Article Category - Phuket Business

There’s one thing that you need to do business in Asia. It’s not business connections, inventory, partners, customers, nor even an idea. What you need to be taken seriously here is a business card. Woe to the businessman who enters a meeting and doesn’t have a business card to exchange.

TO EQUIP our children with the necessary skills to prosper in this world is a natural desire and there are many ways in Phuket that this can be done, if of course you have the means to choose. But which one is right for you as a parent and for your child?

TOT is expecting to generate 20% more profit after recently launching its high speed Fiber Optic broadband service around the island.

The Transport Ministry has approved a budget of 135 million baht to improve the deep sea ports of Phuket to bring them in line with international standards. Deputy Transport Minister Kuakul Danchaiwijit said: “The deep sea port in Phuket can be redesigned and managed not only as a port for imports and exports, but as a tourist service port and fishing port, Phuket certainly has the market and potential to develop them.”

Most British expatriates are unaware that as of early 2006, changes in legislation have allowed many UK pensions to be transferred out of the country.

Deputy Prime Minister Korbsak Sabhavasu visited Phuket recently to check on the progress of a project to build a MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions) centre at Maikhao beach in Thalang.

At a recent meeting attended by Commerce Vice-Minister Veerasak Jinarat, local retailers and wholesalers lambasted the expansion of international retail outlets around the island.

TATTOO artist ‘Roy’ became fascinated with tattoos shortly after getting his first (a skull) when he was just nineteen, a year later he had moved from his quiet town in Chumpon province to Bangkok to train to become a tattooist.

LOVERS are keeping tabs on their partners with a simple phone call, parents are keeping track of their kids, and bosses are checking on errant employees who may not be where they are supposed to be, thanks to the latest, cutting edge technology now available on Phuket.

“NO-ONE knows how to call the police here. If you need help, if you need a policeman then you’re in deep trouble.”