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Billionaire sails in for Samui break
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 15/05/2022
» Joe Lewis, the 85-year-old British billionaire and owner of Premier League football team Tottenham Hotspur, and his family yesterday cruised into Koh Samui aboard his 4.5-billion-baht superyacht, the first international yacht to visit the island after the country scrapped Test & Go entry at the beginning of this month.
King grants royal wreath to dead cyclist
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 11/12/2018
» His Majesty the King has given a royal wreath to the family of a 59-year-old cyclist who fainted, fell off his bicycle and later died while taking part Sunday's "Bike Un Ai Rak" cycling event in the southern province of Surat Thani.
Police nab 10 cannabis vendors for illicit sales
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 29/01/2023
» Surat Thani: Cannabis shops and vendors in Koh Samui were charged with violating cannabis and hemp regulations during a raid by the Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine (DTAM) on Friday.
Exat ramps up Koh Samui bridge plan
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 17/01/2023
» Surat Thani: The Expressway Authority of Thailand (Exat) is preparing to study the feasibility of building a bridge linking the mainland to Koh Samui.
Infected tourist who ignored Covid rules found on Samui
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 23/12/2021
» Surat Thani: An Israeli tourist who sparked a manhunt by leaving his Bangkok hotel without waiting for his Covid-19 test result, which proved positive, has surrendered to police on Koh Samui.
Narathiwat inmates test positive in Surat Thani
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 03/04/2021
» SURAT THANI: A Surat Thani hotel is undergoing deep cleaning, while testing has been stepped up after six participants in an anti-drug event — five inmates and a warder from Narathiwat — tested positive for Covid-19.
First vaccinations on Koh Samui next month
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 25/02/2021
» SURAT THANI: Koh Samui will receive its first delivery of Covid-19 vaccine before the end of the month and inoculations will begin early next month, with people in the disease control and tourism sectors among the first.
Surat Thani bans travel by migrant workers
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 21/12/2020
» SURAT THANI: Migrant workers have been banned from moving in or out of the province until further notice, and employers have been told to screen them all for Covid-19, Surat Thani governor Wichawut Jinto said on Monday.
Chengdu-Surat Thani flights suspended
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 03/02/2020
» SURAT THANI: Spring Airlines, a Shanghai-based low-cost carrier, has suspended charter flights from Chengdu, the capital of China's Sichuan province, to Surat Thani until Feb 28 following the ban on Chinese travelling abroad because of the coronavirus epidemic.
Over 20,000 attend Koh Phangan's Full Moon Party
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 01/04/2018
» SURAT THANI: More than 20,000 foreign tourists flocked to Hat Rin beach on the island district of Koh Phangan to attend the famous Full Moon Party from Saturday night to Sunday morning.