Article Category - Phuket News

150 Phuket men forwent a Sunday morning lie-in last month in hopes of becoming ordained at the Wichitsangkaram temple in Phuket Town, as part of a project to ordain 100,000 Thai monks by 08 March.

According to Noppadol Ployudee from the Phuket Labour Office, one out of every three 'foreigners' in Phuket is an illegal immigrant.

The Phuket Provincial Community Development Office together with the OTOP (one town one product) entrepreneurs opened the 5th Phuket OTOP fair on 5 February.

Expat Amy looks at some ways to pass the time at the Central Intersection while waiting for those 190 second traffic lights to change:

Is there a better way to see the world than cycling around it, with the only thing separating you and the road being a flimsy spindly tire? Chris Roach, the founder of The Cycle Strongman Expedition certainly doesn’t think so.

Lad’s mag FHM was in Phuket recently to search for participants for its ‘Girl Next Door 2010’ competition.

The Phuket office of the National Blood Center is currently appealing for extra donations to build up an emergency stock in readiness for the predicted extra accidents during the festive period.

The opening of the Honorary Consulate of Norway was attended by the Noweigian Minister of Environment, Eric Solheim and Governor Wichai Praisa-Ngob who also chaired the meeting and welcomed the Honory Consul of Royal Norweigian Consulate Phuket, Pornphan Sittichaivijit.

THE Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) has announced that a new power plant for Phuket will be completed by the end of next year.