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bangkokpost.com The government committee on tourism problems has approved in principle a proposal to lower the minimum education level needed to become a tour guide to Grade 9 because of a shortage. The current minimum requirement is a bachelor’s degree.
wsj.com A former comedian named Beppe Grillo scored a resounding 25 percent of the vote, though nobody knows for sure whether Italians voted for him as a joke – or whether the joke’s on them. Welcome to elections, Italian style.
abc.net.au None of the major parties likely to be to form government. Pier Luigi Bersani’s centre left coalition will get the largest share of the vote in Italy’s lower house while former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s centre right coalition is forecast to win the majority in the Senate.
bangkokpost.com A woman was killed and 10 other people injured when a train hit a tourist van on a railway crossing in Kanchanaburi. The van was on a trip from Bangkok to Sai Yok district, home to the Tiger Temple at Wat Pha Luang Ta Bua and the Hellfire Pass Memorial Museum.
bbc.co.uk Ikea has withdrawn meatballs from sale in 14 European countries after tests in the Czech Republic found traces of horsemeat in a batch made in Sweden. Swiss food giant Nestle meanwhile said it had found horse DNA in meat from the Spanish supplier, Servocar.
nationmultimedia.com Vorasit ”Pla Wan” Issara, chief executive at the Sripanwa Resort on Phuket, started the website Guruwan.com, having already set up an online shop selling items from his resort and other goodies from Phuket: ”I was selling fisherman’s trousers, ashtrays and almost 1000 T-shirts a month, so I knew the potential.”
homesgofast.com Knight Frank reported that in 2012, 100 percent of investors in Phuket’s luxury residential market were from overseas. Many are choosing prime property In Phuket as tourist visitors to the region increase. Developers have been proactively attracting more overseas investors to Phuket.
AP Win Aung, the president of Burma’s main business association, and US Assistant Secretary of State Jose Fernandez shook hands in Yangon and agreed to deepen business ties between their countries. The awkward part? The US still dubs Win Aung a ”crony” who allegedly used his close ties to old military rulers to build one of the country’s biggest business conglomerates.
afp The Rohingya men were separated from their families in Thailand and sent to detention centres, while the women and children were confined to a shelter in Khao Lak, a popular beach resort just north of the tourist magnet of Phuket.
sundaytimes.lk Sri Lanka is burdened with the task of feeding and clothing 70 Rohingya people whom no country wants to accept. The first 37 Rohingya people have remained in detention since February 2. A further batch of 33 was held a week ago, following their rescue from the high seas.
english.chosun.com Koreans rank among the top clients of prostitutes in Southeast Asia, ahead even of Japanese and Chinese travelers, extensive research suggests. The conclusion comes from research by the Korean Institute of Criminology that included field surveys in Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia and the Philippines.
cnn.com Some 2.9 million people visited Bali last year, nearly equal to its population. This allows traffickers to slip in and out of Bali, carrying windsurfers, backpacks, surfboards, kite sails and hang gliders stuffed with cocaine, surrounded by real tourists with the same gear.
cnn.com In a case that brought to light issues of unfair pay and poor living conditions among foreign workers in Singapore, a court sentenced four Chinese nationals to several weeks in prison for instigating an ”illegal” strike in late November.
news.com.au Flight controllers at Dublin Airport were stunned when a Ryanair plane landed then allegedly turned around to taxi back the way they came – into incoming traffic. The Irish Aviation Authority told news.com.au they were investigating the incident, which occurred on February 15.
news.sky.com The airline operating the biggest Boeing Dreamliner fleet has announced its planes will remain grounded until at least the end of May. All Nippon Airways made the decision following continuing technical and safety woes for Boeing’s hi-tech plane.
bloomberg.com Singapore Airlines, Southeast Asia’s biggest carrier, plans to buy more aircraft, Airbus SAS said, as the region’s economic growth spurs air travel demand.
nzherald.co.nz Three New Zealanders holidaying in Thailand have escaped unscathed after a concrete truck hit their taxi, sending it into the path of a 10-wheeled truck. Paul Swendsen and his wife had been holidaying in Patong, on Phuket’s west coast, since February 20.
thephuketinsider.com In an abrupt move Sri Lanka announced a ban on land ownership for foreigners. This will cover both privately held property and state enterprises.
thejakartapost.com Bali’s coastline still faces the serious problem of marine litter, especially plastic trash, and pollution entering the ocean through streams and rivers, as well as seepage from areas of coastal infrastructure development.
stickmanweekly.om Today the crowds on Pattaya Beach are akin to what you find on Phuket – lots of older Europeans sunning themselves. Where Phuket has pretty Scandinavians, Pattaya is full of hot Russian women, easily the pick of the Beach Road girls.
smh.com.au Unless we redirect ourselves to inner value – kindness, creativity, patience, loyalty, and passion – then we will have nothing to offer our young apart from our credit cards.
independent.co.uk Racism has once again stolen centre stage in Italian football, after Inter Milan fans reportedly hurled bigoted abuse at AC Milan striker Mario Balotelli. The Gazzetta dello Sport reports that Inter fans waved inflatable bananas at their former striker.
bbc.co.uk Tottenham boss Andre Villas-Boas said Gareth Bale was an inspiration after the Wales winger’s brilliant late winner sealed a 3-2 victory over West Ham. Bale opened the scoring and capped a fightback from 2-1 down with a dipping last-minute shot from outside the area.
news.com.au A fighting half-century from debutant Moises Henriques has saved Australia from an embarrassing innings defeat and given the tourists a stay of execution in the first Test against India.
Until March 2 Otop Fair, Saphan Hin public park, Phuket City. Day and night fair for food and fun, with produce and handicrafts from Phuket and all over Thailand on sale. Otop signifies one village, one product.
March 2 Phuket FC v BBCU FC Away
March 10 Phuket FC v Bangkok FC at Surakul Stadium, Phuket City
March 16 Phuket FC v Sriracha Suzuki FC at Surakul Stadium, Phuket City
March 21-24 Phuket Boat Show (Pimex) Royal Phuket Marina
March 31 Easter Sunday
April 6 Chakri Memorial Day (holiday the following Monday)
April 13-17 Songkran New Year Festival
May 1 National Labor Day
October 5-13 Phuket Vegetarian Festival
November 8-10 Long Distance Triathlon, Patong beach
December 5 HM The King’s birthday
November 14-21 Fourth Asia Beach Games, Phuket
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