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Phuket Boat Show: Lee Marine re-invests in the future

PHUKET: Lee Marine International Marine Brokerage re- investments continue. The main focus indeed is to better serve the many yacht enthusiasts that see their future onboard any of the impeccable yachts represented by this well-respected boat brokerage firm.

Phuket Boat Show: Getting it right

PHUKET: The yachting industry in Southeast Asia has seen significant growth in recent years with yacht shows, races and regattas increasing in size, numbers and frequency. In Thailand alone, the next 12 months will see at least five different international yachting events, which are expected to generate millions of dollars and attract tens of thousands of visitors.

Phuket FC: Budget in place, manager appointed and trials underway

PHUKET: New Phuket FC president MaAnn Samran has confirmed that he has now sourced the funds to ensure that the club can play in Division 2 when the new season starts, and that he has appointed former Thai International Pittaya ‘Odd’ Phimanman as the teams head coach.

PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO - Double deck bus, Thailand road toll, protest Myanmar, PIMEX

PHUKET XTRA - January 7 No more double-decker buses, Thai Embassy in Myanmar remains closed, Thai kids tell us what they want to be when they grow up and tourism numbers up, up and up. Coming to you from PIMEX 2016.

Russia goes underground: Moscow renovates its subterranean world of kiosks

RUSSIA: Selling everything from underwear to dried fruit to teacups, tiny glass-windowed kiosks packed with goods line Moscow’s network of long, gloomy pedestrian underpasses.

Serial thief arrested in Phuket

PHUKET: Police on Tuesday (Jan 5) arrested a man who has admitted to a spate of burglaries in Phuket Town carried out in the past month.

No water in parts of Kathu next Wednesday

PHUKET: The Phuket Waterworks Authority yesterday (Jan 6) announced that the water supply in some parts of Kathu will be switched off next Wednesday (Jan 13) from 9:30am until the evening whilst works are carried out on Bangthong Bridge.

Guardiola looking for Premier League challenge

FOOTBALL: Pep Guardiola admitted this week that the lure of coaching in the English Premier League was the reason for his departure from Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich at the end of this season.

Phuket speedboat driver charged with killing French tourist

PHUKET: The captain of a speedboat that hit and killed a French tourist in Krabi was charged yesterday (Jan 6) with fatally reckless driving.

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