August 31st, 2007 by admin
Thailand’s Net Nannies
Ed note: http://www.siamtube.com/index.php?lang=English
Since the military government banned popular video-sharing websites YouTube, where can Thailand’s netizens turn for video clips?
Look no further than SiamTube.
The website was launched a few months ago — around the time YouTube was banned — by half-Thai, half-British actress and cover girl Sonia Couling and several business partners. The Eurasian [...]
August 31st, 2007 by admin
span style=”font-weight: bold”>Chilli paste and spicy fish curry have high preservatives
Half of the southern-style “Shrimp Chilli Paste and Spicy Fish Curry” samples from Krabi, Phang Nga and Phuket contained microbes or too many preservatives, a researcher from the Regional Medical Sciences Centre Phuket said.
As the foods were widely popular as souvenirs and OTOP products, Anatta [...]
August 29th, 2007 by admin
SET nose-dives in tandem with regional markets
BANGKOK: — The Stock Exchange of Thailand’s composite index nose-dived by more than 10 points at the opening bell of Wednesday’s morning trading session in tandem with other stock markets in Asia upon renewed concern over the sub-prime lending woes in the United States.
However, the index recouped its loss [...]
August 29th, 2007 by admin
Fund will protect foreign, local tourists from fraud, accidents
The National Legislative Assembly has approved a tourism fund to assist tourists who suffer from accidents or are ripped off by tour operators.
The fund would initially have about 20 million baht available and would be funded and supervised by the Tourism Authority of [...]
August 29th, 2007 by admin
Suvarnabhumi still dogged with troubles
When asked what grade she would give Suvarnabhumi Airport in its first year of operations, Sopin Daengteth hesitates.
Finally the chairwoman of the Airport Operations Committee (AOC), which represents 68 international airline managers stationed at Bangkok’s new airport, says: ”On a scale of 10, eight, perhaps.”
She quickly [...]
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