A Phuket village headman takes immediate reaction after witnessing illegal lodging at the mangrove forest by encroachers. His action had saved several rai of mangrove although there were three rai of them had been cut down already. The village head, Sinchai Limsakul, headman of Palai Village in Chalong, alerted police at 4pm yesterday. Read the rest of this entry …

Despite of the drug issue that always become the main topic at the government monthly meeting, the top provincial officers still proceed to balk the plan of installing a drug-detecting “X-ray machine” at Tah Chat Chai checkpoint after learning the machine would cost over 250 million baht. Read the rest of this entry …

Tech Talk seminars at Software Park Phuket has been announced will be conducted in September. The seminar would take three days in three different dates, that is on September 2nd, 23th and 30th.

The first seminar, on September 2nd take theme “Blogspot: An easy way to create a website,” by Phuket Innovation Incubation Center and will be delivered with Thai-language. That on September 23rd with “Creating a blog with Wordpress” as it theme will be delivered by Kudos Technnovation using Thai language and English’s slides. The last one is on September 30th delivered by Phuket School as they take the theme “Business on Facebook / Fan Page,” using Thai-language presentation with English slides. This last day seminar will be completed with Q&A session in Thai and English.

‘Tech Talk’ is a series of free weekly activities for people interested in building the ICT community in Phuket and putting the latest, most effective computer technology to work on the island. Organizers are trying to bring together people who want to learn state-of-the-art techniques, with topics that range from explaining new technology to real-life experiences with computer systems here in Phuket. These sessions are held Thursdays from 6pm to 7:30pm, on the third floor of Software Park Phuket, on Chao Fah West Rd about one kilometer north of the Kajonkietsuksa School.

News by Phuket Gazette

Intending to have holiday in Phuket, South Aftica’s top military commander, General Godfrey Nhlanhla Ngwenya, arrived on the island yesterday, August 24th. Read the rest of this entry …

Muslims who are now have their fasting time during the holy month of Ramadhan receiving sugar donation from the Phuket Governor. Today, the governor and his wife presided over a ceremony to distributing that donation. Read the rest of this entry …

Phuket will once again become the host for Swatch FIVB Beach Volley World Tour. The even will takes place at Karon Beach from November 2 to 7. Read the rest of this entry …

The Thai Amateur Weightlifting Association (TAWL) is considering proposing Phuket to host the World Weightlifting Championships in 2015. A delegation from this association yesterday morning visited Phuket Provincial Hall to discuss that idea in a meeting with Phuket Vice Governor Teerayut Eimtrakul. TAWL director Montol Chartsuwaan said Phuket was among three locations under consideration. The others are Pattaya and Hua Hin. Read the rest of this entry …

Starting from September 1 those expatriates in Phuket wanting to take part in national census can do it on line from the Phuket Provincial Office, Gazette reported. Read the rest of this entry …

The Director of Thalang National Museum, Atchima Nookhong, announced that the second-annual Phuket Traditional Costumes Contest will be held on August 8, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. located at the museum itself.
Through this event, Ms. Atchima says that the traditional costumes could show the cultural identities of Phuket people and displaying the diversity of native live on the island for a long time. Read the rest of this entry …

Chinese Firm has taken interest in developing light rail in Phuket. Their Representative, Francis Soo of Ershisanye Construction Group, a mainland Chinese construction conglomerate paid a visit to the Phuket Governor, Wichai Phraisa-ngop at the Provincial Hall yesterday to discuss the possibility of light- rail public transport system development in Phuket. Read the rest of this entry …