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• New drive for the premier racing event

  Created: Friday, 30 May 2008 14:26 Author: J.B. Holden

  CALLUM Laing, Koh Samui Regatta chairman and CEO of MobyElite, the new organizing company of the Koh Samui International Yacht Regatta, talks about the 2008 regatta and jumping full force into 2009.How do your companies’ current projects and goals fit w...

• Bangkok Airways upbeat despite soaring fuel costs

  Created: Friday, 30 May 2008 14:22 Author: Administrator

  BANGKOK Airways remains upbeat about posting profit this year despite higher operating costs spurred by spiking oil prices. But the privately owned carrier halved its net-profit forecast for this year to some Bt300 million from the Bt600 million it had pr...

• Cops train foreign volunteers

  Created: Friday, 30 May 2008 14:12 Author: Chat Anupan

  THE Tourist Police Department of Koh Samui is holding tutoring sessions for foreign volunteers who want to join the force and provide assistance to tourists on the island....

• Recycling to solve trash mess

  Created: Friday, 30 May 2008 14:09 Author: Baupan Annada

  THE municipal government of Koh Samui has started a project to manage the island’s garbage problem, with the twin aims of ensuring environmental protection and creating greater awareness of global warming. It mainly involves segregating biodegradable wa...

• Russian sets self on fire

  Created: Friday, 30 May 2008 14:02 Author: Chat Anupan

  A RUSSIAN man was found dead last May 14 at his rented house at 47 Moo 4 on Koh Phangan.Police Lt. Phanusak Saomud said Lalin Evejini, 39, probably succumbed from infection of burn wounds on his legs, arms and body two days before he was found....

• Tennis: Luca Matthey big winner

  Created: Friday, 23 May 2008 14:25 Author: Administrator

  LUCA Matthey was the big winner at the Centara tennis tournament held on May 24-25.The weekend of tennis action started with a glorious weather and all the entrants were able to play at least one match on Saturday morning before a break for the early afte...

• 7th Samui yacht regatta reels off

  Created: Friday, 23 May 2008 14:25 Author: Administrator

  THE Samui International Yacht Regatta, to be held June 1–7, is expecting record numbers of national and international entries with the fleet expected to hit more than 35 boats. ...

• Bluewater Bursary Fund launched at Samui Regatta

  Created: Friday, 23 May 2008 14:24 Author: JB Holden

  THE Bluewater Bursary Fund will be formally launched at this year’s annual Koh Samui International Yacht Regatta, of which Bluewater is a proud event supporter. Bluewater hopes to raise a considerable amount for the special Bursary Fund from local and ...

• Uncertainty make businessmen wary

  Created: Friday, 23 May 2008 14:20 Author: Dylan Sun

  A SURVEY conducted recently by the Thai Chamber of Commerce (TCC) showed that the ongoing political uncertainty, high oil prices and economic problems in Thailand have made foreign investors reluctant to invest in the Kingdom....

• Consumer index down for the first time in six months

  Created: Tuesday, 20 May 2008 14:21 Author: Administrator

  A SURVEY conducted by the prestigious University of Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC) showed that Thailand’s consumer confidence index (CCI) in April retreated to 79.9 from 80.7 in March, the first decline since November....

• Credit-card use jump in Q1

  Created: Tuesday, 20 May 2008 14:21 Author: Administrator

  RISING inflation in Thailand has encouraged consumer spending and resulted in increased usage of locally issued credit cards during the first quarter.A survey conducted by Kasikorn Research Center also noted that spending rose to about Bt197.34 billion, u...

• Nathon roads choked by bridge work

  Created: Wednesday, 07 May 2008 18:54 Author: Chat Anupan

  TRAFFIC in Nathon has become congested ever since the bridge linking Bang Por and Nathon pier has been under construction. After a portion of the road from Island Coffee shop to 7-Eleven convenience store was closed, the traffic situation in Nathon area t...

• Challenges ahead for new police chief

  Created: Monday, 05 May 2008 14:18 Author: Chatsuriya

  THE new chief of police on Koh Phangan has a great challenge ahead of him, in terms of solving unsolved crimes.After Police Col. Sukreetha Onnsod took over from former chief Police Col. Wutthichai Hanhaboon effective last April 25, the case of murdered fo...

• Illegal forest land use rampant on Koh Tao

  Created: Monday, 05 May 2008 14:15 Author: Baupan Annada

  THE Department of Special Investigation (DSI) disclosed recently that a number of Koh Tao residents had encroached on some of the island’s forestlands and mountains in a bid to broker possible purchases by foreigners wanting to buy land as the site of l...

• Two held for copying money in a computer

  Created: Sunday, 30 March 2008 18:54 Author: Chat Anupan

  POLICE recently arrested two men working at a computer shop for possessing and producing counterfeit money.Koh Samui Police Department superintendent Police Col. Thammanoon Traitippayapong led the raid at Samui Com Center after receiving a report that it ...

• Official shoots ex-lover's date

  Created: Sunday, 30 May 2004 18:54 Author: Chat Anupan

  Police said courier Ekkachai Thongchon, 32, landed in the hospital in critical condition after suffering five gunshot wounds last month.Suspect Prasartporn Jantarapichit, 39, who is an official at the Forest Department, turned himself in and confessed to ...