It was reported by Miss Wanprapa that more Chinese tourists are visiting Phuket each year. As of May, 400,000 Chinese tourists visited Phuket and it’s expected that 700,000-800,000 will visit Phuket by the end of the year. As for Asian visitors, Chinese are the most, followed by Malaysians and Koreans. Vice Governor of Phuket Mr Jamreun Tippayapongthada presided over a meeting about Chinese tourists with Mr ...
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Voters dealt Singapore's ruling People's Action Party its third electoral setback in a year, allowing the opposition to hold onto a Parliament seat in a by-election Saturday. Workers' Party candidate Png Eng Huat, a 50-year-old businessman, won 62 percent of about 21,700 votes cast in Hougang district while PAP candidate Desmond Choo received 38 percent, election officials said. The PAP still controls 81 of ...
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The ruling Awami League (AL) on Wednesday criticised the 18-party alliance for calling hartal across the country as their leaders could not get bails. “The alliance called hartal as they are not respectful to the law of the soil,” AL joint general secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif told reporters. State Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Qamrul Islam alleged that the government had to take the h ...
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Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Sunday evening led people across the country in lighting candles to celebrate King Bhumibol Adulyadej's birthday. ...
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During the rule of the previous government, the commission was responsible for jailing more than 150 leading politicians. But most charges, including those against Sheikh Hasina, have been dropped, and the politicians released. The prime minister says that the organisation should be reconstituted. Bangladesh's last military-backed government pledged to do all it could to rid the country of corruption before ...
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