news.com.au The US government is poised to shut down over its failure to negotiate funding. For a start, 800,000 people are out of a job, the Statue of Liberty will close and benefits will be put on hold. And that’s just the beginning.
dailymail.co.uk Google faced renewed outrage as its latest accounts revealed that it paid less than 12m pounds corporation tax last year on bumper UK sales of three billion pounds. The ‘paltry’ sum was criticised by MPs, who called for action to force the internet giant to pay more.
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nationmultimedia.com Tourism operators do not see their industry emerging as a ”hero” to save the economy this quarter, blaming falling consumer purchasing power and the rising cost of living for undermining their business. In a poll by the Tourism Authority of Thailand, they said the trend was clear: the economy would falter, consumers would tighten their belts and the operators’ profit margins would take a drubbing.
latimes.com President Obama blamed the ”extreme right wing” of the Republican Party for a budget standoff that has pushed the government to the edge of the first shutdown in 17 years, and he made one last plea to House Republicans to pass a spending bill before a midnight deadline.
scmp.com Millions of uninsured and low-income Americans will sign on to subsidised health coverage that goes on offer today. It is a revolutionary system that is still working out technical kinks – and is at the centre of a huge political storm.
nationmultimedia.com William E Heinecke, chairman of Minor International, recently wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra in which he applauded her government’s initiatives to drive Thailand’s competitiveness across many industries, especially tourism, which has put the country at an advantage in today’s economic global community. Minor International employs more than 40,000 people.
bangkokpost.com Looming Typhoon Wutip is expected to bring torrential rain to 19 provinces in Thailand, with warnings of possible landslides and flash floods in the North and Northeast.
nationmultimedia.com The flooding, which has spread to wider areas across the nation, would not dampen the tourism outlook, due to the low season. Instead, it would wash out other industries, especially agriculture.
voanews.com Terrified Muslims hid in their homes in northwest Burma after armed police dispersed a Buddhist mob that torched houses and surrounded a mosque in the latest outbreak of sectarian violence.
scmp.com President Xi Jinping believes China is losing its moral compass and he wants the ruling Communist Party to be more tolerant of traditional faiths in the hope these will help fill a vacuum created by the country’s breakneck growth and rush to get rich, sources said.
reuters Malaysia’s bid to bring back detention without trial and toughen a range of other laws has triggered a backlash from civil society groups who call the move politically motivated and a major step back for human rights.
discoverbali.com Security at Bali’s new international arrival and departure terminal on the run-up to the APEC Conference was out to an enexpected test when a laptop in use at an immigration counter was stolen. Police quickly and effectively managed to recover the stolen laptop computer and arrest a 42-year-old Taiwanese national, Chen Ming Hsein, the following morning at the Hotel Nusa Dua Beach.
watoday.com.au Super-aggressive discounting from Chinese carriers like China Southern has forced Singapore International Airlines to drop its Earlybird rates to Europe to below $1500 return from Australia for the first time. China Southern’s rates are starting to look a bit like those of AirAsia X, which grabbed the headlines three years ago with rates from Australia to Europe of less than $1000.
discoverbali.com Bali Police estimate that 1500 road accidents occur each year on the Island, resulting in some 550 deaths. These figure suggest an average of two people die each day on Bali’s roads. [Phuket no longer releases its road toll or drowning statistics.]
phuketgazette.net The first cases heard in Phuket’s tourist court, which involved a jet-ski operator who attacked two tourists on Kata Beach, were resolved less than 36 hours after the incidents happened.
thephuketnews.com Karon Police have denied reports that a jet-ski operator who assaulted two tourists had his case tried by Phuket’s new Tourist Court.
cityam.com The perfect way to end an unforgettable afternoon spent trekking through the jungle trails of Khao Sok National Park in Phuket, Thailand is to give a leathery, old elephant a sunset bath. With Bauthong (lotus flower) repeatedly submerging almost all of her body underwater, I was able to scrub her wrinkled grey hide with my bare hands, before leading her out of the water and rewarding her with a big bunch of bananas.
sg.sports.yahoo.com A notorious Singaporean match-fixing gang rigged more than 100 football games worldwide in a scam worth millions of dollars, before it was busted this month, a source said. The source, who has direct knowledge of the case, added there were signs that the syndicate, allegedly led by Singaporean businessman Dan Tan, was involved in violent activity.
theage.com.au Hundreds of Indian children are secretly employed making balls for Australian children the same age, pressed into harmful, backbreaking labor for little more than one dollar a day.
October 5-13 Phuket Vegetarian Festival
October 6 Phuket FC v Gulf Saraburi FC
October 12 Phuket Soi Dogs Foundation 10th anniversary party, Andara
October 19PTT Rayong V Phuket FC
October 23 Chulalongkorn Memorial Day
October 26 Phuket Fc V Rayong United
October 29-November 3 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, Karon
October 31 Halloween
November 2 Nakhonrachasima FC V Phuket FC
November 5 Melbourne Cup Day
November 8-9 Islamic New year celebrations, opposite Phuket Provincial Hall
November 17 Loy Kratong Day
November 24-December 1 Challenge Laguna Phuket Tri-Fest. Laguna Phuket
December 5 HM The King’s birthday
December 26 Commemoration of 2004 Asian Tsunami
January 9-12 Phuket International Boat Show, Royal Phuket Marina
September 24-October 2 Vegetarian Festival, Phuket
November 14-21 Fourth Asia Beach Games, Phuket
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