
» The three-month trial period on the Red Line electric commuter train service officially began with a soft launch presided over by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha via video conference on Monday.
Book a Hotel Near Sathorn BTS to Avoid Bangkok’s Traffic
Published on 15/07/2021
» Bangkok is an immense city that contains many colorful neighborhoods and communities. It also has some of the most notorious traffic in the world.
Taxi 'rip-off' old news: Phuket officials
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 06/07/2021
» The provincial land transport office on Monday clarified a claim by a passenger who said she was charged 900 baht for an airport transfer service arranged by a hotel in Phuket's Patong area, saying the passenger's post on social media was about an experience she had a long time ago, and was unrelated to the island's current reopening.
Phuket reopening sees thousands apply to visit
News, Published on 05/07/2021
» Almost 8,000 foreign tourists have applied for a Certificate of Entry (COE) through Thai embassies and consulates around the world since the Phuket Tourism "Sandbox", a pilot phase of Thailand's ambitious tourism reopening plan, kicked off last Thursday on the resort island.
Between you, me and the lamp post
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 27/06/2021
» Over the years we've had allegations of malfeasance concerning the whole spectrum of life in Thailand. Among the more unlikely cases have been claims of dubious goings on concerning purchases of such items as school pianos, parliament clocks, cows and even kindergarten toys.
Forging his own path
Life, John Clewley, Published on 22/06/2021
» When Ethiopian music maestro Hailu Mergia toured the US with the Ethio jazz and funk Walias Band in the early 1980s, he had no idea he would become a taxi driver in his adopted country.
Slain student mystery, airport mafia strike, toothy promise
News, Mae Moo, Published on 06/06/2021
» No sugar daddy needed
Unmasked Songkran parties dent Phuket’s reopening hopes
New York Times, Published on 26/04/2021
» PHUKET: Around the corner from the teeth-whitening clinic and the tattoo parlour with offerings in Russian, Hebrew and Chinese, near the outdoor eatery with fried rice meant to fuel sunburned tourists or tired go-go dancers, the Hooters sign has lost its H.