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Thai student's case imperils grey market
News, Published on 28/10/2012
» WASHINGTON : A Thai graduate student's money-making idea that began a decade ago has led to a commercial showdown beginning Monday in the US Supreme Court.
Suu Kyi departs on landmark US visit
AFP, Published on 16/09/2012
» Democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi left Myanmar Sunday for a landmark trip to the United States, set to see her feted by the US president and quizzed on the progress of reforms.
New Chalong-Patong route confirmed
Published on 24/08/2012
» PHUKET: The route for the proposed new road linking Patong with Chalong was confirmed Friday at a public hearing at the Merlin Hotel in Phuket Town.
Parks Dept hikes fees as much as 150pc
Published on 24/08/2012
» PHUKET: The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) has announced it is to hike park entrance fees from October 1 at 29 national parks countrywide, including seven in southern Thailand.
Illegal water wells raided
Published on 22/08/2012
» PHUKET: Police and officials of the Phuket Office of the Natural Resources and Environment Department (NRE) raided the construction site of new restaurant on Soi Luang Pusupha in Chalong Wednesday morning (Aug 22), where they found evidence of ground water being pumped illegally.
Phuket authorities issue second flood advisory
Published on 22/08/2012
» PHUKET: Phuket Provincial has issued a second advisory for roads around Phuket following last nights heavy rain.
Demand made for bus decency
Published on 24/07/2012
» PHUKET: A professor at the Phuket Vocational College has unwittingly become the figurehead for inter-provincial public bus decency after making a complaint over what she deemed as the screening of ‘inappropriate’ movies.
Making the right connections for business success
Published on 06/03/2012
» Putting "speed dating" and business networking together has created a new opportunity for graduating students at one of Australia's top ranked business schools – the Australian School of Business (ASB) at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, Australia.
The future
Learningpost, David Canavan, Published on 16/11/2010
» Pupils at my school recently put on an assembly about the past, telling their peers and parents what the '50s, '60s, '70s and '80s were like. The information presented included coverage of atomic bombs, racism, music, trends and sport. One of the things they mentioned was that people used to watch movies on a VCR (videocassette recorder) and that you could use it to record songs and videos! It started me thinking about what has changed over the course of not only my life, but theirs, too. Most of the pupils in the performance were born in 1999, and since then, the mobile phone has become a hand-held computer, and something the size of a fat credit card can hold thousands of songs.
Has the whole world gone mad?
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 14/11/2010
» Until recently there was a big billboard on the side of the expressway going to Bang Na. ''Make your life better,'' it shouted out to motorists in stark Thai lettering. ''Buy our stainless steel products.''