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Call for longer Phuket nightlife hours
Business, Molpasorn Shoowong, Published on 28/10/2023
» Phuket tourism operators have asked the government to extend the operating hours of entertainment venues for at least three months to monitor the outcome, allocating enough personnel to ensure tourism safety.
Phuket banking on administrative reform
Business, Narumon Kasemsuk, Published on 16/05/2023
» Phuket tourism operators hope the right to vote for their own provincial governor will help solve prolonged local issues as the island still needs tailor-made policies to address specific problems, such as the taxi mafia.
Foreign gangs accused of stealing local jobs in Phuket
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 18/02/2023
» The hospitality industry in Phuket is urging the government to solve the issue of foreign mafia groups getting increasingly involved in business on the resort island.
Shaping a green future
Asia focus, Apiradee Treerutkuarkul, Published on 23/11/2020
» Sonika Manandhar remembers riding in her father’s minibus in her hometown of Kathmandu when she was five years old. Thanks to a loan programme from the government, her father was able to buy the bus and earn a living to support his family and send her to school until she earned a computer engineering degree.
Phuket's push for foreign visitors
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/11/2020
» Phuket has been hit hard by Covid-19's impact on its tourism, but can still look at the economic challenge as a golden opportunity to develop its own basic infrastructure, says Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai.
Trump call for slice of TikTok deal draws fire
AFP, Published on 05/08/2020
» WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended his demand for the US government to get a piece of the action to let Microsoft or any other company here buy popular China-based social media app TikTok.
'Bada... Bing... Bang'? HBO throws out rulebook with streaming launch
AFP, Published on 26/05/2020
» LOS ANGELES - Decades before glossy Netflix and Amazon shows began luring Hollywood A-listers to the small screen, cable network HBO helped invent premium television.
Casino colony
Asia focus, Monileak Ean and Erich Parpart, Published on 26/08/2019
» Cambodia's growing ties with China have made the latter by far the biggest and most influential investor in the country. Chinese money has been pouring in, particularly to the southern coastal city of Sihanoukville where Chinese-run casinos are mushrooming, with many more planned and a lot that also have online gambling operations.
Dolce & Gabbana China blunder rages on
Bloomberg News, Published on 22/11/2018
» SHANGHAI: Thousands of Dolce & Gabbana goods have been pulled from China’s biggest shopping websites and calls for a boycott of the brand are gaining traction as the uproar over the Italian fashion house’s Chinese advertising campaign grows.
Getting Myanmar moving
Asia focus, Larry Jagan, Published on 22/10/2018
» Myanmar's economic outlook is extremely bleak, say many regional experts, and local business sentiment continues to slide downward. And with foreign investment down substantially from last year, future growth is likely to fall short of government targets.