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An Englishman, a Scotsman and a Welshman are coming to Phuket to make us laugh. There’s no Irishman in this joke, but this month’s Punchline Comedy Club at the Holiday Inn in Patong is sure to be a real hoot. The line-up for next Tuesday’s show includes Londoner, Greg Burns, Scotsman, Geoff Boyz, and Welshman, Lloyd Langford.

OUTRIGGER Enterprises Group, already established on Phuket with Outrigger Serenity Terraces in the south of the island, will soon be increasing its local presence following the announcement that the group has been selected to manage a new luxury collection on the northwestern coast of the island.

Phuket’s charms have again helped the Kingdom build stronger international trade relations. Following weeks of intense negotiations, representatives from the world’s two biggest rice exporters, Thailand and Vietnam, came to Phuket to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that will enable the two countries establish a joint rice-export price.

A thousand additional tourists a week will be whisked into Phuket on four new non-stop flights from Helsinki, courtesy of Finnair Leisure. Starting this November, the Scandinavian carrier will be loading up four of their new Airbus A330 wide-bodied planes with passengers seeking a more comfortable and convenient trip to the Pearl of the Andaman.

A GROUP of Phuket businesses have ‘cancelled’ the low season. Instead, the period between April and November will be renamed the ‘Summer Season’ to better reflect the fact that Phuket is one of the world’s top year-round holiday destinations. “We’re going to have a bit of fun with this campaign,’ said group spokesman, Nick Anthony, the managing director of Indigo Real Estate.

Les Martin’s musical career started a long time ago in a British pub. By day, he was a civil servant, but at night, he would get up on stage at the local pub and sing a few songs for his mates.

FOR the past ten years, Suppanit ‘Geng’ Seakeng has been helping farangs living in Phuket to ‘stay legal’. Most people know her as Eve and she operates probably the best known visa run service on the island.

PHUKET’S very first donkey, Helga, is now a proud mum having given birth to a bouncing baby called Lola, who was born on Koh Maphrao and now lives with her mother and auntie Olga under the watchful eye of retired Swiss couple Norbert and Jacqueline Erni.

YACHTING legend Rolly Tasker will never forget the day Prince Charles hitched a ride on his racing boat. “We were lining up off Cowes for the Queen Victoria Cup in 1979, when one of the crew called out to ask me if I was prepared to take a passenger,” he said. “He said ‘Prince Charles is on the radio and he says wants to bum a ride on your boat’.

EMPLOYERS have been using fixed period employment contracts to avoid having to pay severance and having to give employees notice of termination. With the commencement and termination dates clearly specified in the written contract, there is no need for the employer to pay severance and provide prior notice of employment termination.